Washington, DC (Vocus) 8 October 2010

The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) today published the second phase of its usefulness Solar Business Models (USBM) report entitled â utility solar business :? ??? Price in the development of photovoltaic Markets.â? The report provides a unique insight into detailed business models of 21 utilities that have incorporated solar energy in their portfolios. SEPA has worked with energy companies in the development and understanding of the USBM in 2007 by working groups, reports, workshops, presentations and summaries of case.

â? This report contains a wealth of information on public services can Value Solar Energy to create one? Said David Rubin, president of SEPA? of the Board and Director of Service Analysis for Pacific Gas and Electric Company. â? Every chief usefulness to learn how they could work in solar a financially sound do no better preparation than are interested in this study. SEPA? S does the work for> them.â ????

Specifically, the report examines alternative USBM between the business models of public services, including:


Continued ownership of service times and purchase (PPA)
Standardization tender and BDC to minimize transaction costs and legal review
Aggregation, integration and control systems to reduce costs and home developers
The integration of distributed solar power smart local initiatives
Clearing customers host with rental payments or long-term interest rates fixed energy
Target busy Properties, owner of several sites and rights of way
Targeting local capacity constraints

by using tracking systems Overall the report is that new and expanded definitions of utility models of solar activity has considerable potential for growth in the solar market. Lessons from models developed by utility companies as diverse as Tucson Electric Power (Arizona), Sacramento Municipal Utility District (California) and Florida Power and Light, public services across the country seeks to expand the solar energy can be used.

â? Thereâ? no doubt that solar energy has great potential for growth, â? SEPA said President and CEO, Julia Hamm. â? Especially in the past two years, utility companies nearly 800 megawatts of solar energy projects worth over 0.5 billion announced. What this report to us an understanding of how they did it, not how theyâ? Re doing.â p> ???? SEPA? s study identified four challenges that could affect the growth of utility-scale solar power, as the market matures. These four areas are:

Solar Property: Who owns the assets of Solar?
Solar-value: How can we add value Utility Solar markets where others can not ????? t
Competition issues: What are the challenges utilities face can expect solar actors?
Impact of the actors: who benefits and who pays for utility solar activity, and what is the significance of these effects

Utility Solar Business Models report also includes a tool for producing solar-service public that highlights important business, legal and regulation of these Drivers? plans to expand beyond the traditional public service activities in the various forms of solar energy.

The full report is available free to members of the SEPA, non-members access to an overview, without charge, and / or purchase a copy of the relevant decision-making tool for the price of, 999 of SEPA? ? s Web site at http:// www.solarelectricpower.org / resources / reports.aspx.

SEPA is also a Webinar to the report on Wednesday 20 October to 14 hours from the East, 1100 Pacific discuss. The one-hour Webinar will be led by John Nimmo, John Nimmons and Associates, Inc., to attend the webinar, register http://www.solarelectricpower.org/events/webinars.aspx. Registration for this and all webinars SEPA is for members of the SEPA and 5 charge for non-members.

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The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) is an educational nonprofit itself the task of utilities to integrate solar energy in their portfolios. With more than 700 utilities and solar industry, SEPA offers impartial information on solar-utility market, information to date on technologies and business models, and peer-to-peer interaction. Of hosting national events to one-on-one counseling, SEPA will help utilities good decisions solar. For more information, visit www.solarelectricpower.org.


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