Distributed Renewable Energy Operating Impacts and Valuation Study

Study Background and Description
1.4.3 Stakeholder Involvement
A cornerstone of the Study has been the involvement of a wide array of stakeholders
representing solar vendors, academic institutions, solar advocates, local builders and land
developers, solar related construction firms as well as representatives of the regulatory
community. More than 60 individuals representing 35 companies, universities, trade
associations and national laboratories were actively participating in the process.
The stakeholders are critical to building support for the ultimate deployment of solar DE
technologies as well as bridging between technical potential and practical reality. The
stakeholders’ diverse opinions offered the Study team insights, as well as core data and touch
points to the community, that will ultimately served to enhance the successful integration of solar
DE technology into the APS service territory.
The initial group of stakeholders was suggested by APS. This was supplemented with
individuals who opted into participation during the process based on relationships with other
stakeholders or through public dissemination of information primarily through the Study’s web
site, www.solarfuturearizona.com.
Stakeholders in the project represented the following organizations:
• American Solar Electric Inc.
• Arizona Corporation Commission
• Arizona Department of Commerce
• Arizona State University Research
Park
• Arizona State University School of
Global Management
• Desert Sun Solar
• DMB Associates
• El Dorado Holdings
• Electric Power Research Institute
• IREC
• Keyes & Fox, LLP
• Kyocera
• Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
• Lennar Homes
• National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
• Natural Lighting Company
• Newland Communities
• Pederson Inc.
• Pulte Homes
• Solar City
• Solar Electric Power
• Salt River Project
• Sun Earth Inc.
• Sun Systems Inc.
• Sunbelt Holdings
• SunEdison
• The Vote Solar Initiative
• Tucson City
• Tucson Electric Power
• Venture Catalyst
• University of Arizona
• ViaSol Energy Solutions
• Western Resource Advocates
Stakeholder Process
Given the critical nature of the stakeholder engagement, participation in the Study took a number
of forms including two open forums, five workshops, numerous informal working groups, as
well as interaction via the Study web site (www.solarfuturearizona.com). The goal was to
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