Traditional Community Solar (TCS) Timeline for Projects submitted June 1, 2023
The Agency anticipates 2023-2024 TCS project selection to follow the steps below, pending prompt responses from AVs. Projects submitted to Group A will be waitlisted and need to score a minimum 5 points to be added since there is 0 MW of capacity available. Projects submitted to Group B will be selected for capacity after […]
Notice on Changes to Block Capacity Dashboard
This week, in the course of re-batching a subset of Program Year 2022-23 Small and Large DG and TCS projects, a re-batching date incorrectly placed these projects in the 2023-24 Program year and therefore subtracted capacity against 2023-2024 block capacity allocations. As a result, users temporarily observed incorrect data for block capacity in Groups A […]
Community Solar Interconnection Costs
This week, the Program Administrator sent out a survey to AVs with Part II verified community solar projects seeking updated data for interconnection costs for community solar projects. This data will be used as an input into the updated REC Pricing Model which will be released in draft form on August 15, 2023 as part […]
Traditional Community Solar Application Review and Scoring Process – 7/14 Update
Updated from 06/23/2023 Applications submitted after November 1, 2022 and up until May 31, 2023 are in the process of being reviewed in the order they were submitted and scores will be issued to AVs approximately two weeks after projects are reviewed. Projects in Group A that have scored a minimum of five points will […]
Traditional Community Solar Application Review and Scoring Process
Applications submitted after November 1, 2022 and up until May 31, 2023 are in the process of being reviewed in the order they were submitted and scores will be issued to AVs approximately two weeks after projects are reviewed. Projects that have scored a minimum of five points will be added to the waitlist in […]
Results of Traditional Community Solar Random Selection Event
On May 31, 2023, the Agency published the results of the TCS Random Selection event, used to break ties between Day 1 TCS projects submitted for the 2022-2023 Program year. The event was hosted on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 and the recording, presentation slides, and the resulting spreadsheet detailing Group A and Group B project […]
Updates on TCS scoring and awards
In accordance with the TCS scoring guidelines the Program Administrator scored all TCS projects submitted on November 1, 2022 that are Part I verified, posted scores and information on the scoring process, and presented updated scores following a full audit process. Following the audit process, a two-week appeal process was held for entities whose project […]