May 15, 2025 – Allco PURPA Petition -v- CT
Date:
May 15, 2025
Proceeding Type:
Allco PURPA Enforcement Petition -v- CT DEEP/PURA
Docket:
EL25-81-000 et al.
Brief Description:

Allco Finance Limited petitions the FERC to initiate an enforcement action against the CT DEEP and CT PURA to remedy what it asserts is the State of CT’s improper implementation of section 210 of PURPA by requiring the following criteria for participation in the Shared Clean Energy Facility program: (i) that no more than 10% of the project site contains slopes greater than 15%; (ii) that separate QFs on the same parcel cannot receive a contract even when the total of the two QFs is less than 5MWs; (iii) documentation of “community outreach and engagement” regarding the bid for a contract; (iv) restrictions related to “Prime Farmland” location; (v) a QF cannot have been constructed or started construction; (vi) a workforce development program, and for certain projects a community benefits agreement; (vii) a contract that includes renewable energy credits; and (viii) a bidder must bear costs related to a utility’s voluntarily seeking to re-sell the QF’s energy in the ISO-NE market, if the utility chooses not to use the energy to supply its own customers.

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