@misc{21791,
  keywords = {electricity markets and policy group, energy analysis and environmental impacts department, state renewable energy policies},
  author = {Mark Bolinger and Ryan H Wiser},
  title = {Learning by Doing: The Evolution of State Support for Photovoltaics},
  abstract = {<p>Fifteen states have established "clean energy funds" that will collect more than $3 billion in aggregate from ratepayers over the next decade. The general mission of these funds is to support the development of renewable energy technologies and markets; all of the funds target the installation of photovoltaics (PV) in one way or another. So-called "buy-down" programs – i.e., programs that offset the high up-front costs of PV through capital grants or rebates – have been the most popular approach taken to date in supporting PV. At present, however, state clean energy funds appear to be evolving into a new phase of supporting PV – one that draws upon lessons learned from the past few years 'experience with the first round of buy-down programs. This paper briefly discusses these lessons from the past and describes how various states are tweaking, rearranging, or crafting new programs to incorporate those lessons.</p>},
  year = {2003},
  pages = {14},
  month = {06/2003},
  publisher = {LBNL},
  address = {Berkeley},
}