Eagle Point Solar president Barry Shear says he’s prepared to take his case to state’s top court to clarify rules.
The standoff between a Wisconsin utility and solar developer intensified this week with a petition filed by Eagle Point Solar asking state regulators to force We Energies to proceed with an interconnection request for its project.
The March 6 filing also asks the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to declare that Eagle Point would not be acting as a public utility in the third-party-owned solar project it was developing with the city of Milwaukee.
Eagle Point president Barry Shear said he sees a long legal battle ahead, possibly ending up in the state Supreme Court as did his fight with a utility in Iowa, where the court ruled in favor of Eagle Point and the concept of third-party ownership...
Ken Notes: It is never easy. We do need clarity here. The utilities are working to bring solar into there networks while private companies are trying to get a piece of the pie as well. The secrete sauce will be legislation that mandates cooperative agreements but that is a long way off. PCS did allow rate changes to cover more of the infrastructure costs ostensibly to offset the value gained from private solar but there is still a profit margin for the private sector...
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