Solar Technical Work. By January 2018, Bonneville will study and produce analysis on solar integration in Bonneville’s Balancing Authority Area (BAA), though this is not a commitment to conduct a comprehensive integration study. The intent of Bonneville’s analytical work will be to enhance Bonneville’s current methodology and inform Bonneville and stakeholders prior to workshops leading to the BP-20 Initial Proposal. This analytical work will include:
Solar Technical Work. Prior to submitting the initial proposal for BP-20, Bonneville will put forth reasonable efforts to analyze and produce study results on solar integration in Bonneville’s Balancing Authority Area (BAA). This study work will include: A focus on the unique characteristics of solar energy generation in Bonneville’s BAA contrasted to that of wind energy in the Bonneville BAA. The creation of a robust synthetic solar generation data set representative of a prospective geographically diverse build out of solar generation in Bonneville’s BAA, based on Bonneville’s interconnection queue through FY2021 and through utilization of the University of Oregon’s Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory datasets. Analysis of the impacts on balancing reserves necessary to integrate solar energy in Bonneville’s BAA, with regards to integration rate designs and solar scheduling best practices. Bonneville will also hold stakeholder workshop(s) prior to the BP-20 Initial Proposal to discuss the impact of the variable cost methodology and the incremental standard deviation methodology on solar generation.
