Sunnova Energy International Inc., an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) supplier, has utilized to the California Public Utilities Fee (CPUC) to develop a photo voltaic+storage-focused “micro-utility” in California. Sunnova fashioned an entirely owned subsidiary referred to as Sunnova Neighborhood Microgrids California LLC (SCMC) to personal and function EaaS choices in new communities together with power era, storage and distribution infrastructure.
SCMC seeks to develop largely self-sustaining micro-utilities by equipping new residence communities with photo voltaic and storage to supply shoppers with a greater power service that permits them to stay in a extra resilient residence and group with latest-generation power infrastructure. SCMC will give attention to newly constructed houses, permitting the corporate to work with builders to design and implement distributed solar-powered microgrids for communities that may profit from improved sustainability and clear, resilient and dependable energy. These communities will probably be generally known as Sunnova Adaptive Communities.
“Neighborhood microgrids are the long run as they provide the distinctive skill to share extra electrical energy, placing the ability within the fingers of householders and considerably enhancing the resiliency of communities,” says William J. (John) Berger, founder and CEO of Sunnova. “Sunnova is breaking new floor by increasing its distributed power service platform from houses to complete communities. We see a future the place communities, neighborhoods, and companies can function independently from the legacy grid with sustainable power sources that present uninterrupted energy.”
“We imagine microgrids handle a robust want available in the market for extra sturdy power options and higher connectivity,” provides Berger. “The Sunnova Adaptive Neighborhood will present shoppers with the flexibility to provide, share, and ship energy when it’s wanted most. SCMC’s utility highlights the aid that the present transmission and distribution system will expertise on condition that many of the energy that will probably be consumed by these communities will probably be generated regionally from renewable sources. We hope the CPUC strikes expeditiously to approve our utility in order that we will start serving new communities.”
SCMC took formal steps earlier than the CPUC to qualify as a “micro-utility” and to request a certificates to assemble and function microgrids underneath Part 2780 and Part 1001, respectively, of the California Public Utilities Code. By submitting its utility to the CPUC, SCMC seeks to be the primary photo voltaic and storage “micro-utility” firm in California to be certificated to personal and function nanogrids (behind the meter) and group belongings, together with the distribution infrastructure (entrance of the meter), as a part of built-in microgrid communities. SCMC group belongings will embrace full distribution infrastructure and power belongings together with photo voltaic, battery storage and emergency era.
