Even though the cost of electricity in Texas is among the lowest in the nation, placing new technologies at a competitive disadvantage relative to other states, rooftop solar and plug-in electric vehicles are beginning to penetrate the Texas market. As with the development of other technologies, public policy and financial incentives are helping rooftop solar and plug-in electric vehicle technologies compete in the retail market. The emergence of these technologies presents both opportunities and challenges to the Texas market.
This webinar will look at key factors driving these grid management challenges and the legal and regulatory context for such improvements. Topics Include:
• Current realities of the broader Texas solar market, and the most likely local markets for connecting these technologies to the grid;
• Legal and regulatory challenges to broad deployment of distributed generation, and how to structure transactions, system designs and ownership to meet those challenges;
• Demonstration projects in Texas that are identifying challenges and opportunities in the Texas market;
• Grid load impacts from PEV charging in response to pricing signals; and
• Power quality impacts of rooftop solar PV systems at distribution voltage and residential service voltage
Info: cleancities@nctcog.org
