SECTION TWO: REPP'S PROGRESS TO DATE

In the Scoping Paper for this project, the Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) proposed to conduct a series of interviews with experts within, next to and outside the PV field, with the purpose of gleaning a "basket" of policy, market and hybrid mechanisms which could rapidly expand PV markets. To date, we have spoken with the following thirty-six people:

  1. Sam Baldwin, Director of International Programs for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  2. Larry Crowley of Idaho Power Resources Corp. and its parent, the Idaho Power Company
  3. Bob DiMatteo of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, an independent, non-profit laboratory
  4. Peter Dreyfus, Coordinator of the Department of Energy's "Million Roofs" initiatives
  5. Michael Eckhart, Senior Consultant to Shell Solar and Director of the Solar Bank
  6. Bill Edwards of the National Rural Utility Cooperative Finance Corp.
  7. Dawn Erlandson, Executive Director of the Center for a Sustainable Economy
  8. Andrew Hoerner, Tax Specialist at the Center for a Sustainable Economy
  9. Mark Farber of Evergreen Solar, a manufacturer of PV modules
  10. Harvey Forest of Solarex, a manufacturer of PV modules
  11. Christopher Flavin, Vice President at the Worldwatch Institute
  12. Eric Ingersoll of Lucid, Inc.
  13. Lynn Ivey, senior investment counselor at Stringfellow and Scott, a small investment house
  14. Michael Jansa, Senior Associate at GE Capital
  15. Robert Kelly, Chairman and CEO of Enron Renewable Energy Corp.
  16. Ken Locklin, Managing Director of the Renewable Energy and Efficiency Fund at Energy Investors Funds
  17. Michael Marvin, Director of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy
  18. Paul Maycock, Editor of PV News
  19. Dana Mellecker and Steve Hogan of Spire Corp., manufacturer of PV-manufacturing equipment
  20. Alan Miller, Climate Specialist at the World Bank's Global Environment Facility
  21. Mac Moore of BP Solar
  22. Don Osborn, manager of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District's successful PV programs
  23. Mike Philips, International Energy Ventures, a consultancy for international renewable energy finance
  24. Jim Rannels, manager of solar programs at the U.S. Department of Energy
  25. Vincent Schwent of the California Energy Commission
  26. Larry Shirley, Director of the North Carolina Solar Center
  27. Scott Sklar, Executive Director of the Solar Energy Industries Association
  28. Thomas Starrs, principal of Kelso Starrs & Assoc.
  29. Tom Strait, partner in Washington Utility Group, consultants to private and cooperative electric utilities
  30. Joel Stronberg, principal of the JBS Group
  31. Steven Strong, President of Solar Design Associates, a solar architectural firm
  32. Griffin Thompson of the International Institute of Energy Conservation
  33. Jim Trotter of Solar Electric Specialties, an assembler and distributor of PV systems
  34. Carl Weinberg, Executive Director of the Renewable Energy Policy Project
  35. Jane Weissman, Director of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council
  36. Howard Wenger, principal of Pacific Energy Resources

REPP's Adam Serchuk and Virinder Singh performed these interviews in person or over the telephone. Joel Stronberg, who REPP hired as a consultant for this phase of the project, assisted. From these interviews, we have identified seven linked areas that merit future research. We describe these in Section Three, below.

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