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The research described here enjoyed the participation of a sizable team of researchers, an Advisory Committee composed of members
of the REPP Board of Directors and other experts (named within), and reviewers too numerous to thank individually. Part III
contains an integrated package of proposals for expanding PV markets endorsed by our Advisory Committee. Readers should note,
however, that the Executive Summaries in Section IV reflect our research team’s analysis, and do not necessarily represent positions
of REPP, the REPP Board of Directors, the Advisory Committee assembled for this project, or other reviewers. REPP Research
Director Adam Serchuk and Research Associate Virinder Singh coordinated this project; Dr. Serchuk wrote the final report, including
the Executive Summaries. We warmly thank those who reviewed drafts of this work, the Energy Foundation for its generous
support, and Kerry Kemp for her diligence in editing the compendium of final papers. Readers may view the compendium document
on the REPP website, or contact REPP to request a paper version.
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Electric Power Research Institute and U.S. Department of Energy, Renewable Energy Technology Characterizations, EPRI-TR-109496
(Palo Alto, CA: EPRI, 1997), p. 4-2.
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See, for example, Proceedings of the 1995 International Executive Conference on Strategic Photovoltaic Business Opportunities for Utilities in
Sun Valley, ID (17-20 September 1995).
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A requirement that a small but rising percentage of state electricity usage be generated from central-station or customer-located solar
technology would provide an alternative way to expand PV manufacturing volume. The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
recently instituted such a “solar portfolio standard.” In the compendium version of this report, we include an appendix by Ray
Williamson of the ACC describing how a national solar portfolio standard might function.
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