The impact of net metering on the residential rooftop PV market

Author

Payne, Adam M. ; Duke, Richard D. ; Williams, Robert H.

Author_Institution

Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1391

Lastpage

1394

Abstract

Federal net metering legislation could have an enormous impact on the demand for rooftop mounted photovoltaic (PV) module systems. We estimate the potential demand for such systems as well as the willingness of the homeowner to pay for such a system. We estimate costs for producing, installing, and maintaining such systems. We conclude that the large potential market induced by net metering legislation could be reasonably met by 100 MWp/yr module factories with modest technical enhancements and cost reduction through economies of scale

Keywords

legislation; metering; photovoltaic power systems; power system economics; power system measurement; solar cell arrays; cost reduction; costs estimation; economies of scale; federal net metering legislation; net metering; potential demand; residential rooftop PV market; rooftop mounted photovoltaic module systems; Costs; Economies of scale; Legislation; Loans and mortgages; Marketing and sales; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Production facilities; Solar power generation; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5772-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2000.916152

Filename

916152