Gcina Okungakumbi ngokuGcina Okungakumbi: Abalawuli baseConnecticut ababonelela ngeNkuthazo yokuGcina

24.1.25

I-Connecticut's Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) isandula ukubhengeza uhlaziyo lweNkqubo yokuGcinwa kwamandla oMbane ejolise ekwandiseni ukufikeleleka kunye nokwamkelwa phakathi kwabathengi abahlala kwilizwe. Olu tshintsho luyilelwe ukuphucula inkuthazo yokufakela izixhobo zesola kunye nokugcinwa kwazo, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezifumana umvuzo ophantsi okanye kuluntu olungabonelelwanga ngokwaneleyo.

 

Phantsi kwenkqubo ehlaziyiweyo, abathengi beendawo zokuhlala ngoku banokuxhamla kwizikhuthazi eziphezulu kakhulu. Eyona inkuthazo yangaphambili inyuswe yaya kutsho kwi-16,000 yeedola, ukwanda okukhulu ukusuka kwi-cap yangaphambili ye-7,500 yeedola. Kubathengi abanengeniso ephantsi, inkuthazo yangaphambili inyuswe ukuya kwi-600 yeedola nge-kilowatt-yure (kWh) ukusuka kwi-400/kWh yangaphambili. Ngokufanayo, kubathengi abahlala kwiindawo ezingagcinwanga kakuhle, inkuthazo yangaphambili yonyuswe ukuya kwi-$450/kWh ukusuka kwi-$300/kWh.

Ukongeza kolu tshintsho, abahlali baseConnecticut banokuphinda basebenzise inkqubo ekhoyo yeFederal Investment Tax Credit, ebonelela ngetyala lerhafu ye-30% kwiindleko ezinxulumene nokufaka iinkqubo zokugcina ilanga kunye nebhetri. Ngaphaya koko, ngoMthetho wokuNcitshiswa kokunyuka kwamaxabiso ezinto, intlawulo yotyalo-mali eyongeziweyo yotyalo-mali ngoku iyafumaneka ukuze kufakwe umbane welanga kwiindawo zabantu abamkela imivuzo ephantsi (ukubonelela nge-10% ukuya kwi-20% yexabiso letyala elongezelelweyo lerhafu) kunye noluntu lwamandla (olunikezela ngexabiso letyala lerhafu eli-10% elongezelelweyo) Iinkqubo zomntu wesithathu ezifana nezivumelwano zokuqeshisa kunye nokuthenga amandla.

Olunye uphuhliso lwenkqubo yeziSombululo zoGcino lwaMandla lubandakanya:

1. **Uphononongo lweNkuthazo yeCandelo lezoRhwebo**: Ukuqaphela imfuno emandla kwicandelo lezorhwebo ukususela ekusekweni kwenkqubo ngo-2022, ulwamkelo lweprojekthi luya kunqunyanyiswa okwexeshana nge-15 kaJuni, 2024, okanye ngaphambi koko ukuba umda we-100 MW kwiTranche 2 isetyenziswe ngokupheleleyo. Olu nqumamo luya kuhlala lusebenza de isigqibo senziwe kuNyaka weSigqibo seSine kwiDokethi 24-08-05, malunga nama-70 MW womthamo osafumaneka kwiTranche.2.

2. **Ukwandiswa kweNxaxheba yeeNxaxheba zePropati**: Inkqubo ehlaziyiweyo ngoku yandisa ukufaneleka kwereyithi yenkuthazo yemivuzo ephantsi ukuya kwiipropati ezifikelelekayo kwiintsapho ezininzi, ukwandisa amathuba okuthatha inxaxheba kumanyathelo okugcina amandla.

3. **IQela eliSebenzayo lokuRecycling**: I-PURA icele ukusekwa kweqela elisebenzayo elikhokelwa yi-Green Bank kwaye libandakanya abachaphazelekayo abafanelekileyo, kubandakanywa neSebe lezaMandla kunye noKhuseleko lweNdalo. Injongo yeqela kukujongana nomba wolawulo lwelanga kunye nenkunkuma yebhetri. Ngelixa okwangoku ingeyiyo inkxalabo exhaphakileyo e-Connecticut, iGunya ligxininisa ukubaluleka kokuphuhlisa izisombululo ngokukhawuleza ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba urhulumente ulungele nayiphi na imingeni yexesha elizayo enxulumene nokulawulwa kwenkunkuma yelanga kunye nebhetri.

Ezi zongezo zenkqubo zibonisa ukuzibophelela kukaConnecticut ekukhuthazeni izisombululo zamandla acocekileyo nokudala ikamva elizinzileyo kubo bonke abahlali. Ngokukhuthaza ukwamkelwa kobuchwepheshe belanga kunye nokugcinwa kwezinto, ngakumbi kwiindawo zoluntu ezingagcinwanga kakuhle, urhulumente uthatha amanyathelo akhawulezileyo ngokubhekiselele kumhlaba oluhlaza kunye nokwazi ukumelana nombane.