outofstate wind, prior to the development of and in exception to the recommended portfolio and approval of IRPs is anathema to this entire (POC Reply process.” Comment On Proposed Reference System Plan And Related Commission Policy at p. 6.) of out of state wind “Procurement is more costly, more detrimental to the environment, and will cause greater harm to disadvantaged communities than other options such as energy efficiency, demand response, and distributed renewable (POC Comments on generation.” the Proposed Decision at p. 12.) agreed that there is no “POC Issue E: Procurement Verified near-term need for additional POC advocated throughout the renewable energy in IOU proceeding in multiple comments portfolios in the near future, and at the All Party Meeting against and therefore early procurement the use of early procurement of requirements should not be renewables as a means to capture imposed. They argued that the federal tax credits. The Decision ITC and PTC should not drive reflects input. POC’s (Decision at procurement.” p. 97.) should be based on “Procurement meeting policy targets, the potential for cost demonstration of need, integrated “Despite savings for ratepayers identified and diverse resource portfolio by Commission staff in their planning, and corrected projections optimal portfolio analysis using of future costs. There should be no RESOLVE, we are not rush to procure solely based upon persuaded of the need to order the tax credit schedule if this means near-term procurement of a failure to produce a viable additional renewables at this (POC Comment On model.” point in (Decision at Proposed Reference System Plan time.” p. 98.) And Related Commission Policy at p. 12.)
outofstate wind, prior to the development of and in exception to the recommended portfolio and approval of IRPs is anathema to this entire process.” (POC Reply Comment On Proposed Reference System Plan And Related Commission Policy at p. 6.) “Procurement of out of state wind is more costly, more detrimental to the environment, and will cause greater harm to disadvantaged communities than other options such as energy efficiency, demand response, and distributed renewable generation.” (POC Comments on the Proposed Decision at p. 12.) Issue E: Procurement POC advocated throughout the proceeding in multiple comments and at the All Party Meeting against the use of early procurement of renewables as a means to capture federal tax credits. The Decision reflects POC’s input. “Procurement should be based on meeting policy targets, demonstration of need, integrated and diverse resource portfolio planning, and corrected projections of future costs. There should be no rush to procure solely based upon the tax credit schedule if this means a failure to produce a viable model.” (POC Comment On Proposed Reference System Plan And Related Commission Policy at p. 12.) “POC agreed that there is no near-term need for additional renewable energy in IOU portfolios in the near future, and therefore early procurement requirements should not be imposed. They argued that the ITC and PTC should not drive procurement.” (Decision at p. 97.) “Despite the potential for cost savings for ratepayers identified by Commission staff in their optimal portfolio analysis using RESOLVE, we are not persuaded of the need to order near-term procurement of additional renewables at this point in time.” (Decision at p. 98.) Verified
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