Guam § 8603 - Virtual Power Plant Program.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 8603 — Virtual Power Plant Program., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8603. Virtual Power Plant Program.
(a) The Guam Power Authority (GPA) shall establish a Virtual Power Plant Program (VPPP) within
nine (9) months of enactment of this Article and approval by the Guam Public Utilities Commission (PUC),
or ninety (90) days after approval by the Guam Public Utilities Commission (PUC) whichever is earlier,
pursuant to § 8311 of Article 3 of this Title, whereby qualified businesses, homeowners, government of
Guam agencies, and non-profit organizations are able to host a solar photovoltaic system and battery energy
storage systems; and government of Guam-owned buildings shall be the first preference to be Solar Hosts.
Developers must provide battery energy storage system capacity necessary to address intermittency and
power quality issues. The VPPP shall initially be capped at twenty megawatts (20 MW) of participation, at
which time GPA shall assess the impact on the island-wide power system, ratepayers, reliability, and
feasibility for an expanded VPPP. Additional VPPP phases and the terms of such, including contract
agreement and program capacity ceilings, must be approved by the PUC. The VPPP shall also include the
software and computers necessary to manage the production, storage, and output of electricity generated
by the network of Solar Hosts in the Virtual Power Plant Program.
(b) GPA shall enter into agreement(s) with solar energy developers for the installation, ownership,
maintenance, and/or operation of equipment necessary to create a Virtual Power Plant Program, as defined
in § 8602(a) of this Article, providing for the use of qualified premises for electricity generated and sold to
the utility and to be used by the community.
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What does Guam Code Annotated § 8603 cover?
Section 8603 ("Virtual Power Plant Program.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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