Georgia Power, a Southern Company's subsidiary, has filed a new solar initiative, the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative ("GPASI"), with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). If approved, Georgia Power would acquire 210 MW of additional solar capacity through long term contracts over a three-year period. Georgia Power would purchase 60 MW/year for three years through a competitive request for proposal (RFP) program with projects ranging in size from 1-20 MW. By as early as 2013, a Distributed Scale program would provide opportunities for up to 10 MW/year of smaller solar projects with specific reservations for Small Scale (less than 100 kW) and Medium Scale (100-1,000 kW) projects.
RFPs for the Utility Scale program will be conducted in 2013, 2014, and 2015, and require commercial operation dates in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Georgia Power could begin signing solar contracts under the Distributed Scale program as early as first quarter of 2013.
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