“I count it as a win,” declared Zoe Hanes, general counsel for Asheville-based FLS Energy, concerning a recent decision by the N.C. Utilities Commission that rejected attempts by Duke Energy and other utilities to limit activities of solar developers, according to a story on Bizjournal.com.
The article says, the utilities’ proposal “would have substantially cut the power prices paid to independent developers. Solar industry representatives and supporters contended the utility proposals would strangle solar development, which has been booming in the state for the last three years.”
Hanes and other solar executives argued that utilities should be required to enter into even larger contracts with solar developers, which she said would drive increased solar development in the state. Hanes called the state’s existing 5-megawatt projects “one of the central drivers for the industry in North Carolina.”
Hanes also called attention to a backlog of proposed solar projects that cannot move forward before the “commission considers proposals made by the industry and the utilities to clear up the long waiting list for connecting solar projects to the grid.”
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