Consulting

SED and teaming partners experience includes designing and implementing Community Solar Programs for the cities of Roseville, Shasta Lake, Santa Clara, Glendale, Anaheim, Redding, Palo Alto, Vallejo, and Lompoc.

Under various SMUD, PV Alliance, Community and Partnership programs, SED Team members have:

• Performed site & solar evaluations and designs for new PV projects; assessed the “solar readiness”, developed technical specifications, performed equipment procurement, evaluated contractor proposals, inspected construction, supervised commissioning and system O&M. Set standards for and evaluated (“vet”) PV contractors.
• Worked with City and utility staff (including inspectors), community members, PV vendors, installers, architects, builders, and other stakeholders regarding the planning and design of programs to provide or facilitate services for residents and businesses for the purchase and installation of solar systems. Provided training for building and utility inspectors.
• Developed public & technical information, goals, timelines lines, and milestones for the design of customer-friendly, community solar programs.
• Performed local and statewide planning and facilitating meetings with City’s staff, utilities, residents, businesses, and vendors, and designed and implemented outreach, education, and marketing efforts community solar programs.
• Developed Data Acquisition Systems for performance monitoring including those with community accessible internet capability for PV facilities.
• Provided technical information, cost estimates and appraisals of PV technology and products.
• Experience identifying existing and new financial and environmental incentives to encourage participation, identifying a long-term funding mechanism to manage and fund an on-going community-wide PV buying program, and tracking rebate, discounts, and new programs and conduct market trend analyses relevant to the community solar programs.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a user-friendly website for community use for obtaining information and assistance for purchase and installation of a PV system
• Designed and implemented innovative, user friendly, economical community-wide solar buying programs that have demonstrated the ability to respond to the changing trends in the solar marketplace, the regulations applying to solar installations, and the financial incentives for the purchase of solar system systems.
• Served as Coordinator (Schwent) of Statewide PV Alliance and managed (Hoellwarth) and advised (Parkins) the City of Roseville Electric Utility Business Advisory Group for the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs for residential and commercial buildings in Roseville.
• Developed and managed all aspects of SMUD Solar Program including PV Pioneers and PV Builders Programs and the SMUD Energy Advantage Program,
• As the Roseville’s PV consultant of record, provide a full range of technical and program support for Roseville’s BEST Home Program (Blueprint for Energy Efficiency and Solar Technology), which aims to build 4,000 solar homes in ten years for 8 MW of solar power.