DECENTRALIZED GENERATION: BY THE NUMBERS SCOTTMADDEN, INC. | 42 Decentralized Generation (DG) Grew by Nearly a Third in 2014 Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Capacity Is 1.7 Times All Other Decentralized Generation Combined • How much: Year-end 2014 DG totaled 14.4 GW, nearly doubling since 2011. This remains a relatively small portion of the 1,164 GW of nameplate capacity in the United States • Where: The top five states—CA, NJ, NY, FL and AZ—account for more than half of DG capacity in the United States. California alone accounts for 26% of all DG DG as Percentage of Total Nameplate Capacity within State Decentralized Generation by Use and State 4,000 STATE % DG California 4.8 New Jersey 5.5 New York 2.4 Florida 1.4 Arizona 3.0 Massachusetts 5.1 Hawaii 18.4 North Carolina 1.2 500 Colorado 2.3 250 Pennsylvania 0.7 3,000 2,000 Grid Synchronized Installed MWs 1,500 C&I Standby 1,250 Net Metered 1,000 Net Metered (Third-Party Owned) 750 0 CA NJ NY FL AZ MA HI NC CO PA MD GA MO MN MI OH TX IA OR CT NV WI IN IL AK SC LA NM DE VT OK VA WA ND TN WV UT MT NH KY KS AR MS DC ID RI ME AL SD NE WY Sources: EIA, ScottMadden analysis NOTES: The grid-synchronized category includes commercial and industrial generators less than 1 MW in capacity that are grid connected and grid synchronized. The C&I standby category includes commercial and industrial generators less than 1 MW in capacity that are not connected nor synchronized to the grid. The net metered category refers to residential, commercial, and industrial generators that are less than 2 MW in capacity and maintain a net-metering agreement with the local utility. Due to the nature of the data, it is possible some systems may be double counted. Figures are from 2014, the most recent data available.