LCRA files interconnect deal for 102-MW SunPower project in Texas

December 9, 2015 Barry Cassell Generation

LCRA Transmission Services Corp. on Dec. 8 filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement with Core Solar SPV V LLC for a 102-MW (ac) project.

The Point of Interconnection for this project will be at the new LCRA Sonne Substation located in Upton County, Texas, along the existing 138-kV transmission line T554.

This is to be a solar generation facility with one Point of Interconnection to the grid. The nominal plant rating will be approximately 102 MW of AC power (with a maximum rating of 112 MW) at the Point of Interconnection. It wll be made up of 51 photovoltaic inverters rated at 2 MW each.

The project’s scheduled commercial operation date is Dec. 31, 2016.

A project contact is: Core Solar SPV V LLC, Attn: Managing Director, 1414 Harbour Way South, Suite 1901, Richmond, CA 94804, Fax: (510) 540-0522, Phone: (503) 416-2931, scott.piscitello@sunpower.com.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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