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Posts Tagged “Power Purchase Agreement”
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Power Purchase Agreement Granted to Tuscola Bay II Wind Farm
November 15, 2012Detroit Edison submitted for ex parte approval its Power Purchase Agreement with Next Era Energy for the 100 MW Tuscola Bay II Wind Farm. Commercial in-service is expected at the end of 2013.
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Why Michigan Utilities May Be Hostile to PPAs
July 30, 2012A power purchase agreement (PPA) with an electric utility is the holy grail for independent power producers. Yet, for regulated investor-owned utilities, such as DTE Energy, or Consumers Energy, they offer little, if any, economic benefit. As a regulated monopoly, these investor-owned utilities (IOU) cannot “mark up” the cost of wholesale power purchases. They can only recover their actual cost, dollar for dollar. If they cannot mark up their wholesale purchases of electricity, how can they earn a profit for their shareholders?
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New Nordex Turbines to Michigan
April 2, 2012The Beebe Community Wind Farm near Ithaca will be the first U.S. project to utilize the 2.4 MW Nordex N117/2400 Gamma Generation wind turbines on 91 meter towers. The 81.6 MW wind farm will sell it output pursuant… Read More » -
DTE RFP Leads to NextEra
October 7, 2011In 2010, Detroit Edison issued a request for proposal seeking up to 245 MW of renewable resources for a commercial operation date no later than December 31, 2014. The company received 146 proposals (from 46 prospective suppliers) that… Read More » -
Detroit Edison Makes Changes to Ownership and PPA
May 14, 2011In its April 22 filing with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), The Detroit Edison Company revealed the size of the Gratiot County Wind LLC project has increased from 200 MW to 212.6 MW, and Detroit Edison has:… Read More » -
More Power Purchase Agreements Filed at MPSC
November 9, 2010In late September, Detroit Edison Company sought ex parte approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) of its power purchase agreement (PPA) with Blue Water Renewables Inc. in case U-15806-BWR. The twenty-year PPA is for 3.2 MW… Read More »