Program Optimization Research

Managing and integrating distributed PV resources.

Understand how to value distributed PV resources, and how to use that information to design incentive programs that meet energy, economic and environmental goals.

• Managing the Distributed Solar Fleet: From Interconnection to Fleet Operations (Oct. 2013 – presentation)
• Designing Austin Energy’s Solar Tariff Using a Distributed PV Value Calculator (March 2011)
• Market Transformation Benefits of a PV Incentive Program (May 2010)
• Incentive Level Analysis: Workshop on the Design of the New Solar Homes Partnership (June 2006)
• Expected Performance Based Buydown (EPBB) Incentive Structure: Rationale & Implications (May 2006)
• Economic Benefits of Performance-Based Incentives (July 2004)
• Moving Towards a More Comprehensive Framework to Evaluate Distributed Photovoltaics (June 2005)
• Overview of PBI Design Issues: Performance Based Solar Incentives Workshop (March 2006)