Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc. (GVEA) filed TA353-13 in compliance with 3 AAC 50.790. 3 AAC 50.790(a) requires that within 60 days after receiving a request for interconnection from a qualifying facility (QF), an electric utility shall file tariff provisions for interconnection, integration, purchases, and sales between the QF and the utility.
With TA353-13, GVEA proposes an interconnection agreement and interconnection specifications in response to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Form No. 556 from Delta Junction Renewable Resources, LLC (Delta Junction Renewable), which GVEA construed as a request for interconnection. Delta Junction Renewable proposes a 38.6 megawatt (MW) facility which includes eight 4.2 MW wind turbines, one solar photovoltaic array, and one 30.189 MW direct current 1-hour duration batter energy storage system. The tariff filing also address the provisions of 3 AAC 50.790(b)(1) – (4), Schedule No. DJR-1, under which it proposes to provide service to Delta Junction Renewable. Additionally, pursuant to 3 AAC 50.765(a), GVEA identifies and quantifies the costs and benefits associated with integrating Delta Junction Renewable into GVEA’s system.
The proposed Schedule No. DJR-1 establishes the applicability of the schedule to Delta Junction Renewable’s proposed facility, eligibility criteria for Delta Junction Renewable to receive service, the obligation of GVEA to interconnect, and pre-conditions Delta Junction Renewable must meet to become interconnected as required by 3 AAC 50.790(b).
GVEA estimates that it will be assessing Delta Junction Renewable a one-time interconnection charge of $3,661,487.63. GVEA proposes a purchase rate for 2023 of ($0.038)/kWh. GVEA also proposes that rate will be determined by subtracting integration costs from avoided costs and dividing the difference by the Delta Junction Renewable project output. GVEA proposes to update the avoided costs and purchase rate annually. The proposed Schedule No. DJR-1 provides that Delta Junction Renewable may elect to take Standby Service in the form of Backup Power Service, Scheduled Maintenance Power Service, Supplemental Power Service, and/or Interruptible Power Service under GVEA’s existing Standby Service rates, found on Tariff Sheet Nos. 43 through 43.11 of its operating tariff.
This notice does not contain all requested revisions and the Commission may approve a rate or classification that varies from those proposed. You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Daniel Heckman, Regulatory Analyst at GVEA, at P. O. Box 71249, Fairbanks, AK 99707; phone: (907) 452-1151. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing “TA353-13” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., June 3, 2022, at either the Commission address given above or at its website:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference TA353-13 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with GVEA at its address given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Valerie Fletcher-Mitchell at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1 (800) 770-8973, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by May 24, 2022.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 4th day of May, 2022.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Cameron Rollins
Acting Engineering Section Manager