Texas Cracks Top 10 in Total Solar Capacity
Continuing its impressive growth, Texas had the eighth most new solar capacity added last year in the nation, according to the recently-released U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review. The state also finished the year ranked No. 10 among all states in total installed solar capacity.
ERCOT 2014 LTSA
ERCOT Released its Long-Term System Assessment ReportSEIA_ERCOT_Long-Term System Assessment_2014 Report.pdf
Diffusion of environmentally-friendly energy technologies: buy versus lease differences in residential PV markets
Utilizing a unique dataset from the residential PV market in Texas, the authors construct a financial model based in part on an NREL model that calculates the expected lifecycle costs and revenues of PV system ownership for the residential buying and leasing business models. The results confirm the ability of third party ownership to open up new market segments.
SEIA Comments on ERCOT 2014 LTSA
This winter, SEIA participated in a series of workshops held by ERCOT to discuss long-term transmission planning and ERCOT’s overall system assessment. On May 9, SEIA filed comments suggesting that ERCOT study a few solar-related scenarios when assessing its system and its direction over the next 10 to 20 years.
SEIA Comments in Texas PUC Resource Adequacy Project No. 40000
On October 22, 2012, SEIA filed comments in PUCT Project No. 40000. SEIA advocated that the PUCT ensure that any new market design not exclude or otherwise prevent solar energy from investing in and participating in future market expansion. Furthermore, SEIA argued that the Commission should support policies that promote long-term contracts, which would encourage investment in new peaking generation and thereby improve resource adequacy. Finally, SEIA stated that the Commission should continue to recognize the importance of ERCOT's system reliability to retail customers by considering system quality in addition to resource adequacy when designing ERCOT market solutions to achieve specific reliability objectives.
Pecan Street Presentation on Their Analysis of the Austin Energy Value of Solar Rate
10.26.12
SEIA Testimony Before Senator Hegar Texas Senate Subcommittee
9.6.2012
Solar Works in Texas - Presentation at Solar San Antonio Event
8.28.2012
Solar Works in Texas Fact Sheet
This fact sheet highlights how solar can help Texas meet its resource adequacy needs.