Georgia Public Service Commission accepts 200 MW of new solar projects

• On June 21, the Georgia Public Service Commission voted to expand solar arrays throughout Georgia, rise solar panel storage space and establish a DG Working Group to enhance projects. The commission approved 200 megawatts of new DG solar projects to be competitively bid through Georgia Power.

The commission likewise approved a Distributed Generation Working Group to assist improve the procedure for project approval. Solar designers will certainly get five seats on the 20-person working group.

The solar distributed generation program permits solar array projects as much as 6 MW in size throughout Georgia. Since initial being executed in 2013, distributed generation solar programs have actually been greatly effective. Georgia Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) members as well as other solar designers have projects in over 70 areas. In some areas, solar arrays are the biggest commercial taxpayer giving earnings for facilities needs such as roads as well as schools.

" Today's vote by the Georgia Public Service Commission will dramatically boost the procedure for exercising the information on DG solar projects in Georgia. The DG Working Group will permit solar designers to function more effectively with team as well as Georgia Power to approve and also construct projects in an extra prompt manner," said Pete Corbett, president of Georgia SEIA. "The Commission also added considerable megawatts to the DG program along with expanding storage space. Eventually, the big win is the DG Working Group that will conserve solar developers as well as ratepayers millions in added expenses."