http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog What's new in Renewable Energy! Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog/2009/01/12/solarrewards-program-update/ http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog/2009/01/12/solarrewards-program-update/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:39:23 +0000 Administrator http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog/2009/01/12/solarrewards-program-update/ Xcel Energy has determined the Average Hourly Incremental Cost of Electricity for 2008 is 4.842¢ per kilowatt hour. This factor will be applied to excess energy generated by photovoltaic electric systems installed in the Solar*Rewards program. This factor is also sometimes called the “avoided cost” rate. The retail cost for electric energy is about 9.7 cents per kwh (summer) and 9.4 cents per kwh (winter). see www.sunnysidesolarcolorado.com and click on “electric energy rates”.

]]> http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog/2009/01/12/solarrewards-program-update/feed/ 4 http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog/2009/01/12/windsource-windfall/ http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog/2009/01/12/windsource-windfall/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:52:10 +0000 Administrator http://sunnysidesolarcolorado.com/blog/2009/01/12/windsource-windfall/ The Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently reported an excess of $1.6 million in Xcel’s WindSource coffers. Xcel apparently sold more wind energy than it generated. Caught with the hand in the cookie jar, Xcel has proposed a settlement of $2.6M to WindSource customers. Xcel proposes to refund the excess to the 47,000 WindSource customers in 2009. They estimate that will reduce the average WindSource customer’s extra cost of $35/month to $23/month in 2009. Xcel also plans to increase the WindSource portfolio with the remaining $1M. This information was recently published in the Daily Camera and Denver Post. Settlement results have not been posted.

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