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March 11, 2008 Telephone Seminar - State Solar Policy Trends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next IREC Telephone Seminar will be held Tuesday, March 11, at 2pm EDT (1pm CDT, noon MDT, 11am PDT, 10am Alaska, 8am Hawaii) on State Solar Policy Trends. The seminar will last for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Pre- registration is required.
State policies have been the driver for most of the solar installations in the U.S. over the past decade or more. This seminar will provide a summary of state policy trends. We will examine current state policies and the resulting solar installations. In addition, we will look at new policies and new markets to watch over the next several years.
Mark Sinclair of the Clean Energy States Alliance will discuss policies and program approaches being employed by the leading state clean energy funds, including lessons learned and emerging trends. Rusty Haynes of the N.C. Solar Center at N.C. State University will discuss other state policies and trends based on research associated with the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE).
Rusty Haynes
Rusty Haynes is a project coordinator at the N.C. Solar Center at N.C. State University. He researches financial incentives and regulatory policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency at the state and federal levels. He manages the nationally recognized Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE), a public resource that tracks state, local, utility and certain federal incentives that promote renewables and energy efficiency. Rusty is a past editor of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council's (IREC) Connecting to the Grid newsletter. His additional interests include international energy issues and alternative transportation.
Mark Sinclair
Mark Sinclair is vice president of the Clean Energy Group (CEG), a nonprofit organization working to increase the use of cleaner energy technologies in the U.S. and abroad through creative financing, public policy and advocacy. At CEG, Mark also is responsible for managing the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), a multi-state coalition of state programs working together to support clean energy technologies and markets. Mark has practiced environmental and energy law for twenty years. He is author of several state program guides on solar, including Strategies to Foster Solar Energy in Affordable Multi-Family Housing and State Strategies to Foster Solar Hot Water System Deployment.
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About the Interstate Renewable Energy Council
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council's mission is to accelerate the sustainable utilization of renewable energy sources and technologies in and through state and local government and community activities.
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) supports market-oriented services targeted at education, coordination, procurement, the adoption and implementation of uniform guidelines and standards, workforce development, and consumer protection.
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