June 23, 2006, Market Transformation Technical Exchange Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Moscone Center)
The objective of the SAI Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) for market transformation was to solicit input from diverse organization regarding options and strategies for the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider in designing the structure and procurement strategy for the market-pull efforts of the Solar America Initiative (SAI). Market Transformation activities focus on eliminating non-technical barriers to solar market growth.
The focus of the San Francisco meeting was the discussion of critical issues that will have a significant impact on the structure of the initiative and the resulting market transformation funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The key mechanism used to accomplish this objective was a series of breakout sessions held during this one-day event. There were 4 groups hosting simultaneous breakout sessions on each day. Each group was assigned a topic to discuss with the intent of developing potential options for the resolution of issues within that topic. The specific group topics in San Francisco were:
- Codes and Standards
Training Installers and Code Officials and Accreditation of Training Institutions
Net Metering Regulations
PV Rating Systems and System Finance
The meeting presentations and summary notes are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Agenda (PDF 45 KB)
Participants List (PDF 97 KB)
SAI Overview Presentation (PDF 297 KB)
SAI Market Transformation Activities Presentation (PDF 297 KB)
CSI Overview Financial Assistance Overview (PDF 244 KB)
Building America Overview (PDF 7.4 MB)
Infrastructure Development Breakout Sessions
Breakout Group A: Codes and Standards (PDF 28 KB)
Breakout Group B1: Training Installers and Code Officials (PDF 515 KB)
Breakout Group B2: Accreditation of Training Institutions ((PDF 328 KB)
Breakout Group C: Net Metering Regulations (PDF 445 KB)
Breakout Group D1: PV Rating Systems (PDF 123 KB)
Breakout Group D2 System Finance (PDF 170 KB)
Infrastructure Development Discussion Summaries
Breakout Session A Discussion Summary (PDF 28 KB)
Breakout Group B Discussion Summary (PDF 25 KB)
Breakout Group C Discussion Summary (PDF 56 KB)
Breakout Group D Discussion Summary (PDF KB)
Market Expansion Discussion Summaries
Breakout Group A Discussion Summary (PDF 29 KB)
Breakout Group B Discussion Summary (PDF 49 KB)
Breakout Group C Discussion Summary (PDF 50 KB)
Breakout Group D Discussion Summary (PDF 40 KB)
Plenary Prioritization Discussion Summary (PDF 18 KB)