Web Resources for Solar Valuation
Solar Glossary
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sunshot/glossary.html
PV Value® Tool—Free tool for valuing solar PV installations
http://energy.sandia.gov/?page_id=8047
Energy Sense Finance LLC
http://www.pvvalue.com
The Energy Bible—Good resource on alternative energy —wind-solar-geothermal
http://energybible.com/solar_energy/when_not-to-do-PV.html
PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy)
www.PACENow.org
U.S. Energy Information Administration
www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/
www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/
NREL—2010 Solar Technologies Market Report www.nrel.gov/docs/fy12osti/51847.pdf
Solar America Board for Codes and Standards
www.solarabcs.org/
Photovoltaic Power Systems and the National Electrical Code: Suggested Practices, by John Wiles
www.nmsu.edu/~tdi/Photovoltaics/Codes-Stds/Codes-Stds.html
10.IRS Form 4562—Depreciation
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i4562.pdf
11. Solar Glossary
www.comparemysolar.co.uk/learn-about-solar/solar-glossary/
12. Current Utility Rates
http://en.openei.org/wiki/Gateway:Utilities
13. PACE: A Smart Way to Finance Retrofits For Energy Efficiency And Water Conservation
www.metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/20518/pace-smart-way-finance-retrofits-energy- efficiency-and-water-conservation?goback=%2Egde_4522998_member_167957702
14. North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)
www.nabcep.org
15. Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
http://sitnusa.org/about-us/how-we-work-with-other-stakeholders
16. Reuters Article on Lawrence Berkley Study of Solar PV
www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/idUS106082976720110421
17. The Cost of Value: Property Tax Policy and PV
https://ases.conference- services.net/programme.asp?conferenceID=2859&action=prog_list&session=20914
18.Feed-In-Tariff discussion on pros and cons of the program, location of programs in the U.S., and myths associated with FITs.
http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/FITness_Testing_Myths.pdf
19. SEIA Web site provides facts and slides on the solar industry around the U.S.
http://www.seia.org/policy/state-solar-policy
20. Selling Guide: Fannie Mae Single Family http://documents.efanniemae.com/sf/guides/ssg/sgpdf.jsp