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Pressure is rising in the effort to bring photovoltaics (PV) into cost parity with other power sources.

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Grid First, Green Second

Despite rapid development in recent years, green power sources might plateau at single-digit percentages of our total supply portfolio within a few years -- unless the utility industry changes its operating model. Former EPRI President Kurt Yeager discusses green limitations and the solutions promised by Galvin Electricity Initiative’s Perfect Power System.