IREC's President/CEO, Jane Weissman, presents a high level-view of what's likely to come your way in 2015 – regulatory and quality workforce development issues and trends in the limelight now, and how they directly or ultimately affect the solar market.

1. Trends to watch
for in 2015
Jane Weissman, CEO/President
Interstate Renewable Energy Council
SPI 2014

2. Grid benefits from net-metered systems
Move from net-metered customers as
freeloaders and promote net metering
as a full-benefit package
Reasoned consistency through standard
valuation methodology

3. Preemptive moves through quality
assurance systems
Credible credentials minimize
performance risk
Clean Energy Credentialing Coalition
Build in quality safeguards
Avoid consumer and investor backlash

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5. Preemptive moves through quality
assurance systems
Credible credentials minimize
performance risk
Clean Energy Credentialing Coalition
Build in quality safeguards
Avoid consumer and investor backlash

6. Consumers as hosts of systems
Consumers taking advantage of innovation
Who serves the customer
is changing
Survey says – people place far more weight
on environmental harm than on cost.

7. Lots of moving parts –
system reliability, customer
engagement, DER integration,
rate design, storage integration…
Grid access
Data access
How deep can we play?

8. Skill gaps obstruct markets
Training professions that “touch” solar
Side-track competencies – Look at specialty
training and micro-credentials
Training keeping in time with changing markets;
not playing catch-up

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10. Skill gaps obstruct markets
Training professions that “touch” solar
Side-track competencies – Look at specialty
training and micro-credentials
Training keeping in time with changing markets;
not playing catch-up

11. Market value =
Training leads to jobs
Certification lead to
quality assurances
Value measured in dollars
Taking the guesswork out of
finding meaningful credentials
A credentialed workforce
makes recruitment, screening
and hiring straightforward.
A credentialed workforce
results in less overtime, less
downtime, and fewer call-backs.