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BUILDING THE YES

Bernadette Del Chiaro
Executive Director, CALSEIA
2014 UC Solar Symposium

71% Consumed
By Buildings

U.S. Fact: More solar pool systems than in the

next 24 largest markets combined

Note: Logarithmic Scale

3050
3000

GW Installed

2950
2900
2850
2800
2750
2700
2650
1994-2012

2013-2014

Cumulative California Solar Rooftops 2000-2014

350,000

4,000

3,500

300,000

3,000
250,000

200,000

San Onofres 2200 MW

2,000

150,000
1,500
100,000

1,000

50,000

500

0
Pre
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

MW Installed

# Solar Roofs

2,500

2,000,000

Cumulative California Solar Rooftops 2000-2020

2 Million Solar Roofs!

# Solar Roofs

1,500,000

1,000,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

1 Million Solar Roofs!

500,000

10,000

5,000

0
Pre 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1999

MW Installed

2,500,000

IOU Utility
Workers

Solar
Workers

Major Political Drivers of Solar Success

1. Public Support = Political Action
2. Experienced Industry = Know How
3. Political Leadership = Certainty Upon Which to Build

350,000

4,000

3,500

NEM
Expande
d

300,000

3,000
250,000

200,000
2,000
NEM
Expanded

150,000

1,500

100,000
SB 1:
Million
Solar

Electricit
y Crisis

50,000

Residential
Rebates
(small

Federal
Tax
Credits

NEM
Expanded

1,000

Commercial
Rebates
(small
program)

500

0
Pre
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

MW Installed

# Solar Roofs

2,500

12,000,000

100,000
90,000

10,000,000

80,000

# Solar Roofs

60,000
6,000,000

Tax
Credits
Expire

50,000
40,000

4,000,000

AB 32
Auction

2,000,000

Storage

30,000
20,000
10,000

MW Installed

70,000

8,000,000

1954 Announcement