2013 Topics for Assistance

This year, DOE is offering technical assistance to cities and states targeting policy and programmatic improvements that will open and develop markets for distributed generation (DG), specifically solar rooftop photovoltaics (PV).

Types of Assistance Available

This is not a financial award. Successful applicants will be partnered with DOE and NREL expert staff to determine the most effective use of assistance in forwarding market opening policies and programs. NREL/DOE anticipate providing 1-10 weeks of work on these requests.

The types of assistance available include:

• Review and comparison of current policies to best practices with suggestions for policy changes to better serve the solar distributed generation market
• Unbiased analysis of economic and market impacts of changes to policies
• Review and comparison of current regulations to best practices with suggestions for policy changes to better serve the solar DG market
• Unbiased analysis of economic and market impacts of changes to regulations.

http://www.nrel.gov/ap/solar_tech_assistance/index.cfm