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July 30, 2015

It's Time for Utilities to Plan for Disruptive Solar PV Impacts
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 30, 2015
The Smart Grid Research Consortium (SGRC) has published a new white paper detailing the dramatic growth in residential solar PV systems and discussing utility operational and business model challenges associated with these technologies. The paper describes factors that explain past and future growth in PV installations including forecasts from the Consortium's Utility Solar PV Forecasting Model that shows a 60 percent nationwide increase in residential solar PV over the next year-and-a-half. The p ... read more

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