Greg Williams found a lot to like about TVPPA’s first year at the wheel of the Distributed Solar Solutions (DSS) initiative.

“One good thing is that it motivated solar developers to work directly with LPCs [local power companies] rather than doing their own thing,” TVPPA’s chairman said. “The program motivated those developers to become strategic partners.

“And TVA was willing and able to set aside 10 megawatts, but expanded that to 16 because we got more interest than anticipated, which is a good thing,” he added.

But that’s not to say DSS is no longer a work in progress. It most certainly is, Williams said, and at least one area merits particular attention.

“The applicant evaluation process was retained by TVA,” he said. “That that should have been shared with us, and that’s where we’re migrating,” he said.

Read more about DSS and the program’s 2017 benchmarks in the January/February 2017 issue of TVPPA News magazine.