Ontario Power Authority Finalizes Price for Micro-scale Ground-Mounted Solar PV Projects and Precludes "Commercial Aggregators" from MicroFIT Program

On August 13, 2010, following the completion of its 30-day consultation period with respect to the proposed change to the pricing for ground-mounted solar PV projects up to 10 kilowatts in size, the Ontario Power Authority announced amended and finalized new pricing and introduced other new changes to the microFIT Program, which among other changes prevents "commercial aggregators" from participating in the microFIT Program.

On July 2, 2010, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) introduced a proposed change to the pricing for ground-mounted solar PV projects up to 10 kilowatts in size (refer to Osler Update on July 5, 2010). At that time the OPA announced that all ground-mounted solar PV projects, less than or equal to 10 kilowatts and without an executed microFIT Contract or a signed Conditional Offer for a microFIT Contract, would only be eligible for a new lower price of 58.8 cents/kWh, rather than the price of 80.2 cents/kWh that was initially set as the price for