HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220713Comment(1)_1.pdfFrom:PUCWeb Notification
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Wednesday, July 13, 2022 5:00:06 PM
Name: Matthew DunaySubmission Time: Jul 13 2022 4:04PMEmail: dunaym@tigersolar.comTelephone: 434-962-0846Address: 206 W 36th StGarden City, ID 83714
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-22-12
Comment: "My name is Matthew Dunay and I am the Chief Technology Officer for Tiger Solar, a solar energy installation company with an office in Boise, Idaho. I am also a licensed Limited Electrical Installer in the State of Idaho. I am writing to encourage the IPUC to grant the CEO Petition. In evaluating the system size cap, the VODER study quotes a Staff comment from the docket in 2001 which addressed the cap. The Commission’s order in that docket stated, “we expect the Company to address its safety, service quality and grid reliability concerns and to offer proposed solutions. The Company may find it useful to investigate how these concerns are addressed in other states with larger net metering capacity limits for customer-owned generation.” (Order 28951, pages 11-12). Our company, Tiger Solar also operates in Virginia and Maryland, each of which have a project size cap higher than Idaho. Virginia cap set at a maximum size of 1,000kW and Maryland cap set at a maximum size of 3,000kW. With regard to the Interconnection and Distribution matters identified in the VODER study, these matters are solvable and have not prevented the states in which we operate from allowing a far higher system size limit. I am happy to delve into details if
helpful, but for these comments I would suggest the following: Idaho Power asks for time for
further evaluation and proposes holding technical workshops to resolve technical details
related to modifying the cap. Many of us expected the VODER study to evaluate these
matters, I would respectfully request that the Commission order those technical workshops to
occur as soon as possible. The CEO Petition enables a better means of addressing these
technical matters than the process focused on compensation matters proposed in IPC-E-22-22.
Please grant the CEO Petition, which also can help in setting guidance to improve
predictability of the export credit rate. "
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helpful, but for these comments I would suggest the following: Idaho Power asks for time forfurther evaluation and proposes holding technical workshops to resolve technical detailsrelated to modifying the cap. Many of us expected the VODER study to evaluate thesematters, I would respectfully request that the Commission order those technical workshops tooccur as soon as possible. The CEO Petition enables a better means of addressing thesetechnical matters than the process focused on compensation matters proposed in IPC-E-22-22.Please grant the CEO Petition, which also can help in setting guidance to improvepredictability of the export credit rate. "
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