The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) covers a lot of ground designing and advancing innovative policies and model rules and building a competent and qualified workforce that meets the demands of the solar industry. The intersection of policy and workforce spurs solutions resulting in sustained market growth. Building the Market: IREC Tackling Issues You Need for Success was the introductory kick-off in a series of IREC sessions during SPI week, a fast-paced commentary highlighting the critical factors and latest thinking on IREC's front burner and why they are important.

1. Building the Market
IREC Tackling Issues You
Need for Success
Jane
Weissman
October
22,
2013
Solar
Power
Interna:onal

2.
BEST
PRACTICES
PUBLICATIONS
STANDARDS
CREDENTIALS
REFORM
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
REGULATORY
MODEL
RULES

3. Quality
Workforce
Development
Through
Standards,
Best
Prac:ces,
Creden:als
Market
Crea:on
Through
Regulatory
Reform

4. Shared
Net Metering
Renewables
Interconnection
Integrated
Distribution
Planning
Solar Market
Trends
Grid
Permitting Modernization
Freeing
the Grid
Regulatory Reform
Model
Rules

6. IREC
Accredited
Training
Programs
Solar
Instructor
Training
Network
Regional
Training
Providers
IREC
Regulatory
involvement
in
2012-­‐13
Addi:onal
IREC
involvement
since
2007

7. ISSUE
Customer-owned
Generation
25% Of
Residential
Rooftops Are
Capable Of
Hosting Solar
NEED
IREC SOLUTION
Fair
and
balanced
approach;
accurate
and
consistent
valua:on
of
costs
and
ü Calcula&ng
the
Costs
&
benefits
Benefits
of
Distributed
Solar
Genera&on
Solar
facili:es
shared
by
customers
without
roof
space
ü Model
Rules
for
Shared
Renewable
Energy
Programs

8. ISSUE
High Deployment
Growing
Demands on
Utilities
Permitting Time
& Cost
NEED
Reform
interconnec:on
procedures
Simplify
permit
review
&
inform
inspectors
IREC SOLUTION
ü
Model
Interconnec&on
Procedures
ü Integrated
Distribu&on
Planning
Concept
ü Solar
PermiCng
Best
Prac&ces
&
Checklist
ü Online
Training
for
Code
Officials

9. ISSUE
Assuring
Competent
Workers
Quality of
Training &
Instructors
NEED
Consistent
and
well-­‐
designed
training
IREC SOLUTION
ü
SITN
Best
Prac&ces
Raise
the
bar
ü
New
IREC
Standards
ü
Third-­‐Party
Creden&aling
Program
Linkage of Skill
Training to Jobs
Job-­‐ready
employees
ü
Proof
of
Market
Value
ü
Solar
Career
Map

10.
Tuesday,
October
22
11:00am
-­‐
Building
the
Market:
IREC
Tackling
Issues
You
Need
for
Success
11:30am
-­‐
Why
Market-­‐Valued
IREC
Creden:als
MaLer
12:00pm
-­‐
Future
of
Net
Metering
1:30pm
-­‐
BeLer
Trained
Workers
Affect
Your
BoLom
Line:
The
SITN
at
Work
2:00pm
-­‐
Interconnec:on
Issues
at
Higher
Penetra:ons
2:30pm
-­‐
Improving
Interconnec:on:
Integrated
Distribu:on
Planning
3:00pm
-­‐
IREC's
Annual
Solar
Market
Trends
Report
4:00pm
-­‐
IREC
3iAwards
Ceremony
at
Solar
Central
booth
#1343
Wednesday,
October
23
2:00pm
-­‐
BeLer
Trained
Workers
Affect
Your
BoLom
Line:
The
SITN
at
Work
2:30pm
-­‐
Future
of
Net
Metering
3:00pm
-­‐
Shared
Solar:
Growing
the
Market
3:30pm
-­‐
Improving
Interconnec:on:
Integrated
Distribu:on
Planning
Thursday,
October
24
9:30am
-­‐
Shared
Solar:
Growing
the
Market
10:00am
-­‐
Why
Market-­‐Valued
IREC
Creden:als
MaLer
10:30am
-­‐
Interconnec:on
Issues
at
Higher
Penetra:ons
11:30am
-­‐
IREC's
Annual
Solar
Market
Trends
Report

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2013 3iForum and 3iAwards

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