Detroit Edison Seeks Renewable Energy Proposals
18 Agosto 2009 - 4:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
DETROIT, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Edison has issued two
Requests for Proposal (RFPs) that will add a significant amount of
Michigan-based renewable power to the company's energy portfolio
over the next two years. The two RFPs will help Detroit Edison meet
renewable energy provisions contained in the "Clean, Renewable and
Efficient Energy Act," a comprehensive energy reform package
approved last year that requires Michigan's electric utilities to
serve 10 percent of their retail sales from renewable energy
resources by 2015. "This is a major step forward in Detroit
Edison's plan to meet the state's renewable energy targets," said
Trevor F. Lauer, vice president of retail marketing for DTE Energy,
parent company of Detroit Edison. "These RFPs will enable us to add
more than 180 megawatts (MW) of homegrown renewable energy to our
portfolio, and at the same encourage the development of new green
energy projects located right here in Michigan." The first RFP
seeks potential partners for the development of a Michigan-based
wind farm (or farms) capable of producing up to 75 MW of new wind
power. The facilities must be operational by Dec. 31, 2011. Upon
completion of the project (or projects), Detroit Edison would take
ownership of the facilities, and would receive 100 percent of the
wind energy and renewable energy credits. Responses to this RFP are
due by Nov. 2, 2009. The second RFP seeks long-term agreements for
the purchase of capacity, energy and renewable energy credits from
approximately 106 MW of renewable energy resources. Detroit Edison
expects to sign multiple 20-year long power purchase agreements for
qualifying Michigan-based energy produced from resources such as
wind, solar, landfill gas and biomass. Responses to this RFP are
due by Oct. 23, 2009. Detailed bid documents for both RFPs are
available on the PowerAdvocate bid event platform. Potential
bidders must be registered with PowerAdvocate to access the bid
documents; the registration site is http://www.poweradvocate.com/.
Detroit Edison expects to add more than 1,200 MW of renewable
energy by 2015 to meet the state's renewable energy goals. The
company plans to own facilities to meet up to half of that capacity
and contract with third-party producers for the rest. Detroit
Edison has acquired more than 70,000 acres of land easements in
Michigan's Thumb area as sites for wind farms and other related
infrastructure. Detroit Edison is an investor-owned electric
utility serving 2.2 million customers in Southeastern Michigan and
a subsidiary of DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE), a Detroit-based diversified
energy company involved in the development and management of
energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Information
about DTE Energy is available at http://www.dteenergy.com/.
DATASOURCE: Detroit Edison CONTACT: Len Singer, +1-313-235-8809, or
Lorie N. Kessler, +1-313-235-8807, both of Detroit Edison Web Site:
http://www.dteenergy.com/
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