First Name: | Sahm |
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Last Name: | White |
Email Address: | sahm@clean-coalition.org |
Affiliation | Clean Coalition |
Subject | Transmission charge impact on local renewables |
Comment |
Please see attached CLEAN COALITION COMMENTS ON THE IMPACT OF TRANSMISSION ACCESS CHARGES ON IMPEDING DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTION OF DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE GENERATION IN ACHIEVING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS SUMMARY Cost effective reduction of GHG emissions requires accurate assessment of the cost of alternatives and selection of the lowest total net cost option. Under current CAISO tariff language, transmission access charges (TACs) are assessed against the gross customer load of the state’s major investor owned utilities instead of the portion of load served by transmission resources (i.e. as measured at the transmission interface). This has the impact of assessing the delivery cost of local distributed renewable resources that serve loads without the use of the transmission system comparably to generation delivery cost of utilizing the transmission system. As a result, local renewable generation is not credited with the full avoided cost value it can offer, and development of lower net total cost local renewables is depressed. Correction of this cost allocation would support accurate least cost and best fit procurement of resources required to reduce GHG emissions. |
Attachment |
www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/19-renewablesympsium-ws-VDcFbwBkU2EFbVIN.docx Original File Name: Clean Coalition comments on TAC impact on GHG reduction.docx
Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-08-07 16:56:07 |
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