• ​​Review solar photovoltaic systems currently used in the state, including: 
• ​Examining the ​expected economically productive life cycle of the systems; 
• Reviewing the materials that are used, have been used, or may be used in PV systems sold in the state, 
• ​​​including identifying materials that can be recycled or that exhibit any characteristics of hazardous waste under state or federal law; and
• ​​Identifying the number of solar photovoltaic systems in use and estimating the potential impacts of the state's landfill capacity of disposing of the systems in the state's landfills. 
• Review other programs on PV systems recycling, disposal, and decommissioning. 
  
• Identify ongoing and recent studies related to solar photovoltaic systems recycling, life-cycle analysis, and end-of-life programs. 
• Review industry-approved best practices for managing end-of-life solar photovoltaic systems and their components, including the extent to which the systems and components may be:
  
• ​if not substantially damaged, refurbished, and reused for a similar purpose; ​
  
• recycled and the components recovered for reuse;
• for components that do not exhibit any characteristics of hazardous waste under state or federal law, safely disposed of in a construction and demolition or municipal solid waste landfill; and
• ​for components that exhibit any characteristics of hazardous waste under state or federal law, safely disposed of under state and federal requirements;  
  
• Perform an economic analysis to determine the potential impact of solar photovoltaic systems recovery, reuse, and recycling on ratepayers, including a comparison to the economic impact on ratepayers of decommissioning, storing waste, and other costs associated with the end-of-life of other forms of energy generation; 
  
• ​Perform an impact assessment to examine the environmental impacts of various PV systems' end-of-life scenarios, including the scenarios specified under item 4 of this subsection, compared to the life-cycle environmental impacts of non-solar energy generation sources in the state, including the environmental impacts of decommissioning, disposal, and long-term waste storage; 
  
• Perform an impact assessment to examine the environmental and economic benefits of generating energy from PV systems, including a comparison to the environmental and economic benefits of nonsolar energy generation sources in the state; 
  
• Recommend financing mechanisms analyzed under item 9 of this subsection that best support a circular economy approach.   
• Analyze whether financing mechanisms, including advance recovery fees, recycling and disposal fees, and product stewardship programs are necessary to ensure proper end-of-life management of solar photovoltaic systems; and 
• Examine and recommend the infrastructure needed to develop a practical, effective, and cost-efficient method for collecting and transporting end-of-life solar photovoltaic modules for reuse, refurbishment, recycling, or disposal.
  

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