加州公用事业委员会（CPUC）的独立消费者鼓励分支——地方纳税鼓励机构（DRA）日前宣布，加州公共事业委员会最近关于拒绝一个246兆瓦的风电项目申请的决定已成开创明确确定公用可再生能源发电设施的成本和风险的先例。
太平洋天然气和电气公司（PG＆E公司）最初在2009年提出曼扎纳项目是设在特哈查比的克恩县地区。地方纳税鼓励机构（DRA）表示此9.11亿美元风力发电项目有重大风险和不合理之处。
“加州公共事业委员会发出了一个明确的信息，要上的公用事业可再生能源项目应有成本竞争力，开展过示范项目以及考虑公众的投资风险。”地方纳税鼓励机构（DRA）董事Joe Como说。
The Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), the independent consumer-advocacy arm of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), says the CPUC's recent decision to deny an application for a 246 MW wind project has set a precedent for firmly ascertaining the costs and risks associated with utility-owned renewable energy generation.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) originally proposed the Manzana project, which was to be located in the Tehachapi region of Kern County, in 2009. The DRA says the $911 million wind project carried "significant risk and an unreasonable price tag."
The developer canceled its contract with PG&E late last year, and the utility "attempted to withdraw its application just days before the CPUC was poised to vote on the proposed decision that rejected the project outright," the DRA adds.
"The CPUC has sent a clear message that utilities should only propose utility-owned renewable projects that are cost-competitive, demonstrate need and consider the risk of customers' investment," says Joe Como, acting director of the DRA.