Jan Borchert, Current Hydro and Dana Hall, Esq. CDG Key Requirements New York’s CDG program is a framework that exists within NYPSC regulation, however much of the specific design of a potential CDG is up to the CDG host. Key requirements of the CDG program include: The CDG host may be any single non-residential entity […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro and Dana Hall, Esq. Utilizing a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is suitable where the hydro project is owned and/or operated by one entity, and the offtaker with load (the entity that is using the electricity) is a different entity. The offtaker entity purchases the energy output from the generator entity and […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro and Dana Hall, Esq. The first and simplest economic model to consider is the ownership model, where the hydro-site owner purchases all system equipment and pays for construction, maintenance and operating costs associated with planning and installing the system or consults with a hydropower developer. If you are considering this model […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro and Dana Hall, Esq. What is Community Renewable Energy? Community renewable energy projects allow the allocation of the electricity output of an independently-owned renewable energy system (solar, hydro, ….) to offset the consumption of multiple residential and/or small business customers. Customers who are unable to install solar on their own home […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro and Dana Hall, Esq. Introduction After considering all environmental factors related to our project site, its dam and the microhydro installation, we would like to focus on the presentation of the options for dam owners or hydro-site owners to sell their hydropower and to create a revenue stream from their hydroelectric […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro Introduction Dams affect more than just the property they are located on. They can impact the upstream community in one way and the downstream community in another. Often, upstream and downstream communities have conflicting interests and goals when discussing the future of a dam, leaving the dam owner literally in the […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro Applying for the Small Hydropower Exemption (4 of 4) With the Initial Consultation Document (ICD) as a basis, improved by stakeholder review and comments, plus our additional information gathering efforts, the exemption application can be prepared. Preparing the exemption application The main difference – content wise – between the ICD and […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro Applying for the Small Hydropower Exemption (3 of 4) With the Initial Consultation Document (ICD) distributed and a successful public meeting behind us, the next phase of our stakeholder engagement is responding to the comments, questions, suggestions and recommendations we received. Some short answers could be given during the meeting, but […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro Applying for the Small Hydropower Exemption (2 of 4) With the Initial Consultation Document (ICD) completed and distributed, we had 30 days to prepare our public meeting as part of our stakeholder consultation efforts. We gathered and shared a great deal of information for such a small hydro project and hope […]
Jan Borchert, Current Hydro Applying for the Small Hydropower Exemption (1 of 4) From a regulatory perspective, we now know that our Annandale project falls under jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and based on FERC’s Ruling, we want to apply for a small hydroelectric power project exemption of 10 megawatts (MW) or […]