The new power purchase agreements were negotiated in part from Edison's 2005 renewable energy solicitation and in part as a result of Calpine's attempted rejection of the existing Power Purchase Agreement in its bankruptcy proceeding. The approval of the entire settlement will resolve a motion filed by Calpine in Bankruptcy Court to reject the existing power purchase agreement. In addition, the PUC's approval of the settlement and underlying Renewables Portfolio Standard and Resource Adequacy agreements represent an important step towards Calpine's emergence from bankruptcy, expected either by the end of 2007 or in the first quarter of 2008.
The PUC's Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires investor-owned utilities, Energy Service Providers, and Community Choice Aggregators operating in California to obtain 20 percent of their retail sales from renewable energy sources by 2010; the PUC's Resource Adequacy program requires the same companies to purchase sufficient generation capacity to meet their forecasted peak load with planning reserves including requirements to purchase capacity within transmission constrained Local Areas.
The proposal is available at
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/COMMENT_RESOLUTION/74250.htm.
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