Solar Market and Cost Analysis
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
AD: antidumping
ac: alternating current
ASP: average selling price
BGS: Boston Government Services, LLC
CapEx: capital expenditures
c-Si: crystalline silicon
C&I: commercial and industrial
CC: combined cycle
CBP: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
CdTe: cadmium telluride
CEC: California Energy Commission
CPUC: California Public Utility Commission
CSP: concentrating solar power
CT: combustion turbine
CVD: countervailing
DAC: disadvantaged communities
dc: direct current
DOE: U.S. Department of Energy
EIA: U.S. Energy Information Administration
ETF: exchange traded fund
GW: gigawatt
GWh: gigawatt-hour
H1: first half of year
H2: second half of year
HTS: harmonized tariff schedule
IEEFA: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
IRA: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
IRS: Internal Revenue Service
ITC: investment tax credit
kW: kilowatt
kWh: kilowatt-hour
LBNL: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LIBOR: London interbank offered rate
MPTC: manufacturing production tax credit
MW: megawatt
MWh: megawatt-hour
NEM: net energy metering
NREL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OpEx: operating expenditure
PPA: power purchase agreement
PTC: production tax credit
PV: photovoltaics
Q: quarter
q/q: quarter Over quarter
R&D: research and development
SEIA: Solar Energy Industries Association
SETO: Solar Energy Technology Office
SOFR: secured overnight financing rate
SREC: solar renewable energy certificate
TAN: Invesco Solar ETF
USD: U.S. dollars
USDA: U.S. Department of Agriculture
W: watt
WRO: withhold release order
y/y: year over year
YTD: year to date
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