Residents rally behind the Hunters Point Community Microgrid Project
The project is expected to bring $100 million in local wages to the community, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 billion pounds over 20 years.
The project is expected to bring $100 million in local wages to the community, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 billion pounds over 20 years.
The charges are currently being misapplied to distributed generation facilities that serve local load and never use the transmission system.
Depreciation benefits under a feed-in tariff can offset potential income tax liability.
While the fees make sense for energy delivered through the transmission system, they are currently being misapplied to distributed generation that never uses the transmission system.
The Long Island Community Microgrid Project, in the Town of East Hampton, will achieve nearly 50% of its grid-area electric power requirements from local solar.