Solar Incentives for California

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State:	CALIFORNIA
Program Name:	California Solar Initiative (CSI)
Utility Regions:	PG&E, SCE, SDG&E
Incentive Type:	State Rebate Program
Applicable Sectors:	Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Schools, Low-Income Residential, Agricultural, Institutional
Incentive Amount:	PV performance-based incentive (PBI) varies. On January 1, 2008 all projects over 50kW must take the PBI (per CSI regulations)
Eligible System Size:	1kW-1,000kW (1 MW) CEC-AC
Rebates:	EPBB Payments (per watt): Residential:     PG&E: $1.90/watt     SCE: $2.50/watt     SDG&E: $2.20/watt Commercial:     PG&E: $1.55/watt     SCE: $1.55/watt     SDG&E: $1.90/watt Government/Non-Profit:     PG&E: $2.30/watt     SCE: $2.30/watt     SDG&E: $ 2.65/watt PBI Payments (per kWh): Residential:     PG&E: $0.26/kWh     SCE: $0.39/kWh     SDG&E: $0.34/kWh Commercial:     PG&E: $0.22/kWh     SCE: $0.22/kWh         SDG&E: $0.26/kWh Government/Non-Profit:     PG&E: $0.32/kWh     SCE: $0.32/kWh     SDG&E: $ 0.37/kWh
Program Budget:	Approximately $3 billion
Ownership of Renewable Energy Credits:	Remains with customer/producer
Website:	http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/index.html

(Source: http://www.dsireusa.org/)

Local Program Aministrators:

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)  
Website: www.pge.com/solar  
E-mail Address: solar@pge.com  
Telephone: 1-800-743-5000  
Fax: 415-973-2510  
Mailing Address:  
PG&E Integrated Processing Center  
P.O. Box 7265  
San Francisco, CA 94120-7265  
 
San Diego Regional Energy Office (SDREO)  
Website: www.sdenergy.org  
E-mail Address: csi@sdenergy.org  
Telephone: 858-244-1177/(866)-sdenergy  
Fax: 858-244-1178  
Mailing Address:  
San Diego Regional Energy Office  
Attn: SELFGEN Program Manager  
8690 Balboa Avenue Suite 100  
San Diego, CA 92123  
 
Southern California Edison (SCE)  
Website: www.sce.com/rebatesandsavings/CaliforniaSolarInitiative/  
E-mail Address: greenh@sce.com  
Telephone: 1-800-799-4177  
Fax: 626-302-6253  
Mailing Address:  
Southern California Edison  
6042A Irwindale Avenue  
Irwindale, CA 91702