Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 20:04:40 GMT -8
According to the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), which released its annual ranking of the top 10 U.S. electric utilities that have added the most solar power to the grid, Pacific Gas & Electric far outranks other utilities when it comes to adding the most solar power to the grid. solar energy network. new solar power for its systems and the sunniest in terms of watts per customer in 2012.
The ranking is part of the sixth annual Utility Solar Rankings report. The full report, to be released in May 2013, identifies leading solar industry trends such as total installed capacity, market share and industry growth rate in 2012.
Utilities ranked in SEPA's top 10 this year for solar megawatts accounted for 73 percent of all capacity integrated in 2012, up slightly from 2011.
The top three MW rankings include some of the nation's B2B Email List largest utilities—Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California, Southern California Edison and Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (New Jersey), which often rank high in this category due to their expansive costs. customer solar programs and utility purchasing programs. All utilities in the top 10 list were previously included in the ranking in 2011, with the exception of Progress Energy Carolinas, which is in its first year on the list. This is the fifth year that Pacific Gas and Electric Company has topped the list.
Here are the 10 largest utilities by capacity added in MW in 2012:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (California)
Southern California Edison (CA) – 195
Electric and Gas Utility Company (New Jersey)
Arizona State Service (Arizona)
NV Energy (NV) –
Jersey Central Power & Light (New Jersey)
Tucson Electric Power Company (Arizona) – Progress Carolinas (North Carolina)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (California)
Hawaii Electric Company (HI)
The SEPA Top 10 Solar Watts Per-Customer ranking takes into account the number of customers served by each utility relative to installed solar power in megawatts, giving smaller utilities a more competitive way to measure their solar power capacity. Many municipal utilities lead the solar watts per customer rankings, including the City of St. Mary's, Ohio, the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii, and Bryan Municipal Utilities in Ohio. Both Ohio utilities were previously unranked, with Kauai moving up from No. 12 in the 2011 rankings.
The ranking is part of the sixth annual Utility Solar Rankings report. The full report, to be released in May 2013, identifies leading solar industry trends such as total installed capacity, market share and industry growth rate in 2012.
Utilities ranked in SEPA's top 10 this year for solar megawatts accounted for 73 percent of all capacity integrated in 2012, up slightly from 2011.
The top three MW rankings include some of the nation's B2B Email List largest utilities—Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California, Southern California Edison and Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (New Jersey), which often rank high in this category due to their expansive costs. customer solar programs and utility purchasing programs. All utilities in the top 10 list were previously included in the ranking in 2011, with the exception of Progress Energy Carolinas, which is in its first year on the list. This is the fifth year that Pacific Gas and Electric Company has topped the list.
Here are the 10 largest utilities by capacity added in MW in 2012:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (California)
Southern California Edison (CA) – 195
Electric and Gas Utility Company (New Jersey)
Arizona State Service (Arizona)
NV Energy (NV) –
Jersey Central Power & Light (New Jersey)
Tucson Electric Power Company (Arizona) – Progress Carolinas (North Carolina)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (California)
Hawaii Electric Company (HI)
The SEPA Top 10 Solar Watts Per-Customer ranking takes into account the number of customers served by each utility relative to installed solar power in megawatts, giving smaller utilities a more competitive way to measure their solar power capacity. Many municipal utilities lead the solar watts per customer rankings, including the City of St. Mary's, Ohio, the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii, and Bryan Municipal Utilities in Ohio. Both Ohio utilities were previously unranked, with Kauai moving up from No. 12 in the 2011 rankings.