Full Title: Strategic Sequencing for State Distributed PV Policies: A Quantitative Analysis of Policy Impacts and Interactions
Author(s): V.A. Krasko and E. Doris
Publisher(s): National Energy Renewable Laboratory
Publication Date: October 1, 2012
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Description (excerpt):
The hypothesis being tested in this work is: if states and localities can stage policies in a particular order, then they can cost-efficiently draw private investors to develop PV markets. This is particularly important given the limited current economic capabilities of governments to support market development. The policies selected for evaluation emerge from a policy stacking theory which begins by instigating low-cost policies that remove institutional barriers to DG development (market preparation policies) and moves toward establishing markets (market creation policies), and finally looks toward more public sector investment-intensive incentive policies (market expansion policies) (Doris 2012). The specific policies selected for evaluation are those that address interconnection and net metering in the market preparation category, and renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and their technology-specific set-asides in the market creation category.