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Table C3 Statistical analysis: Energy infrastructure, market, and policy

From: Spatial distribution of solar PV deployment: an application of the region-based convolutional neural network

 

Solar PV Count per Household

PV-to-Roof Ratio

 

Model 23

Model 24

Model 25

Model 26

Predictors

Coef. (SE)

Coef. (SE)

Coef. (SE)

Coef. (SE)

Transmission Volt.

−0.003 (0.001)**

0.001 (0.003)

0.001 (0.001)

−0.001 (0.001)

Transmission Length

0.001 (0.001)

−0.001 (0.001)

−0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

Muni. Utilities

−0.048 (0.005)***

−0.068 (0.009)***

−0.005 (0.001)***

0.004 (0.003)

Rural Co-ops.

−0.046 (0.005)***

−0.005 (0.011)

−0.008 (0.001)***

0.002 (0.004)

Resident. Elec. Rate

−0.839 (0.140)***

0.150 (0.348)

0.003 (0.029)

0.582 (0.106)***

Commerc. Elec. Rate

1.067 (0.165)***

–2.06 (0.648)**

0.043 (0.034)

−0.123 (0.139)

Solar Mandate

 

0.001 (0.009)

 

0.006 (0.002)**

Net Metering

 

0.027 (0.012)*

 

0.008 (0.008)**

SolSmart Awardee

 

0.003 (0.007)

 

−0.001 (0.001)

Online Permitting

 

0.004 (0.005)

 

−0.001 (0.001)

Sameday Inperson Per.

 

0.002 (0.007)

 

−0.004 (0.001)

Per. & Pre-Install Days

 

−0.001 (0.004)*

 

−0.001 (0.001)***

CONTROLS

YES

YES

YES

YES

No. of block groups

3441

2328

3441

2328

\(R^{2}\)

0.216

0.277

0.234

0.325

  1. *** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, p<0.1. Robust Standard Errors are in parentheses.
  2. CONTROLS include Income, Median Age, % 65+, % Bachelor+, % Renters, Year Structure Built, Avg. No. Bedrooms, Median Home Value, Rurality, % Dem. Voters, % African American, % Hispanic, % Asian, % Other Race, % Tree-to-Land Area, Solar Radiation.