1. Rusty Haynes N.C. Solar Center / DSIRE N.C. State University Keeping a Pulse on PV Policy: A Current U.S. Overview PV America Philadelphia, PA April 4, 2011

2. Why is the U.S. PV market challenging? Investor-owned (210) Public utilities (2,009) Electric co-ops (883) Federal (9) Federal (1) States, territories, DC (~65) Counties (3,143) Municipalities (~30,000) Regulatory Regimes Utility Types

3. DSIRE Created in 1995 Funded by U.S. DOE / NREL Managed by N.C. Solar Center (NCSU) Scope = government & utility incentives & policies that promote RE & EE ~ 2,650 total summaries ~175,000 users/month DSIRE Solar (dsireusa.org/solar) myDSIRE services for businesses (mydsireusa.org)

9. Net MeteringInterconnection www.freeingthegrid.og

10. Average Retail Electricity Rates, 2009 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

11. Aggregate State Budget Shortfall (FY, in $B)

12. Long-Term Policy Perspective A decade of overwhelmingly solid policy progress at state level A handful of snags (PACE, FIT), but very little actual policy back-pedaling Exceptions: occasional PBF raids, tax credit abuse, net metering snafus Federal policy consistently a wildcard

13. Immediate Policy Considerations Frustrations with SREC markets, FITs, PACE, community solar Clarifying viability of 3rd-party PPA & lease models Reducing non-module costs Impacts of federal, state & local budget implosions Implications of increasing policy complexity

14. Rusty Haynes DSIRE Project Manager N.C. Solar Center NCSU, Box 7409 919.513.0445 rusty_haynes@ncsu.edu Contact Info: