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Broadview Solar, LLC (discussed here) couldn t even make it to its first birthday before FERC said never mind, that such decision was a mistake. Reversing the reasoning of its earlier order, FERC held in its order addressing arguments on rehearing that a 160 MW solar facility with a 50 MW battery could qualify as a small power production qualifying facility (SPP QF), so long as the facility s net output to the electric utility (i.e., at the point of interconnection), taking into account all components necessary to produce electric energy in a form useful to an interconnected entity, was 80 MW or less. The Commission s rationale largely mirrored the arguments put forth in dissent to the original order by then-Commissioner, now-Chairman, Glick. But the rehearing order still did not address important considerations in evaluating compliance with PURPA s 80 MW limit, and (like the original order) drew a dissent. It is doubtful that the new order will be the last w