Remote Customer
- Has agreement to buy green power
- Pays normal utility payment plus green power adder
Remote Utility Partner
- Uses utility renewable power swap agreement
- Sells same power to customer as before the swap agreement
- Pays renewable power seller the green power adder passed through from customer
Renewable Power Seller and / or Local Utility
- Power seller has both a local customer and a remote customer
- Sells renewable power to near-by local customer at normal utility price
- Receives green power adder payment through swap agreement
Advantages
- Fits today's "market approach" to buying and selling power
- Expands geographic market area for buyers and sellers
- Avoids additional transmission costs
- Creates renewable power generation opportunities
- Transfer electronic payments rather than transmitting power through lines
Issues to be Addressed
- Moving from "average" rates to "time and resource differentiated" rates
- Contracting power swaps
- Marketing power swaps
- Policy and regulatory
