April 2, 2012 Allocation

The PUC issued the following order that establishes the VIR for April.

Feb. 14 - Order 12-041

Rate Class	Counties	Small	Medium
1	Benton, Clatsop, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, and Yamhill	0.411	$0.285
2	Coos, Douglas, and Hood River	$0.346	$0.250
3	Gilliam, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wallowa, and Wasco	$0.346	$0.250
4	Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, Lake, Malheur and Harney	$0.317	$0.250

October 3, 2011 Allocation

The PUC issued two separate orders this summer related to the "Feed-in Tariff" pilot program:

July 29 - Order 11-280

VIR reduced by 20% across rate classes for the Oct. 3, 2011 allocation (see Table 1).

Sept. 1 - Order 11-339 related to the implementation of the program

Medium-scale projects (>10kW and <=100kW) divided by bid and lottery:

1) Competitive bid will take place during October allocations

Utilities will issue RFP w/in 5 business days of PUC's order)

2) Lottery will take place during April allocations

Applications accepted for a 24 hour period
No application fee at time of submission
If accepted, applicant has 3 business days to pay deposit
(if applicant chooses not to move forward, a subsequent applicant will be chosen and given 5 business days to pay deposit)

Small-scale projects (<=10kW) are subject to a lottery (no longer first-come, first-served)

Rate adjustments will be determined based on the ratio of capacity reservation requests during a 3-month enrollment window versus the available capacity (see Table 2)

PUC staff will engage in a generic investigation in the appropriate calculation of resource value of solar photovoltaic systems by October 31, 2011.

October 3, 2011
Rate Class	Counties	Electric Companies	Small-Scale VIR	Medium-Scale VIR
1	Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, Yamhill	PGE Pacific Power	37.4 cents	31.7 cents
2	Coos, Douglas, Hood River	PGE Pacific Power	34.6 cents	31.7 cents
3	Gilliam, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wallowa, Wasco	PGE Pacific Power	34.6 cents	31.7 cents
4	Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, Lake, Malheur, Harney	PGE Pacific Power Idaho Power	31.7 cents	31.7 cents

Ratio of Adjusted Capacity Reservation Requests (ACRR) to Available Capacity *	VIR Change
ACRR > 150% of available capacity	Decrease by 10 percent.
125% < ACRR <= 150% of available capacity	Decrease by 5 percent.
75% < ACRR <= 125% of available capacity	No change.
50% < ACRR <= 75% of available capacity	Increase by 5 percent.
ACRR < 50% of available capacity	Increase by 10 percent.

 * Adjusted Capacity Reservation Requests = total kW reserved by projects during the 3-month enrollment window in which a deposit has been paid (does not guarantee the reservation results in a completed project)