Amazon recently outbid a utility for a 1.2 GW solar-plus-storage project in Oregon. Hundreds of regulatory filings show it had run out of other options.
Sounds like consumers in Oregon won either way. And if Amazon can't utilize all of this green energy it can be rerouted onto the public utility market and if Amazon faulters a utility company could purchase the solar field. So to me its a win for Amazon and the public. That:s my read
PSE needs more renewable energy resources due to CETA — which states that all public utilities in WA need to be from clean energy by 2045. It makes sense PSE was bidding, but also loosing this power purchase agreement could mean A) complying to CETA regulations will become increasingly difficult if PSE is in competition with big-tech companies and B) customers will be on the receiving end of increased power bill costs.
Side note, this solar facility will span across 10,000 acres zoned as Exclusive Farm Use.
As long as connection and transmission costs can be minimized - as with colocation - Solar will retain its cost and ROI advantage over fossil fuels. But that does leave the burden of the eventual, necessary grid upgrades to the traditional utility and likely the public rate payer.
OK you be right the cost will end up on our energy bill less what the State and Feds give as subsidies for tuning up the grid and power station nodes. Or you can put solar on your roof and into your EV batteries (if you awn an EV)and if you put on enough panals you end up selling your surplus green energy to your local utility. Your ROI takes mabe 5 years and than all gravy. And no stops to gas stations andboil changes and major ICE tune ups.
Sounds like consumers in Oregon won either way. And if Amazon can't utilize all of this green energy it can be rerouted onto the public utility market and if Amazon faulters a utility company could purchase the solar field. So to me its a win for Amazon and the public. That:s my read
PSE needs more renewable energy resources due to CETA — which states that all public utilities in WA need to be from clean energy by 2045. It makes sense PSE was bidding, but also loosing this power purchase agreement could mean A) complying to CETA regulations will become increasingly difficult if PSE is in competition with big-tech companies and B) customers will be on the receiving end of increased power bill costs.
Side note, this solar facility will span across 10,000 acres zoned as Exclusive Farm Use.
As long as connection and transmission costs can be minimized - as with colocation - Solar will retain its cost and ROI advantage over fossil fuels. But that does leave the burden of the eventual, necessary grid upgrades to the traditional utility and likely the public rate payer.
OK you be right the cost will end up on our energy bill less what the State and Feds give as subsidies for tuning up the grid and power station nodes. Or you can put solar on your roof and into your EV batteries (if you awn an EV)and if you put on enough panals you end up selling your surplus green energy to your local utility. Your ROI takes mabe 5 years and than all gravy. And no stops to gas stations andboil changes and major ICE tune ups.
In Solidarity
Dennis D.
Cape Cod