Join SEPA staff as they share key trends, insights and information resulting from SEPA’s annual Top 10 Utility Solar Rankings. Utilities’ annual solar capacity has surpassed 2GW-ac for the first time and large-scale solar project capacity more than doubled between 2011 to 2012. Hear which utilities are driving change as well as some predictions for what the rest of 2013 might bring.

Participants take-aways will include:

• Where the largest market growth happened over the last year, the technologies and the drivers.
• Which utilities are leading in solar integration (MW-ac and W-ac per customer)
• Utility solar trends including those for large-scale and distributed generation

Community solar continues to be a hot topic for utilities and solar stakeholders. Join experts from national award-winning community solar programs developer Clean Energy Collective and Xcel Energy as they provide a technical assessment of community solar, focusing on key pieces and decision-points of successful community solar projects. This is a great opportunity for anyone assessing whether community solar is a viable option for them and how to create a program that optimizes project development and results. Utility project case studies will help illustrate lessons learned. There will be a Q&A session following the presentation.

Participant take-aways will include:

• How community solar can be leveraged to meet utility goals - RPS, customer satisfaction, etc.
• Key considerations for making smart community solar decisions and a successful program design.
• Considerations for deciding whether community solar should be developed alone or with a third party.
• How to evaluate the available roles, options and variables that might impact your decision.