Cliff Hansen

The CEC has been removing equipment from their list when certifications expire. https://www.energy.ca.gov/files/equipment-noticed-removal Some time ago, I had a conversation wtih SAM developers about retaining obsolete listings. The compromise was...

> I doubt it's technically difficult. It would seem not, but in fact is an onerous task to merge these files. The NREL process relies on the CEC list's manufacturer...

To make my view clear, @adriesse suggested "Alternatively pvlib can just add rather than replace new versions of the files." For this PR, I agree with this suggestion.

> tell folks you can retrieve from NREL/SAM GitHub repo The issue here is that SAM decided to replace the file at each SAM release, so the latest version has...

If I understand the comments correctly, here's a proposal for a consensus vote: - `solar_zenith` means apparent (refraction-corrected) solar zenith. - `solar_elevation` to likewise mean apparent solar elevation. - `solar_zenith_geom`...

> this seems to contradict [pv-terms](https://duramat.github.io/pv-terms/#solar-position), I don't have a problem with that, personally. The urgency is to settle on some terms to get #717 merged, and it would be...

I am willing to draft a PR. If we are changing parameter names, what's the machinery for deprecation? Add the new name and retain the old name, raising a warning...

> do we want to bundle EQE or spectral response into pvlib or source them from another host like DuraMAT datahub. I'm not in favor of having pvlib act as...

What is the envisioned scope of `pvlib/spectrum`? Among other purposes, it seems like a natural place to collect the functions for spectral mismatch models that are currently in `pvsystem` and...

The conflict was created when #1468 was merged. I can resolve if you'd like the help.