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Photovoltaic Developers PerspectivePhotovoltaic Developers Perspective
Photovoltaic and Storage WorkshopPhotovoltaic and Storage WorkshopERCOTERCOT
Aruna Ranaweera, Aruna Ranaweera, Ph.D., P.E.Ph.D., P.E.
OCI Solar PowerOCI Solar Power
October 15, 2012October 15, 2012
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OCI Solar Power
Headquartered in San Antonio Utility scale solar power development throughout the US 400 MW Solar PPA with CPS Energy Consortium of companies to create 800+ solar industry jobs in San Antonio Stage I: 50 MW to be in service in 2013 Interconnection studies in progress with ERCOT and CPS Stages II to V from 2014 to 2016 Committed to the reliable operation of the electric power system
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Integration of Solar Power
Studies to show that concerns are not just speculation And understand issues correctly to implement proper mitigations Location specific issues (related to POI) Issues due to the size of the plant Centralized mitigations and individual plant mitigations Solar power forecasting by each plant and centralized forecasting managed by
the Reliability Coordinator Other RTO practices Impact of new requirements on the competitiveness of solar power
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Clear application instructions: Submit Resource Registration form before the Interconnection Application?
Interconnection queue update frequency Examples of other RTO practices:
MISO - Pre-queue workshops several times a year PJM, MISO, CAISO, ISO-NE, NYISO - Interconnection Queue posted on
the public website
Generation Interconnection Process Feedback
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Other RTO practices: Interconnection Queue map posted on public website
Generation Interconnection Process Feedback
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Other RTO practices: Interconnection Capacity map posted on public website
Generation Interconnection Process Feedback
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Generation Interconnection Process Feedback
Maps available on the state website