Pursuant to the Vermont Energy Act of 2009, the Public Service Board ("Board") established a standard-offer program under which qualifying facilities (new renewable projects with capacity of 2.2 MW or less) would receive standard-offer prices based on the cost of developing a project plus a reasonable rate of return.  The Board established the present rates for the standard-offer program under 30 V.S.A. § 8005 by Order issued January 15, 2010, in Docket 7533.  The Order set prices for each of the following technology categories: solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, farm methane, and hydroelectric. 

On September 13, 2011, the Board opened Docket 7780 to investigate the review of standard offer prices for qualifying renewable generation under the Sustainably Priced Energy Enterprise Development ("SPEED") program. The governing statutes, require that the Board, pursuant to Section 8005(b)(2)(C), "review" the standard-offer prices established in Docket 7533 and determine whether such prices provide sufficient incentive for the rapid deployment and commissioning of plants by January 15, 2012.

Schedule

• Prehearing Conference memorandum - September 29, 2011
• Memorandum for October 17, 2011 Workshop

Order and Memoranda

• Order Opening Investigation - September 13, 2011
• Order re Revised Standard_Offer Prices and Attachment I - January 23, 2012
• Cost Models for January 23 Order
  • Solar - 20% Module Price Reduction
  • Wind 100 kW - 18.6% Capacity Factor

Comments to Identify Issues - October 7, 2011

• Department of Public Service
• Northern Power Systems
• Renewable Energy Vermont

Workshop - October 17, 2011

• Power Advisory Presentation

Prefiled Testimony - November 3, 2011

• John Dalton, Power Advisory and Exhibits
• Department of Public Service
• Renewable Energy Vermont and Corrected Exhibit
• VEPP Inc.

Rebuttal Testimony - November 18, 2011

• John Dalton, Power Advisory and Exhibit JCD-4, Exhibit JCD-5, Exhibit JCD-6, Exhibit JCD-7
• Models used in John Dalton Rebuttal Testimony
  • Solar - 20% Reduction
  • Solar
  • Wind 100 kW
• Department of Public Service

Briefs - December 13, 2011

• Department of Public Service
• Renewable Energy Vermont
• CVPS
• VEC

Reply Briefs - December 20, 2011

• Department of Public Service
• Renewable Energy Vermont

Additional Information

Docket 7533 Standard-Offer Price Determination

• Order Re Standard Offer Price Determination for SPEED Resources, issued January 15, 2010 Attachment I, Attachment II
• Models for Janaury 15, 2010 Order
  • Solar
  • Wind 100 kW
  • Wind 1.5 MW
  • Landfill Gas
  • Farm Methane
  • Hydro