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Apple Seeks Authority To Sell Wholesale Power at Market-Based Rates
Apple, through Apple Energy LLC, applied at FERC for market-based rate authority to sell power at wholesale in the Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, Central, and Southwest Power Pool regions
Apple Inc. owns data centers within the United States in: Newark, California; Maiden, North Carolina; Prineville, Oregon; and Reno, Nevada.
Apple Inc. currently owns or controls certain generation facilities, which are QFs, within the balancing authority areas operated by Duke Energy Carolinas in the Southeastern United States, and PacifiCorp in the Northwestern United States.
Specifically, Apple Data Center – Fuel Cell, Apple Data Center PV, NC PV2, and NC PV3 are solar photovoltaic and biogas QFs with a combined nameplate capacity of 67.5 MW located in Catawba County, North Carolina and interconnected to the transmission system owned and operated by Duke Energy Carolinas. 45 Mile Hydroelectric Power Plant is a QF hydroelectric facility with a nameplate capacity of 3 MW located in Jefferson County, Oregon, interconnected to the transmission system owned and operated by Pacific Power, a subsidiary of PacifiCorp. Monroe Drop Project is a QF hydroelectric facility with a nameplate capacity of 0.3 MW located in Jefferson County, Oregon, interconnected to the transmission system owned and operated by Pacific Power
Additionally, Apple Inc. owns and controls Bonnybrooke PV, a solar photovoltaic generating facility with a nameplate capacity of 50 MW under development in Pinal County, Arizona. Bonnybrooke PV is currently under construction with commercial operation estimated during the fourth quarter of 2016, and will be interconnected to the transmission system owned and operated by the Salt River Project
Applicant’s affiliate, Apple Inc., owns but does not control Ft. Churchill Solar Array, a solar photovoltaic generating facility with a nameplate capacity of 19.9 MW located in Lyon County, Nevada, which is owned and operated by NV Energy
Apple Inc. has entered into a long-term firm power purchase agreement for delivery of energy and associated environmental attributes for 130 MW from a solar photovoltaic energy generation facility under construction by California Flats Solar LLC for a 25-year term beginning October, 2016 and located in the BAA and the market administered by the California Independent System Operator. Apple Inc. also owns two behind-the-meter generating facilities in the CAISO BAA (Apple Campus 2 – PV and Apple Campus 2 – Fuel Cell) totaling 18.0 MW of capacity.
Apple is seeking to sell wholesale electric energy and capacity as well as ancillary services under its MBR tariff
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