PRE-REGISTRATION HAS NOW CLOSED.  HOWEVER, YOU ARE STILL WELCOME TO ATTEND.  COME TO ROOM 408AB IN THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER AT 8AM ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15.

Join us for the Solar America Board for Codes and Standards annual 2010 Stakeholder Meeting in Los Angeles, California on October 15, 2010.  The Solar ABCs holds an annual meeting to provide PV stakeholders an update and overview of Solar ABCs projects and other PV codes and standards activities.   This meeting is free to attend and is conveniently scheduled during the Solar Power International 2010’s post-conference workshops.

The Solar ABCs is a collaborative effort funded by the DOE that dedicates experts to transforming solar markets by improving building codes, utility interconnection procedures, and product standards, reliability, and safety, and is part of its overall strategy to reduce barriers to the adoption of solar technologies and to stimulate market growth.

Who Attends?

The Solar ABCs Annual Stakeholder meeting attracts PV manufacturers, sellers, buyers, users and regulators of a particular PV material, product, process or service to attend and learn about the advances being made to accelerate market viable PV codes and standards to help foster the acceleration of the PV market.  The Solar ABCs also attracts and collaborates with national and international codes and standards organizations, federal and state organizations, and municipalities.

Draft Agenda

8:00am              Introduction to Solar ABCs

Andrew Rosenthal, New Mexico State University

8:20am             Overview of Solar ABCs Activities

                          Larry Sherwood, Sherwood Associates

8:30am              Wind Load Issues

Colleen O’Brien, BEW Engineering & Stephen Barkaszi, Florida Solar Energy Center

·      Wind Load Calculations for PV Arrays

·      New Wind Load Research

8:45am              2011 National Electrical Code

Ward Bower, Sandia National Laboratories and Bill Brooks, Brooks Engineering

Summary of changes for 2011 Code revision

9:00am            Grounding Issues

Greg Ball, BEW Engineering

·      New Study Report: PV Module Frame Grounding

·      PV System Grounding Issues

9:20am            Conforming U.S. and International Safety Standard

Christopher Flueckiger, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Status of the U.S. Adoption of IEC 61730

9:40am            Fire Safety Issues

·      Flammability Research –Andy Rosenthal, New Mexico State University

·      Solar ABCs report on understanding the IFC Code – Bill Brooks, Brooks Engineering

·      Arc Fault issues – Ward Bower, Sandia National Laboratories

10:10am            Break

10:25am            New Standards Development

·      Recommended Protocol for Accelerated Aging Testing — G. Tamizh-Mani, Arizona State University

·      Solar ABCs Policy on Standards — G. Tamizh-Mani, Arizona State University

·      PV Module Power Rating — Alex Mikonowicz, PowerMark Corp.

·      PV System Energy Rating — Alex Mikonowicz, PowerMark Corp.

10:55am            ICC Code Development

11:10am            IEEE Standards Update

Michael Coddington, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

11:25am            IEC Technical Committee 82 Update

Howard Barikmo, TC82 Secretariat

11:40am            Interconnection and Net Metering Panel

New Study Reports

·      Review of FERC’s Interconnection Screens – Michael Sheehan, Interstate Renewable Energy Council

·      Sustainable Multi-Segment Market Design – Kevin Fox, Keyes & Fox and IREC

·      Rate Impact of Net Metering – Jason Keyes, Keyes & Fox and IREC (under development)

12:10pm            Wrap-up and General discussion

                        Opportunity to introduce topics not included in panels

12:30pm            Meeting Adjourns