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Article: PECO Turns up the Heat with Solar RFP.
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- October 8, 2009
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Company Launches 6-Megawatt Competitive Purchase for Solar Credits
PHILADELPHIA -- PECO is looking for current and future solar energy producers to submit bids as the company seeks to purchase 6-megawatts of solar power. The action is part of the company's overall environmental efforts and supports Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS).
PECO recently received approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to purchase up to 80,000 solar alternative energy credits, the equivalent of 6-megawatts, during 10 years. Enough energy to power nearly 1,000 homes for 10 years, it would take about eight football fields of solar ...