Duke Energy Launches Solar Power Generation Plan

[jpak]

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR1104.htm

Duke Energy Carolinas is proposing a $100 million plan to install electricity generating solar panels at up to 850 North Carolina sites including homes, schools, stores and factories.

Last Friday, the company filed an application with the North Carolina Utilities Commission asking for approval to implement this solar distributed generation program. Distributed generation is energy created close to where it is used, rather than being produced in large power plants and transported to customers over power lines.

"We believe an initiative of this scope and scale will help us meet the requirement of North Carolina's new Renewable and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS)," said Keith Trent, group executive and chief strategy, policy and regulatory officer. "This program also will enable us to evaluate the role of distributed generation on our system, and gain experience in owning and operating renewable energy resources."

If the program is approved by regulators, Duke Energy Carolinas would spend two years installing approximately 20 megawatts of distributed solar generation on rooftops of customer businesses and homes or on ground sites within the company's North Carolina service area.

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[Triana]

1. GREAT news! Will encourage other energy companies to follow suit, hopefully. n/t

[Zachstar]

2. Why would they?

[TalkingDog]

3. We're just days away from getting our Green Energy system online

Of course Duke Energy has been dragging their feet and making it fairly frustrating.

We won't be selling back to them initially, but with just one more set of panels (we pay for everything out of pocket if possible) we'll be making money off the system instead of just getting less expensive energy.

In a perfect world, they'd be serious and follow through without too much ass hole-ry....

[Dogmudgeon]

4. From the horse's solar panel: The original press release

Read all about it:

http://www.duke-energy.com/news/releases/2008060901.asp">Duke Energy Launches Plan to Own and Operate Solar Power Generation at up to 850 North Carolina Sites.

More depth. More words. And that great Duke name!

--p!