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.