Power Purchase Agreement Solar Virginia

The original intent of the norfolk solar qoz fund was to mitigate the energy burden of low income home owners.

Power purchase agreement solar virginia. The clean energy produced by the two new solar projects in chatham will be sold under power purchase agreements to danville utilities an electric municipal utility serving more than 42 000 customers in three virginia counties. In virginia such solar growth was stymied because of a cap on power purchase agreements initiated in 2013 as part of a pilot program for non residential customers in dominion energy territory. Virginia shines a glimmer of light on renewables by passing a wind and solar pilot program after a surprising about face by dominion power in supporting ppa legislation in 2013. Health benefits company anthem has signed a 15 year power purchase agreement with solar developer sunenergy for the output from a new 20 megawatt solar field in hanover county virginia.

Directs the state corporation commission scc to conduct a pilot program in the territory of dominion energy virginia dev permitting third party power purchase agreements. Public schools and other non jurisdictional customers such as municipal buildings libraries town halls landfills jails and wastewater treatment. A solar power purchase agreement sppa is a financial arrangement in which a third party developer owns operates and maintains the photovoltaic pv system and a host customer agrees to site the system on its property and purchases the system s electric output from the solar services provider for a predetermined period. But because of the current limitation on power purchase agreements ppas in virginia we cannot install on private homes via a ppa.

Navisun a solar independent power producer will finance build own and operate the projects. Anthem also has a similar agreement with a solar field in north carolina. An act to direct the establishment of a pilot program for third party power purchase agreements.