Over the past few months, NREL’s STAT team has been digging in to help several state and local jurisdictions take on multifaceted solar market barriers. Direct technical assistance recipients include the New York State Department of Public Service and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as participants in working groups on rate design and community solar. Continue reading
NREL Conduit Blog
The NREL Conduit Blog discusses research relevant to state, local, and tribal governments. Contributing authors provide posts related to events, policy analysis, and decision support outcomes to inform the market in a credible and timely fashion.
Solar Technical Assistance Team Profile: Alex Aznar
April 16, 2015
Alex Aznar answers seven questions about her work. Continue reading
Word of the Day: PURPA
April 10, 2015
Many federal, state, and local policies have supported and continue to support the deployment of renewable energy onto the grid. One foundational federal policy was the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978, which is known as PURPA. Continue reading
Meet a Solar Financing Expert: Travis Lowder
April 02, 2015
This STAT Chat podcast features Travis Lowder, an energy analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, discussing solar financing as part of our Meet a Solar Expert series. Continue reading