FERC Logs Multiple Solar Energy Company Filings
Published Date: 2/20/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got new filings from solar and energy storage companies saying they qualify as special energy generators. Some companies also asked for changes to electric rates and agreements, with deadlines for public comments coming up in early March. These updates could affect energy prices and how power gets managed soon.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Public comment deadlines in March 2025
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission set public comment and protest deadlines at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on dates in early March 2025 for the listed dockets (for example, March 5, March 6, and March 13, 2025). The Commission’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) can help landowners, community organizations, Tribal members, and others file interventions, protests, or comments by those deadlines.
Solar and storage firms filed for EWG status
Several solar and energy storage companies (Wildwood Solar, Sebree Solar, Route 66 Energy Storage, Sky Ranch Energy Storage II, and Fremont Solar) filed Notices of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator (EG) status in February 2025, with comment dates of March 5 or March 6, 2025. Those filings are docketed (for example, EG25-143-000 through EG25-147-000) and are open for public comment by the listed deadlines.
Multiple electric rate and tariff filings listed
The notice lists multiple electric rate and tariff filings (for example: termination/cancellation of GFR Service Agreements effective 2025-04-14; original Generator Interconnection Agreement service agreements effective 2025-01-14; and an initial market-based rate application for Fremont Solar effective 2025-04-15) with public comment dates in early March 2025. The dockets include ER12-1183-002, ER25-279-001, ER18-649-004, ER25-1286-000, ER25-1287-000 through ER25-1293-000, among others.
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