OUC History Book

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1990–2010 ChargePoint electric vehicle charging station located at City Hall.

Innovation — From Light Poles to Charging Stations OUC planned for a brighter tomorrow with a

building’s parking garage, the 16-panel solar

number of innovative projects including installing

array provided a total of 2.8 kilowatts of power

solar charging stations for electric vehicles and

to charge the vehicles.

cutting-edge solar photovoltaic (PV) technology on utility poles.

To help prepare Central Florida to support plug-in electric vehicles, OUC partnered with

As part of the utility’s commitment to alternative

the City of Orlando, Orange County and others

fuels and efficient transportation, two of its three

as part of a national non-profit initiative called

electric-vehicle charging stations at Reliable Plaza

Project Get Ready. A Department of Energy

were powered by the sun — and were the first

ChargePoint America Grant would provide

of their kind in Orlando. Located on top of the

nearly 300 charging stations to Central Florida.

New Conservation Requirements On December 1, 2009, the Florida Public

each year. To accomplish those goals, OUC was

Service Commission (PSC) established new peak

determined to ramp-up promotion of existing

demand and energy conservation requirements

programs and introduce new ones to help

for all large electric utilities in the State of Florida.

customers improve the efficiency of their homes

The new rules would require OUC to reduce

and businesses.

energy consumption by an average 3,600,000 kWh

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OUC installed the first utility pole-mounted solar PV system in Florida. The pilot project included 10 intelligent photovoltaic solar systems that together could produce up to 2 kilowatts that was pumped directly into the power grid.


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