Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000

www.puc.state.pa.us/electric/electric_aeps_working_groups.aspx
The Public Utilities Commission has issued proposed rulemaking orders on net metering
in November 2005. The proposed rules will allow net metering to be offered to
customer-generators that generate electricity on the customer-generator's side of the
meter using Tier I or Tier II alternative energy sources, on a first come, first served basis.
If a customer-generator supplies more electricity to the electric distribution system than
the electric distribution company (EDC) delivers to the customer-generator in a given
billing month, the EDC will credit the customer-generator for the excess on a kilowatthour
for kilowatt-hour basis. Additionally, a customer-generator that is eligible for net
metering owns the alternative energy credits of the electricity it generates, unless there
is a contract with an express provision that assigns ownership of the alternative energy
credits to another entity or the customer-generator expressly rejects any ownership
interest in alternative energy credits.
Contact:
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 3265
Harrisburg , PA 17105-3265
Phone: (717) 783-1740
E-mail: www.puc.state.pa.us/general/feedback.aspx
Web: www.puc.state.pa.us
3. PUBLIC AGENCY POLICIES/PURCHASE PROGRAMS
VEHICLES
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fleet Pilot Program
http://papress.state.pa.us/parelease/data/1050823.004.htm
Pennsylvania’s governor launched a pilot project in August 2005 to explore the use of
hybrid and AFVs among the state fleet to lessen air pollution and reduce the state’s
dependence on foreign oil. Alternative fuels include CNG, LNG, LPG, ethanol,
methanol, hydrogen, coal-derived liquid fuels and fuels derived from biological materials.
Details of the pilot program include:
• Adding 30 hybrid vehicles to the state fleet by 2006.
• Increasing the purchase amount to 50 vehicles for the 2008 model year, as
long as the total cost of ownership does not exceed the average total cost of
ownership of the rest of the conventional Department of General Services
(DGS) fleet.
• Further increasing the state’s purchase amount to 75 vehicles by the 2010
model year, as long as the total cost of ownership does not exceed the
average total cost of ownership of the rest of the DGS fleet.
• By the 2011 model year, at least 25% of all new passenger vehicles
purchased for the Commonwealth fleet will be hybrid vehicles as long as the
total cost of ownership does not exceed the average total cost of ownership
of the rest of the fleet.
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