Developing, managing and assessing a utility sponsored, industry supported PV off-grid program

Author

Gould, Wayne R.

Author_Institution

Southern California Edison Co., USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

763

Abstract

Working in conjunction with the Cal PV4U Working Group, the Southern California Edison Company (Edison) developed a unique off-grid pilot program in which Edison offers individuals 15-year photovoltaic (PV) service contracts. This paper: (1) describes Edison´s program; (2) traces the steps which were taken to develop the program in a collaborative process comprised of a diverse set of stakeholders; (3) provides an evaluation of the program´s experience since receiving regulatory approval; and (4) describes how an off-grid pilot program can accelerate the commercialization of PV technologies and provide the foundation for the future integration of PV technologies on the utility system

Keywords

contracts; management; photovoltaic power systems; Cal PV4U Working Group; PV technologies commercialization; Southern California Edison Company; collaborative process; off-grid pilot program; photovoltaic service contracts; regulatory approval; Acceleration; Application software; Circuit testing; Collaborative work; Commercialization; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; Solar power generation; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520071

Filename

520071