On Wednesday, July 22, SACE hosted a webinar discussing the recently released white paper, Disproportionate Regulation of Residential Plug-in Solar, which examines how residential plug-in solar — an accessible, affordable, and safe technology — faces heavier regulation than more dangerous portable diesel or gas generators.
We were joined by white paper authors Amanda Arthur, SACE Distributed Energy Manager, and Dr. Stephen A. Smith, SACE Executive Director, alongside Stephan Scherer, CEO and co-founder of CraftStrom Solar, the leading supplier of certified direct-to-consumer plug-in solar and battery solutions. The webinar featured an introduction to plug-in solar followed by white paper highlights with an emphasis on safety.
SACE’s analysis draws on documented fatality records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), peer-reviewed electrical injury science, utility industry safety publications, applicable federal inverter safety standards, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded national laboratory barrier analysis, and the emerging bipartisan legislative consensus in multiple states.
