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2015

UTAH

SOLAR JOBSCENSUS


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ABOUT THE SOLAR FOUNDATION

The Solar Foundation (TSF) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonproitorganization whose mission is to increase understanding of solar energythrough strategic research and education that transforms markets.TSF is considered the premier research organization on the solar laborworkforce, employer trends, and the economic impacts of solar. It hasprovided expert advice to leading organizations such as the NationalAcademies, the Inter-American Development Bank, the U.S. Departmentof Energy, and others during a time of dynamic industry growth andpolicy and economic uncertainty.

While TSF recognizes that solar energy is a key part of our energyfuture, it is committed to excellence in its aim to help people fairly andobjectively gauge the value and importance of solar technologies.

ABOUT BW RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

BW Research is widely regarded as the national leader in labor marketresearch for emerging industries and clean energy technologies. Inaddition to the Censusseries, BW Research has conducted rigoroussolar installation and wind industry labor market analysis for theNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, wind energy and energyretroit studies for the Natural Resources Defense Council, a series ofcomprehensive clean energy workforce studies for the Commonwealthof Massachusetts, Illinois, Vermont, Florida, Pennsylvania, Iowa, andCalifornia, as well as numerous skills and gap analyses for communitycolleges, workforce investment boards, state agencies, and nonproit

organizations.

ABOUT THE UTAH GOVERNORS OFFICE OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

Governor Gary R. Herbert recognizes energy as one of the fourcornerstones of Utahs strength, along with education, job creation,and self-determination. In recognition of this priority, the GovernorsOfice of Energy Development (OED) was created in 2011 to advanceUtahs diverse energy and minerals economy through policy, planningand direct engagement. Analysis, interpretations, and conclusions

in this report are solely those of The Solar Foundation. They do notnecessarily relect the opinions of the Utah Governors Ofice of EnergyDevelopment (OED), nor does OED positively afirm or endorse themethodology herein used by The Solar Foundation.

COVER IMAGE COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Solar Foundation (TSF) is a national 501(c)(3) nonproit organization whose mission is toincrease understanding of solar energy throughstrategic research and education that transformmarkets. In 2010, TSF conducted its irst NationalSolar Jobs Census report, establishing the irstcredible solar jobs baseline and verifying thatthe solar industry is having a positive impacton the U.S. economy. Using the same rigorous,peer-reviewed methodology, TSF has conductedan annual Census in each of the last six years totrack changes and analyze trends.

This Utah Solar Jobs Census 2015 report is anoffshoot of TSFs National Solar Jobs Census

2015 effort. Research partners for the Census2015 effort include the Utah GovernorsOfice of Energy Development for providingeditorial guidance and peer review, the GeorgeWashington University Solar Institute forproviding assistance and support in reviewingand validating report results and analysis; the

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) foruse of its National Solar Database and peerreview; and GTM Research/SEIA for providingsurvey respondents with the U.S. Solar MarketInsight: 2014 YIR report.

Sponsors of this years Census effort include:Energy Foundation, William and Flora HewlettFoundation, Tilia Fund, George WashingtonUniversity Solar Institute, SEIA, Recurrent,SolarCity, First Solar, Sol Systems, E.ON,

Trina Solar, State of Minnesota Departmentof Commerce, State of New Mexico EnergyMinerals and Natural Resources Department,Utah Governors Ofice of Energy Development,sPower, Standard Solar, CALSEIA, All EarthRenewables, and groSolar.

Finally, we want to thank all the Utah employersthat participated in the survey. Your responseswere critical in providing us with accurate andtimely data.

Andrea LueckePresident and Executive DirectorThe Solar Foundation202-469-3750; [email protected]

Philip JordanPrincipal and Vice PresidentBW Research Partnership508-384-2471; [email protected] www.bwresearch.com

For questions or comments about this report, please contact either:

Please cite this publication when referencing this material as Utah Solar Jobs Census 2015,The Solar Foundation, available at: www.TSFcensus.organd SolarStates.org
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1Utah Solar Jobs Census 2015

INTRODUCTION

The U.S. solar industry experienced

yet another record-breaking year

in 2015, with more than 7,400

megawatts (MW) of domestic

photovoltaic (PV) capacity expected

to have been installed an 18.5%

increase over the amount installed

in 2014 bringing total U.S. solar

capacity to nearly 27.5 gigawatts(GW).1

As the rate of capacity installation hasaccelerated, employment across the country

in this sector has also expanded considerably.This years sixth annual National Solar Jobs

Census found that the U.S. solar industry

employed 208,859 workers as of November

2015, an addition of 35,052 jobs, and a 20.2%

increase in employment over November

2014. Since The Solar Foundation begantracking these numbers in 2010, employment inthe industry has more than doubled, growing by123% and adding over 115,000 jobs. Employers

nationwide expect this growth trend to continuethrough 2016, projecting to add nearly 31,000jobs to the solar workforce over the course ofthe year.

Capacity Data Source: SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 2015

93,502105,145

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142,698

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AddedCapacity(MW)

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PV Capacity Additions Solar Jobs


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Utah ranks 19th nationally for overall solarworkers, and 10th for solar workers per capitaas of Q3 2015. As of November 2015, therewere approximately 930 establishments

throughout the solar value chain employing

2,679 solar workers in the state of Utah.2

Similar to national trends, Utah is nowexperiencing robust development of itsimmense solar resource,3 realizing growth

that had not occurred in the years leading upto 2014.4 Looking at Utahs installed capacity,solar deployment has grown exponentially overrecent quarters. Veriied data for solar capacityadditions in Q3 2015 alone stand at 41.6 MW,which was more than cumulative capacity iguresin 24 states.5PaciiCorp, parent company to thestates largest investor-owned utility, RockyMountain Power, lists 200.6 MW of utility-scalefacilities in the state with commercial operationdates in 2015, and many times that amountscheduled for commercial operation in 2016.6

Breaking down capacity by sector,7 at theclose of the third quarter of 2015, cumulativeresidential capacity narrowly outstripped non-residential, and utility-scale sectors.8By the endof 2015, however, the commissioning of utility-scale facilities provided a lions share of the newand cumulative capacity in 2015,9including, for

example, the 96.0 MW Utah Red Hills RenewablePark.10 Pending data validation for new solarprojects, Utahs cumulative installed capacitythrough 2015 will have exceeded 235.6 MW.

There are a number of policies that contribute tosolar deployment in Utah. Utah has net meteringand grid interconnection rules for solar.11 Itis expected that net metering will continuein Utah, but rates may be adjusted at some

future date. Presently, Utahs Public ServiceCommission has ordered studies to examine thecosts and beneits of net metering for PaciiCorpcustomers.12Although Utah state law does not setmandatory requirements for utilities to source apercentage of their electricity generation fromrenewable energy sources through a renewableportfolio standard (RPS), the state does have avoluntary renewable portfolio goal to integratecosteffective renewable sources equivalent to20% of adjusted retail electric sales by 2025.13Utilities adjust their goals by accounting foralternative sources such as nuclear power,energy eficiency measures, and carbonsequestration.14Utahs REC system relects thevoluntary nature of the states RPS, but the statedoes offer a multiplier for solar or distributedgeneration.15 In addition to RECs and netmetering compensation, Utah offers a suite oftax credits supporting solar development. Utah

Photo courtesy of Applied Power, UT


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provides solar developers with a variety ofincentives that include investment tax creditsfor residential and commercial installations,and production tax credits for utility scaleinstallations. It also provides developers of

utility scale installations with a nonrefundablecredit valued at 75% of new state tax revenuegenerated by the project for each of its irsttwenty years.

These incentives augment the effect of the statesimplementation of the federal Public UtilityRegulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), whichplays a signiicant role in utility-scale solardevelopment in Utah. PURPA requires states toinstitute their own practices for overseeing the

development of qualifying facilities (QFs), whichcannot exceed a utilitys avoided cost, or thecost the utility would have otherwise incurredto produce that additional power. With an eyetoward assuring system balance as PaciiCorpbrings on more utility-scale solar in Utah, thePublic Service Commission of Utah reducedfuture QF contract length from 20 years to amaximum of 15 years. The goal is to addressconcerns over resource suficiency, retailelectricity price exposure, and the economicviability of PURPA-related qualiied facilitieswhile still maintaining contract terms consistentwith attracting investment.16 According to theOrder, applications under Rocky MountainPowers Utah PURPA program total nearly 3.3GW and If all of the proposed QF contractscame to fruition, the nameplate megawattsof the QF power would alone surpass, by aconsiderable margin, Utahs average retail loadrequirements.17

Turning to Utahs rooftop solar, while Utah hasamong the lowest retail electricity prices inthe country,18 homeowners installed eighteentimes more solar capacity in 2015 than in 2013,bringing cumulative capacity in that sector aloneto more than 25 MW.19The implementation ofPPAs for public and non-proit organizations hasbeen identiied as a tool for these institutionsto manage their energy costs. Additionally,

leasing has long been allowed in the state,providing a similar function to PPAs acrosscustomer classes. Leasing is likely to continueto contribute to future residential solar capacityadditions. Vivint Solar recently announced that

it will market a lease option starting in 2015.20PPAs and leases are mechanisms that allow a

solar company to install a system, usually a PVarray, on a customers property at little or nocost to the customer. The customer then buysall or a portion of the electricity generated bythe system from the solar company, rather thanfrom their traditional electric utility, or leasesthe equipment for a monthly fee. These inancingmodels have spurred market development for

small-scale systems in other states across thecountry because it does away with the otherwisesigniicant initial investment required to own asystem outright.

Groundbreakings and construction for non-residential and utility-scale solar facilitiesare slated to multiply Utahs cumulativeinstalled solar capacity again in 2016.21 Intotal, PaciiCorps interconnection queueincludes applications for a massive 803.3 MW

in additional solar capacity with commercialoperation dates proposed in 2016.22 Majorproject developers include SunEdison, JuwiSolar, and Scatec Solar.23 Analysts forecastthat annual capacity igures are slated tomultiply again in 2016 before softening in2017.24 Establishments along the value chainare projected to add approximately 664 solarworkers in 2016, representing 24.8% growth.

As of November 2015, there

were approximately 930

establishments throughout

the solar value chain

employing 2,679 solar

workers in the state of Utah.


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Key Data Points

Projected Solar

Jobs Growth, 2016

665(24.8%)

Capacity Installed in

2015 (Estimated MW)26

218.6

UTAH

SOLAR JOBSTotal Solar Jobs, 2015

2,679Cumulative Installed

Capacity - 2015 (Estimated MW)25

236.2Detailed employment and demographic data for Utahs legislative districts, counties, and metropolitan statistical areas can

be found in the appendix of this report and on The Solar Foundations interactive jobs map at SolarStates.org.
http://solarstates.org/http://solarstates.org/


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WORKFORCE

OVERVIEW

The Utah solar industry employs 2,679 workersat 930 establishments throughout the state,is ranked #19 nationally in solar jobs, and#10 in solar jobs as a share of the states totalemployment.Employers expect to add around664 new solar workers over the course of

2016 a growth rate of 24.8% while the

states workforce as a whole is projected to

grow at 1.9% during the same period.27

Installation irms employ the largest portion more than 75% of Utahs solar workforce,followed by sales and distribution irms, atjust under 16%. This contrasts with the solarindustry nationally, in which 57.4% of theworkforce is employed by installation irms, andonly 11.7% of workers are employed by sales &distribution irms.

Sales & Distribution Jobs

422

Project Development Jobs

84

Other Jobs

63

Manufacturing Jobs

96

Installation Jobs

2,013

Solar Jobs Census 2015

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M 3.6% 14.5%

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D3.1% 10.8%

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S I $20.00 $21.00

S S R $33.65 $28.85

S S D $25.50 $26.92

S Ab W - $18.00

Solar employers in Utah, and the other statescomprising the U.S. Census Bureaus MountainDivision generally,28 experience roughly thesame level of dificulty on average indingqualiied candidates to ill openings on theirpayrolls as other solar irms across the country.Over 72% of Utah solar irms reported some

level of dificulty in hiring. This is notable,given that a smaller portion of the Mountainsolar positions hired for require highereducation of some sort (15.9%) than solarpositions hired for across the country in 2015(24.8%). This further reinforces the premise

that a relative dearth of trained and experiencedtalent is a problem faced by the solar industrynationwide.

Wages paid by irms in the Utah solar industrydo not differ in a signiicant way from thosepaid by solar employers across the MountainDivision. Solar installers and system designersare generally paid slightly below the medianwages for their counterparts in the solar industrynationwide, while solar sales representativesare paid slightly better.

24.2%

28.0%

27.3%

51.7%

51.8%

50.0%

24.2%

28.0%

22.7%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

National

Mountain

Utah

Difficulty Hiring in Utah

Not Difficult Somewhat Difficult Very Difficult


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W 18.2% 42.3% 23.8%

A-A 0.0% 0.0% 5.1%

A P I 3.2% 0.0% 8.6%

L H 1.1% 12.9% 11.3%

O W (55+) 23.5% 17.2% 18.6%

U Mb 0.0% - 5.5%

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F3.6% 5.3% 8.1%

The Utah solar workforce is generally less di-verse than the states workforce as a whole,with women (18.2%) and Latino or Hispanicworkers (1.1%) relatively underrepresented.However, Asian and Paciic Islander workersare represented at higher rates than in Utahsoverall workforce, and older workers are rep-resented in the state solar workforce at higher

rates than their counterparts in the solar indus-try nationwide.

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces represent auniquely valuable source of human capital forsolar employers. With a proven work ethic andpracticed discipline, veterans bring a wealth

of readily transferable skills and leadershipacumen to the industry. Through the Solar ReadyVets program, the U.S. Department of Energy ishelping the industry capitalize on this resourceby facilitating the transition from military serviceto employment in the civilian solar workforce.30

Utah solar irms have yet to take advantage of

this value proposition to the same extent as

their counterparts across the country, withveterans comprising only 3.6% of the states

solar workforce, compared to 5.3% of the

states workforce as a whole and 8.1% of the

solar workforce nationally.


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Approximately 50% of Utah solar irms reported

that they receive all of their revenues from solaractivities, which is slightly higher than the na-tional average of 48.2%, while just over 28.5%reported that they receive less than half of theirrevenues from solar activities, which is the samepercentage of irms nationally. A signiicantlylarger portion of the states solar irms (86.2%)work primarily with in-state customers than isreported by solar irms nationally (65.6%). Thelargest percentage of Utahs solar irms (42.9%)

have primarily out-of-state U.S. vendors andsuppliers, while 39.3% primarily have vendorsfrom within Utah, and only 3.6% of Utah solar

irms primarily have vendors or suppliers out-

side of the United States.

As part of the 2015 Census effort, employerswere asked about the impacts of speciic ex-isting, pending, and proposed policies on theirbusiness prospects. Utah employers overwhelm-ingly cite the federal investment tax credit (ITC)as substantially contributing to their irms suc-cess, with 55.2% of respondents referring to itdirectly, tripling the next two most commonlycited policies, Utahs renewable portfolio goal,

as well as utility rebates, which tied at 18.3%.

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

PTC & Other Production Incentives

EPA Clean Power Plan

Utility rebates

State Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)

Other Tax Exemptions, Credits, & Rebates

Investment Tax Credit (ITC)

Business Citing Policies Contributing to Success

Utah National


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CONCLUSIONIn 2015, Utah likely witnessed the installation

of more than nine times the cumulative solar

capacity installed through 2014, led by utility-

scale solar growth.31 Federal and state solar

incentives, as well as eficiencies continue to

make solar PV more cost-competitive relative

to traditional generation technologies. This,

coupled with PURPA, is driving rapid solar

deployment across utility scale projects.

Rooftop residential projects are also expanding,

with Utahs homeowners likely to have more

than doubled the states residential solar

market in 2015.32Net metering is expected to

continue to play a role in new rooftop solar,

although rate adjustments could occur in the

future. Additionally, the sector may be poised to

sustain growth resulting from the expansion of

solar leasing and residential third-party power

purchase agreements.

Utility-scale development will likely continue

to drive the states solar market in 2016. While

large-scale projects often present a more rapid

means of deploying solar, they can have amuted effect of local solar jobs growth relative

to small-scale distributed generation due to

nature of large-scale solar project development,

which often involves competitive bidding

processes and out-of-state and international

solar companies. Nevertheless, the scale of

Utahs capacity additions is likely to contribute

to solar jobs creation in absolute terms, as

establishments seek to capture the eficiencies

of siting solar value-chain elements in-state.

Utahs solar workforce is poised to begin to

rival that of other historically successful solar

states of similar size. At 2,679 solar workers,

Utahs solar workforce is the 19th largest in

the country, just ahead of Pennsylvania (2,498)

and slightly behind Michigan (2,779), both

historical centers of industrial development in

the U.S., home to much larger populations, and

comparatively weaker solar resources. Utah

solar employers are expecting to expand their

payrolls in 2016, adding roughly 664 positions,

representing 24.8% growth in solar workers

more than thirteen times the growth expected

for the states workforce economy-wide and

signiicantly more than the growth expected for

the U.S. solar industry at large (14.7%).

The geographic realities of the Beehive State,

and the ever-decreasing costs associated

with solar suggest continued viability of the

Utah solar industry in the long-term. In orderto achieve and sustain this future growth, it

is essential that Utah employers have ready

access to quality talent and skilled labor

or enhance their on-the-job offerings. As

previously reported, the signiicant dificulties

they currently experience in inding qualiied

candidates to ill open positions underscores

the need for more focused and comprehensive

solar training efforts, in-house, in-state, and

across the country. If suficiently emphasized,these efforts would reduce the companys

talent acquisition, training, and retention costs,

increasing eficiency across the solar value

chain, and ultimately reduce costs for Utah solar

customers.

This research shows that, despite some

uncertainties, the Utah solar industry is a source

of economic opportunity, with the potential

to create jobs that pay living wages and are

largely available to individuals of diversebackgrounds from across the state. Only regular

reexaminations of the states solar industry, its

workforce, and the employment opportunities

presented herein will conirm this potential is

realized in years to come.


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The Solar Jobs Censusmethodology is the most

closely aligned with the Bureau of Labor Statis-tics (BLS) methodology for its Quarterly Cen-sus of Employment and Wages (QCEW) andCurrent Employment Statistics (CES). Like BLS,this study uses survey questionnaires and em-ployer-reported data, though ours are adminis-tered by phone and web, as opposed to mail.

Also like BLS, we develop a hierarchy of vari-ous categories that represent solar value chainactivities (within their broader NAICS frame-

work), develop representative sample frames,and use statistical analysis and extrapolation ina very similar manner to BLS. We also constrainour universe of establishments by relying onthe most recent data from the BLS or the statedepartments of labor, depending on which iscollected most recently. We believe that the cat-egories that we have developed could be read-ily adopted by BLS should it choose to begin toquantify solar employment in its QCEW and CES

series.The results from the overall 2015 Censuseffortare based on rigorous survey efforts that include287,962 telephone calls and over 44,220 emailsto known and potential energy establishmentsacross the United States, resulting in a total of2,350 full completions for solar establishmentsin the U.S. Unlike economic impact models thatgenerate employment estimates based on eco-nomic data or jobs-per-megawatt (or jobs-per-

dollar) assumptions, the Solar Jobs Census se-ries provides statistically valid and current datagathered from actual employers.

The survey was administered to a known uni-verse of energy employers that includes 68,494establishments and is derived from the SolarEnergy Industry Associations National SolarDatabase, as well as other public and private

sources. Of these establishments, 2,118 identi-

ied as solar and completed full or substantiallycompleted surveys.

The survey was also administered to a strati-ied, clustered, random sampling from variousindustries that are potentially energy-related(unknown universe) that include a total of ap-proximately 314,000 establishments nation-wide. After an extensive cleaning and de-dupli-cation process, a sampling plan was developedthat gathered information on the level of solar

activity (including none) from 12,765 establish-ments. Of these, 327 establishments qualiiedas solar establishments and completed full sur-veys. The sampling rigor in the known and un-known universes provides a margin of error forestablishment counts at +/-0.85% and employ-ment at +/-1.99% at a 95% conidence interval.

This level of national sampling rigor is mir-rored at the state level. In addition to the knownCensus, the clustered sampling in the unknown

universe is representative relative to establish-ment totals by size in each of the 50 states andthe District of Columbia. This ensures that eachstates employment estimates are accurate witha maximum margin of error under +/-5% at a95% conidence interval.

Due to the number of qualifying responses,some smaller states have higher margins of er-ror for non-employment related questions, suchas workforce and policy related questions, due

to the small universe of solar establishments ineach state. As a result, some state-level, non-em-ployment data is reported using regional aver-ages or have footnotes denoting small responsesizes.

APPENDIX

STATE CENSUS METHODOLOGY AND DATA SOURCES


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GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF DATA

In addition to the statewide results detailed

herein, the Solar Jobs Census 2015 effort

compiled comprehensive information about thedistribution of solar workers across each state.

The Solar Jobs Census 2015 companion website,

SolarStates.org,houses solar jobs data for each

state and the District of Columbia. Here, the

employment data have been broken out and

represented in map form at the state, federal

congressional district, state legislative district,

metropolitan statistical area, and countylevels. What follows are tables presenting

the employment counts and demographic

breakdowns of the workforce at each speciied

level of granularity previously mentioned.

District TotalEmployment

Women African-American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino orHispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

UnionMembers

Veterans of

the US Armed

Forces

1 168 31 - 5 2 40 - 6

2 823 150 - 26 9 194 - 29

3 334 61 - 11 4 79 - 12

4 1,354 247 - 43 14 319 - 48

UTAH FEDERAL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

UTAH STATE SENATE

DistrictTotal

Employment WomenAfrican-

American

Asian or

PaciicIslanders

Latino or

Hispanic

Older

Workers(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US ArmedForces

1 94 17 - 3 1 22 - 3

2 475 87 - 15 5 112 - 17

3 134 24 - 4 1 31 - 5

4 25 5 - 1 0 6 - 1

5 5 1 - 0 0 1 - 0

6 87 16 - 3 1 21 - 3

7 34 6 - 1 0 8 - 1

8 66 12 - 2 1 15 - 2

9 16 3 - 1 0 4 - 110 22 4 - 1 0 5 - 1

11 69 13 - 2 1 16 - 2

12 7 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

13 1,202 219 - 38 13 283 - 43

14 83 15 - 3 1 20 - 3

15 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

16 2 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

17 33 6 - 1 0 8 - 1
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DistrictTotal

EmploymentWomen

African-

American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino or

Hispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US Armed

Forces

18 45 8 - 1 0 11 - 2

19 27 5 - 1 0 6 - 1

20 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 021 15 3 - 0 0 3 - 1

22 32 6 - 1 0 8 - 1

23 23 4 - 1 0 5 - 1

24 34 6 - 1 0 8 - 1

25 11 2 - 0 0 3 - 0

26 48 9 - 2 1 11 - 2

27 25 5 - 1 0 6 - 1

28 62 11 - 2 1 15 - 2

29 2 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

29 21 3 1 1 6 5 5 2

UTAH STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DistrictTotal

EmploymentWomen

African-

American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino or

Hispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US Armed

Forces

1 16 3 - 1 0 4 - 1

2 25 5 - 1 0 6 - 1

3 19 3 - 1 0 4 - 1

4 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

5 3 1 - 0 0 1 - 0

6 1257 229 - 40 13 296 - 45

7 14 3 - 0 0 3 - 0

8 24 4 - 1 0 6 - 1

9 8 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

10 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

11 18 3 - 1 0 4 - 1

12 4 1 - 0 0 1 - 0

13 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

14 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

15 6 1 - 0 0 1 - 0

16 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

17 2 0 - 0 0 1 - 0

18 43 8 - 1 0 10 - 2

19 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

20 10 2 - 0 0 2 - 0

21 7 1 - 0 0 2 - 0


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DistrictTotal

EmploymentWomen

African-

American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino or

Hispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US Armed

Forces

22 38 7 - 1 0 9 - 1

23 34 6 - 1 0 8 - 1

24 374 68 - 12 4 88 - 13

25 105 19 - 3 1 25 - 4

26 31 6 - 1 0 7 - 1

27 24 4 - 1 0 6 - 1

28 24 4 - 1 0 6 - 1

29 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

30 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

31 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

32 84 15 - 3 1 20 - 3

33 20 4 - 1 0 5 - 1

34 70 13 - 2 1 17 - 235 - -

36 52 9 - 2 1 12 - 2

37 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

38 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

39 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

40 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

41 16 3 - 1 0 4 - 1

42 14 3 - 0 0 3 - 0

43 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

44 57 10 - 2 1 13 - 2

45 8 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

46 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

47 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

48 30 5 - 1 0 7 - 1

49 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

50 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

51 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

52 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

53 37 7 - 1 0 9 - 1

54 15 3 - 0 0 3 - 1

55 2 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

56 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

57 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

58 9 2 - 0 0 2 - 0

59 39 7 - 1 0 9 - 1

60 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

61 13 2 - 0 0 3 - 0


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DistrictTotal

EmploymentWomen

African-

American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino or

Hispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US Armed

Forces

62 42 8 - 1 0 10 - 1

63 8 2 - 0 0 2 - 0

64 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 065 6 1 - 0 0 1 - 0

66 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

67 2 0 - 0 0 1 - 0

68 12 2 - 0 0 3 - 0

69 14 3 - 0 0 3 - 1

70 11 2 - 0 0 3 - 0

71 19 3 - 1 0 4 - 1

72 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

73 11 2 - 0 0 3 - 0

74 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

75 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

Metropolitan

Statistical Area

Total

EmploymentWomen

African-

American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino

or

Hispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US Armed

Forces

Logan, UT-ID 23 4 - 1 0 5 - 1

Ogden-Clearield,

UT128 23 - 4 1 30 - 5

Provo-Orem, UT 1,373 250 - 44 15 323 - 49

Salt Lake City, UT 985 180 - 31 10 232 - 35

St. George, UT 46 8 - 1 0 11 - 2

UT NONMETRO-

POLITAN AREA124 23 - 4 1 29 - 4

UTAH METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS

UTAH COUNTIES

CountyTotal

EmploymentWomen

African-

American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino or

Hispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US Armed

ForcesBeaver 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

Box Elder 14 3 - 0 0 3 - 1

Cache 23 4 - 1 0 5 - 1

Carbon 8 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

Davis 82 15 - 3 1 19 - 3

Duchesne 12 2 - 0 0 3 - 0

Emery 3 1 - 0 0 1 - 0

Garield 2 0 - 0 0 1 - 0


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CountyTotal

EmploymentWomen

African-

American

Asian or

Paciic

Islanders

Latino or

Hispanic

Older

Workers

(55+)

Union

Members

Veterans of

the US Armed

Forces

Grand 7 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

Iron 16 3 - 0 0 4 - 1

Juab 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0Kane 3 0 - 0 0 1 - 0

Millard 8 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

Morgan 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

Piute 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

Rich 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

Salt Lake 938 171 - 30 10 221 - 33

San Juan 5 1 - 0 0 1 - 0

Sanpete 8 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

Sevier 8 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

Summit 31 6 - 1 0 7 - 1

Tooele 13 2 - 0 0 3 - 0

Uintah 19 3 - 1 0 4 - 1

Utah 1,372 250 - 44 15 323 - 49

Wasatch 8 1 - 0 0 2 - 0

Washington 47 9 - 1 0 11 - 2

Wayne 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0

Weber 46 8 - 1 0 11 - 2

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ENDNOTES

1. SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 2015

2. The 2014 estimate of solar employment in Utah was produced using a carefully developed dual methodology one for installation and construction jobs and another for non-installation jobs (covering industry sectors

such as manufacturing, sales & distribution, project development, and other occupations that support thesolar industry). Method one used labor intensity multipliers developed internally and cross-checked withleading studies on the subject, while method two was based not only on a direct count of solar workers, butalso the average number of jobs per solar establishment and total number of establishments in the state. It isalso important to note that while the 2014 and 2015 methodologies differ, the results derived from the Censusapproach are statistically signiicant and, therefore, more credible. Details on the methodology can be found onpage 11.

3. NREL. (2012). Solar Prospector. Retrieved 1/27/2015, from http://maps.nrel.gov/prospector


5. Id.

6. PaciiCorp. (2016, January). PaciiCorp Generation Interconnection Queue. Capacity values converted fromAC to DC using rough, standard conversion MW(DC)=MW(AC)*1.2 based on SEIAs data treatment guidance.

Other capacity data outlets and project developers sometimes use a conversion factor of 1.3, which may relectconversions based on actual hardware.

7. The residential, non-residential, and utility-scale market segments are deined by SEIA based on the offtaker ofthe electricity their systems generate, though they can generally be used interchangeably with small-scale (i.e.single-family household rooftop systems, no more than a handful of kilowatts), medium-scale (i.e. multi-unit,commercial, or government rooftop system), and large-scale (i.e. ground-mounted or very large rooftop systemsranging from several hundred kilowatts to several hundred megawatts in capacity).


9. Id.

10. Scatec Solar. (2016). Red Hills, Utah, 104 MW. Retrieved January 27, 2015, from http://www.scatecsolar.com/Portfolio/USA/Red-Hills-Utah-104-MW

11. IREC. (2015). Freeing the Grid 2015: Best Practices in State Net Metering Policies and InterconnectionProcedures. Retrieved 1/26/2015, from http://freeingthegrid.org/#about/introduction/

12. Utah Public Service Commission. DOCKET NO. 14-035-114: In the Matter of the Investigation of the Costs andBeneits of PaciiCorps Net Metering Program. Retrieved January 28, 2016, from http://www.psc.utah.gov/utilities/electric/elecindx/2014/14035114indx.html

13. DSIRE, NC Clean Energy Technology Center. (2014, September 9). Program Overview: Renewables Portfolio Goal.Retrieved January 28, 2016, from http://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/2901

14. Id.

15. Id.

16. Public Service Commission of Utah. (2016, January 7). DOCKET NO. 15-035-53. Retrieved February 5, 2016, fromhttp://psc.utah.gov/utilities/electric/ordersindx/documents/2712701503553o.pdf

17. Id.

18. U.S. EIA. (2015, October). Rankings: Average Retail Price of Electricity to Residential Sector. Retrieved February 5,2016, from http://www.eia.gov/state/rankings/?sid=UT#series/31


20. PV Magazine. (2015, February 26). Vivint Solar now offering residential solar leases in Utah. Retrieved January28, 2016, from http://www.pv-magazine.com/services/press-releases/details/beitrag/vivint-solar-now-offering-residential-solar-leases-in-utah_100018365/#axzz3yfvPfYPU

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22. PaciiCorp. (2016, January). PaciiCorp Generation Interconnection Queue. Capacity values converted fromAC to DC using rough, standard conversion MW(DC)=MW(AC)*1.2 based on SEIAs data treatment guidance.Other capacity data outlets and project developers sometimes use a conversion factor of 1.3, which may relectconversions based on actual hardware.

23. Id.


25. SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 2015; and PaciiCorp. (2016, January). PaciiCorp GenerationInterconnection Queue. Capacity values converted from AC to DC using rough, standard conversionMW(DC)=MW(AC)*1.2 based on SEIAs data treatment guidance. Other capacity data outlets and projectdevelopers sometimes use a conversion factor of 1.3, which may relect conversions based on actualhardware. This estimate was derived by adding SEIA data for cumulative capacity through 2014 (17.6 MW),SEIA data for residential capacity additions in 2015 (18 MW), and PaciiCorp data for large installations in 2015(200.6 MW).

26. SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 2015; and PaciiCorp. (2016, January). PaciiCorp GenerationInterconnection Queue. Capacity values converted from AC to DC using rough, standard conversionMW(DC)=MW(AC)*1.2 based on SEIAs data treatment guidance. Other capacity data outlets and projectdevelopers sometimes use a conversion factor of 1.3, which may relect conversions based on actualhardware. This estimate was derived by adding SEIA data for residential capacity additions in 2015 (18 MW), andPaciiCorp data for large installations in 2015 (200.6 MW).

27. JobsEQ 2015Q3

28. U.S Census Bureau, Geographic Terms and Concepts - Census Divisions and Census Regions. Found at: https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_census_divreg.html

29. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by state -- 2014Annual Averages and Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by state 2014 Annual Averages.Found at: http://www.bls.gov/

30. See, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Ready Vets. Available at: http://energy.gov/eere/sunshot/solar-ready-vets

31. SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 201532. Id.
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