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2008 Annual Meeting

Solar America Cities First Annual Meeting
April 14-16, 2008
Tucson, Arizona

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Agenda
Final Agenda SAC Annual Meeting (pdf)

Presentations

Federal & State Solar Policy
Current Status and Future Outlook
Gwen Rose, VoteSolar
State Policy Case Studies (pdf)
Rusty Haynes, North Carolina Solar Center
State Solar Policy - Current Status & Future Outlook (pdf)
Tom Alston, American Solar Electric
National Solar Legislation and Its Potential Effects on Municipalities (pdf)

Trends in the Solar Market and New Technologies
Scott Stephens, DOE Solar Program
Solar Energy: Future Trends and Technologies (pdf)
Chris Nichols, SunEdison
City Leadership in 'Going Solar' (pdf)

Financing Solar for City Facilities
Bruce Plenk and Tony Larrivee, City of Tucson
Financing Solar for City Facilities (pdf)
Tom Blair, City of San Diego
Financing Solar Projects (pdf)

Mapping Solar Potential and Data Monitoring
Kevin Lynn, DOE Solar Program
Mapping Solar Potential and Monitoring the Performance of Solar Systems (pdf)
Dave Konkle, City of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor's 5000 Solar Roofs (pdf)

Helping Your Community Finance Solar
Neal De Snoo, City of Berkeley
Berkeley FIRST - Berkeley Financing Initiative for Renewable and Solar Technology (pdf)
Rachel Huang, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Residential Solar Financing Options (pdf)

Permitting, Zoning, and Solar Access Laws
Leslie Libby, City of Austin
Solar America Cities 1st Annual Meeting (pdf)
Brad Swing and Wilson Rickerson, City of Boston
First Annual Meeting (pdf)

Public Outreach and Marketing Tactics for Solar
Gwen Rose, VoteSolar
Activating Communities (pdf)
Andrew McAllister, City of San Diego
Solar San Diego: Clean Energy Market Development (pdf)
Lee Rahr and Andria Jacob, City of Portland
Solar Now! (pdf)

Solar Workforce Development
Jane Weissman, Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
Solar Workforce Development: Jobs & Training Trends (pdf)
Kevin Lynn, DOE Solar Program
Solar Workforce Development (pdf)

Introduction to Solar America Cities and DOE Market Transformation Activities (for 2008 Cities)
Charlie Hemmeline, DOE Solar Program
Market Transformation Introduction (pdf)

What is a Tiger Team? Introduction to Your DOE Technical Assistance (for 2008 Cities)
Kevin Lynn, DOE Solar Program; Vipin Gupta, Sandia National Laboratories; and Cecile Warner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
What is a Tiger Team? - Introduction to Your DOE Technical Assistance (pdf)

Keynote Presentations
The Honorable Will Wynn, Mayor, City of Austin
The Solar Industry in Austin, Texas (pdf)
Wilson Rickerson, City of Boston
Thinking Big (pdf)

Photo of SAC Lead with 3 Mayors
Solar Program’s Market Transformation Lead Tom Kimbis (left) pauses for a photo with Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, Austin Mayor Will Wynn, and Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup, at the 1st Annual Solar America Cities Meeting.

Photo of participants at SAC Meeting
City participants at the 1st Annual Solar America Cities Meeting were actively engaged in discussing various topics related to solar deployment.

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