Eco-Living Sunday, June 10th, 2012 at 12:14 am

LADWP Solar Feed-in Tariff Workshop at LMU June 14th

The City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power invite the public to a Solar Feed-in Tariff Workshop on Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Loyola Marymount University University Hall: Executive Conference Center 1857, located at 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles.

Learn about LADWP’s Feed in Tariff Program which allows property owners to sell excess solar power back to LADWP.

For more information about the event contact Nate Kaplan at 310-568-8772 or Nate.Kaplan@lacity.org

The LADWP 10 MW Solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Demonstration Program is accepting applications until 2 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2012.

In April of this year LADWP’s Board of Water and Power Commissioners approved a 10MW FiT Demonstration Program to encourage renewable energy development within the Los Angeles Basin and to help meet the 33% Renewable Portfolio Standard Mandate by 2020. The FiT Program will allow LADWP to partner with program participants to purchase, through a standard power purchase contract, electricity generated from a participants’ renewable energy plant. These plants will be located within the LADWP service territory and connected to the LADWP electrical distribution system.

LADWP hosted training workshops during the month of April 2012 to educate the public on the FiT participation process. Details from this workshop are available online (PDF).

Program Materials

Program Schedule

•    May 17, 2012 – 10 MW FiT Demonstration Program Launch
•    May 17, 2012 – Begin Application Period
•    June 29, 2012 – End Application Period
•    August 2012 – Announce Project Shortlist
•    August 2012 – Report to City Council on FiT Demonstration Program Status
•    September 2012 – Award Contracts
•    4th Quarter 2012 – Fine-Tune Full FiT Program Guidelines

For additional information, contact the FiT Program hotline at (213) 367-2100 or by email at FiT@ladwp.com.

For more information about Los Angeles County solar installations and project financing visit www.openneighborhoods.net/communitysolar.