New Jersey Community RE Solar Programs

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New Jersey Community RE / Solar Programs

• New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
• Net Metering Interconnection Rules Stakeholder
  Meeting
• July 23, 2008

FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
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Community Solar

• A Community based solar program that would allow
  residents or small businesses to buy into a
  centrally located project as opposed to
  individual installation, to reduce costs while
  still allowing small customers to participate in
  the solar marketplace.

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Community RE / Solar Public Benefits
Opportunities

• Reduces installation / transaction costs
• Improves public access to renewables
• Can be sited to alleviate grid congestion in
  critical areas
• Delivers cost benefits in reducing peak load
• Adaptive to new market realities with new
  business models and financing structures.

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Community Solar - Pilot

• Red Sky Project includes multiple meters but
  only one customer and would entail the allocation
  of charges and credits among multiple meters and
  generating units.

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Community Solar - Challenges

• Impact upon TD Charges NM Tariff does not
  differentiate between usage during daylight and
  nighttime hours
• Impact of allowing generation in excess of
  consumption at an individual meter
• Impact of netting generation at one tariff rate
  against consumption at a different tariff rate
• Other challenges related to Net Metering

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Historical Net Metering
1 Site / 1 Customer / 1 Meter
Sized to Load / 2 MW Cap
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Aggregated Net Metering
1 Site / One Customer / Multiple Meters
Aggregated Load
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Aggregated Net Metering
Aggregated Load
Multiple Sites Meters / One Customer
Aggregated Load / 1 Solar System
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Aggregated Net Metering
Multiple Sites Meters / Many Customers
Aggregated Load / 1 Solar System
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Stakeholder Process

• Community Solar Stakeholder Group
• Request for Comments
• Draft Proposal for Review / Comment
• Staff Recommendations to the Board
• NEXT Stakeholder Meeting Sept. 11th

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Community Solar Terminology

• Three interrelated terms
• Community Solar / Community RE
• Aggregated (on/off-site) net metering
• One customer
• One or multiple sites (site a contiguous land
  parcel)
• Multiple meters
• Skye Pilot
• Current demonstration project for testing
  aggregated onsite net metering