Accelerating Renewable Energy Penetration in the US: PPAs and FITs
Venue: Virtual
Location: Your city, United States
Event Date/Time: Jun 25, 2009 | End Date/Time: Jun 25, 2009 |
Registration Date: Jun 24, 2009 |
Description
What is the relationship between a feed-in tariff (FIT)—such as that being debated in California—and power purchase agreements (PPAs), which—prior to the solar sector drop off—have been very successful?
• Can PPAs and FITs co-exist or are they competitive business models?
• Do they feed in to one another?
• Are the customers for PPAs and FITs the same or different?
• Which model is more effective in expediting the deployment of solar PV?
Pricing and the economics of solar projects
• Is the price of a FIT too high?
• Will money paid to companies come out of ratepayers’ pockets only to line the pockets of foreign module manufacturers?
• Will there be rate hikes? Is this fair, socially? Is it environmentally prudent?
• From the perspective of the customer, is it better to get a PPA and be guaranteed lower rates, but have system on site? To buy green power from the utility? Or, to use land owned for a wholesale project?
Political positions
• Who is for and against a feed-in tariff?
• What is the rationale for their position?
• What program designs are being championed?