MPSC Staff Solar Working Group
In December 2013, the Commission directed the MPSC Staff to convene a solar working group to discuss and determine possibilities for improving DTE Electric’s customer-owned SolarCurrents program including means for incorporating community solar into the program. Additionally, Consumers Energy participated in the discussions. The working group met approximately every 3 weeks from February through May 2014. On July 1, 2014 the MPSC Staff issued its report summarizing the group’s work and posted the report in both DTE Electric’s U-17302 and Consumers Energy’s U-17301 renewable energy plan dockets.
The Commission has reconvened the Solar Working Group in May 2015 to specifically focus on a just and reasonable value of capacity in the VoS computation, considering capacity values in different contexts including at minimum the MISO annual auction, MISO Cost of New Entry, Consumers’ acquisition of capacity through private auction, embedded capacity costs, and tariffed costs for stand-by capacity. The Commission ordered Staff to file a report in the U-17752 docket by September 30, 2015 describing recommendations for “a more predictable and fair VoS calculation method.”
Meeting Minutes, Attendees & Links
2015 July - Solar Working Group Comments
2015 September - Solar Working Group Report Comments
2015 June - Agenda | MPSC | Consumers Energy
Previous Meeting Information
2014 May 20
Agenda | Minutes | Attendees | MPSC | UofM | EEI-Comer | EEI-Add'l Document | Martinez | DTE Electric
2014 April 29
Agenda | Minutes | Attendees | Sunrun | ELPC
2014 April 8
Agenda | Minutes | Attendees | MPSC | 5Lakes
2014 March 18
Agenda | Minutes | Attendees | Consumers/DTE | MPSC | MPSC 2
2014 February 25
Agenda | Minutes | Attendees | MPSC | Rábago | GLREA
2014 February 4
Value of Solar Resources & Documents
- MN VOS - Analysis by ILSR
- Line Loss Contributors
- Austin Energy 2014 VOS
- Noniterative Method to Approximate the Effective Load Carrying Capability of a Wind Plant
- Update: Effective Load Carrying Capability of Photovoltaics in the United States
- MPSC Value of Solar Presentation 2014 February 25
- Minnesota Value of Solar Report
- NREL Photovoltaics Valuation in Michigan
- U-17302 Karl Rabago Testimony Part 1
- U-17302 Karl Rabago Testimony Part 2
- State and Utility Solar Energy Programs (Tom Stanton, NRRI)
- ICER International Energy Regulation
- Calculating the Benefits and Costs of Distributed Solar Generation (IREC)
- Valuation of Solar Resource Links
- Virginia Case Law - Value of Solar
- Value & the cost of Distributed Generation Edison Electric
- MN PUC VOS Order
- MN PUC Order Rejecting Xcel’s Community Solar Plan
Community Based Solar Resources & Documents
Miscellaneous Links & Documents
- Regulatory Assistance Project Newsletter - 2014 February
- Dominion Program
- Arizona Solar Tariff Tax Implications Article - Solar Tariffs Vs Net Metering
- IRS Bulletin - Solar Tax Credit
- IRS REC Income Taxable Discussion Letter
- Solar ABC's Documents
- Consumers Energy
- DTE SolarCurrents
Solar Tariff
MREP Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Presentations Archive
- 15 August 2013 Agenda | MAREC Update | 5 Lakes REC Aggregation | MichiganSaves | NYSERDA
- 12 December 2012 Agenda | Solar Community Update | Consumers Energy EARP | DTE SolarCurrents Update | Clean Energy Coalition
- 22 August 2012 Agenda | MPSC Update | Consumers Energy EARP | DTE SolarCurrents Update
- 28 April 2011 Agenda | MPSC Update | Consumers Energy EARP | DTE SolarCurrents Update | USO Update
- 21 October 2010 Agenda