North Carolina commission okays 5-MW Ransom Solar project of FLS Energy

August 2, 2016 Barry Cassell Generation

The North Carolina Utilities Commission on Aug. 2 approved an April 19 application from Ransom Solar LLC for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on a 4.99-MW (ac) solar facility to be located southeast of the intersection of Red Hill Church Road and Ransom Road, near Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina.

Ransom Solar is an affiliate of FLS Energy Inc. The project would interconnect with Duke Energy Progress. The projected date for the facility to come on line is June 19, 2017. All electricity is to be sold to Duke Energy Progress. The projected annual sales in kilowatt-hours is 9,800,000 (ac) kWh

Project contact information is: Ransom Solar LLC, 130 Roberts Street, Asheville, NC 28801, 828.350.3993, interconnect@flsenergy.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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