Ontario - Halton Region

HERE! Upcoming events and MicroFIT news

27 May 2010

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HERE! Events

Saturday May 29: HEN and HERE! will have a display at the Oakville Conserves Energy Fair at Oakville Town Hall on Saturday, May 29. We will be presenting a solar electricity (PV) workshop at 10:00 a.m. and a geothermal and solar thermal workshop at 11:00 a.m. Additional workshops are being scheduled in other municipalities.

Sunday May 30 2010: HERE! will be having a solar tour this Sunday, May 30. The tour will take place at 3 locations in northwest Burlington from 1-3 p.m. Two residential photovoltaic installations that are selling power to the grid under the MicroFIT program will be featured as well as a solar pool heating system. Members of the HERE! Halton Enablers of Renewable Energy project team and homeowners will be available to answer any of your renewable energy questions. Please call 905-299-2327 or email here.office@gmail.com to register. Our next solar tour will be held on Sunday June 27 in Oakville.

MicroFIT news-: In-series metering configuration no longer permitted

On May 19, 2010, the Ontario Energy Board sent a letter to local distribution companies instructing them to stop in-series connections for microFIT and FIT projects because Measurement Canada will not recognize or support the in-series metering configuration.

As a result, in-series connections are no longer permitted under the microFIT and FIT Programs. FIT contract holders and applicants and microFIT applicants therefore must pursue other permitted options – in parallel and direct – for connecting their projects to the distribution system.

If your facility is connected using an in-series connection, stay tuned for further communication on this issue. The OPA is continuing to work with Measurement Canada to find a solution to preserve existing in-series connections.

The microFIT contract is executed once the project has been connected to the distribution system. Applicants to the microFIT Program are encouraged to proceed with their project if they are willing to connect their project in-parallel.

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