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2009 Annual Meeting
Solar America Cities 2nd Annual Meeting
March 30-April 2, 2009
San Antonio, TX
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Agenda Final Agenda SAC Annual Meeting (pdf)
Presentations
Navigating the Recovery Act (“Stimulus”) Funding Charlie Hemmeline, Solar Energy Technologies Program
Financing Solar 1: City as Purchaser Jason Coughlin, NREL
Chris Hasle, United Fund Advisors and Darren Van’t Hof, US Bank
Innovative Public Sector Finance (pdf | video) Ann Ober, County of Salt Lake
Salt Lake’s Financial Study Results: Options for Installing up to 10 MW on City and County Buildings (pdf | video) Jessie Denver and Charlene Sun, City of San Jose
Purchasing vs. Power Purchase Agreement: San Jose’s financial decision-making tool (pdf | video)
Engaging Your Utility 1: The New York City Experience Christy Herig, SEPA (Moderator) et. al.
Training A Solar Workforce Jane Weissman, IREC
Best Practices in Training a Solar Workforce (pdf | video) John Carrese, San Francisco Bay Region Center of Excellence, City College of San Francisco
San Francisco’s Labor Market Study (pdf | video) Steve Shelton, LA CleanTech
Louisiana CleanTech’s Solar Training Program (pdf | video)
Engaging Your Community 1: Outreach and Marketing Strategies Lee Rahr, City of Portland
Portland’s Solar Now! Campaign (pdf | video) Jennifer Szaro, Orlando Utilities Commission
Engaging Stakeholders and Educating Decision Makers (pdf | video) Leslie Libby, Austin Energy
Engaging Your Community 2: Direct Customer Assistance Jeanne Hoffman, City of Madison
MadiSUN’s Prospective Solar Owners Agent Program (pdf | video) Chris Bradt, Community Energy Services Corporation
Berkeley’s Smart Solar Program (pdf | video) Johanna Partin, San Francisco Department of the Environment
San Francisco’s Site Assessment Assistance (pdf | video)
Understanding Codes and Standards Larry Sherwood, Solar ABCs
Colleen Kettles, Florida Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation
Bill Brooks, Brooks Engineering
Training for Code Officials (pdf | video) Stephen Barkaszi, Florida Solar Energy Center
Structural Analysis of Buildings for Solar Systems (pdf | video)
Maximizing Use of Solar Water Heating (SWH) Andrew McAllister, California Center for Sustainable Energy
Lessons from San Diego’s SWH Pilot Program (pdf | video) Bob Reedy, Florida Solar Energy Center
Lakeland Electric’s Utility Ownership Model (pdf | video) Kay Schindel, City of Madison
Madison’s SWH at Fire Stations (pdf | video) Dick Fate, Sandia National Labs
Streamlining Solar Permitting Bill Brooks, Brooks Engineering
DOE Permitting Report Highlights (pdf | video) Doug Payne, SolarTech
Streamlining Regional Permitting Practices (pdf | video) John McGowin, City of New Orleans
Financing Solar 2: Local Government as Facilitator for Residential & Community Purchases Jason Coughlin, NREL
Crosscutting Technical Assistance on Financing (pdf | video) Neal DeSnoo, City of Berkeley
Property Tax Assessment Financing: Berkeley FIRST Program Update (pdf | video) Ann Livingston, Boulder County
ClimateSmart Loan Program: Boulder County (pdf | video) Lee Rahr and Andria Jacob, City of Portland
Portland’s Utility Bill Financing Model in Development (pdf | video) Rachel Huang, SMUD
Community Solar: Sacramento SolarShares Update (pdf | video) Leslie Moynihan, Northwest SEED
Community Solar in Seattle (pdf | video)
Keynote Speaker
Julia Hamm, Executive Director, Solar Electric Power Association
City Discussion on Maximizing Mapping Tools Jesse Dean, NREL
Analysis of Solar PV Mapping Tools (pdf | video) Chris Helm, NREL
Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies
Marty Roberts and Lori Houston, Solar Sonoma County
Solar Sonoma County’s Solar Mapping Project (pdf | video)
Engaging Your Utility 2: Key Issues Michael Coddington, NREL
PV Interconnection on Network Grids (pdf | video) Liz Doris, NREL
Rate Structures and Design (pdf | video) Kevin Fox, Keyes and Fox
New Developments in Net Metering & Interconnection (pdf | video)
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Tom Kimbis is joined by the mayors of Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Berkeley, Santa Rosa, Austin, and Ann Arbor at the 2nd Annual Solar America Cities Meeting in San Antonio, TX.
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