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Category:	Wind - Contract Pricing
Subject:	SES 4: Wind - peaking price
ID:	10344
Date:	4/8/2009
Question:	Roger Peters - Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance Slide 48: Incentives Payments for Dispatchable Wind Projects Stand alone energy storage is not currently included in the FIT program. However, by installing energy storage technologies at wind power sites (ie not as a separate technology), power suppliers could guarantee output during peak periods. Renewable power would be incorporated more easily into the grid and connection capacity would be reduced. Question: If a wind power producer can show that their project is dispatchable - i.e. they can adjust the output profile of their projects - would the project be eligible to take advantage of the proposed peak period incentive payments? This would be equitable and encourage investment in more flexible power projects as well as in new storage industries.
Answer:	Wind projects are not eligible for the on-peak pricing incentive under the draft rules for the FIT program. The OPA recognizes that there is a potential for energy storage from wind power projects in the future, however this technology is not viewed as mature. The OPA would consider revising this eligibility criteria during regular program review. We welcome detailed submissions by proponents who think that Dispatchable Wind Projects should be considered in FIT program.