UNC School of Law’s Center for Climate, Energy, Environment, and Economics (CE3), UNC School of Law’s Center for Banking and Finance, and UNC School of Government’s Environmental Finance Center recently released the white paper: "Law, Policy and the Future of Solar Financing," which examines issues and barriers associated with financing various kinds of solar energy.
Informed by a workshop hosted by the three centers in April, the white paper identifies important issues that need to be addressed to facilitate better and more financing of solar energy, and offers policy recommendations designed to address some of these issues. Among the issues raised are those associated with lack of uniformity in various regulatory markets and the uncertainty that creates for investors. Drawing lessons from the North Carolina, California and New York electricity markets, the white paper calls for states to move towards standardization of qualified facility terms under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) while making sure that is balanced with a more transparent and nuanced examination of what benefits and costs adding solar power brings to the electricity network of a state. Read more about the white paper and other information about the conference.
Representatives of the three centers will host a webinar discussing the white paper on Monday, October 24, 2017 at noon EDT.
Register for the webinar: Law, Policy, and the Future of Solar Financing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
CE3 exists to provide advanced student education and policy and legal examination of issues surrounding the law of climate, energy, environment, and economic development, with particular attention to the intersection of these issues.
-October 20, 2016