State distributed PV policies: Can low cost (to government) policies have a market impact?

Energy Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-181

  Krasko, Vitaliy A ^a,b   Doris, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Photovoltaics; State policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; INTERCONNECTION STANDARDS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL TESTS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; STATE POLICY;

COMMERCE; COSTS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; STANDARDS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING;

DORIS;

EID: 84879507722     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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