California
Energy Commission
(CEC)
Emerging Renewables Program
1516 Ninth Street. MS-45
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 1-800-555-7794 (in Calif.) or 916-654-4058 (outside Calif.)
E-mail: renewable@energy.state.ca.us
Click
here for more information on the Emerging Renewables Program
http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/
Contact:
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Residential and small business customers (PV under 30
kW) should contact the California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street. MS-45
Sacramento, CA 95814
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1516
Ninth Street. MS-45
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 1-800-555-7794 (toll-free in California)
(916) 654-4058 (outside California)
renewable@energy.state.ca.us
- Systems
30 kW or larger, contact your local electric or gas utility,
except in San Diego, where customers should contact the
San Diego Regional Energy Office.
Federal
Tax Credits
In addition to rebates available through the California Solar
Initiative, you can save on your new solar electric power
system by taking up to $2,000 in income tax deductions-up
to 30% of the net installed cost. You can deduct even more
for purchasing a range of energy efficient products and systems.
Click
here for more information on the California Solar Incentive
Program
California
Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regulates
privately owned telecommunications, electric, natural gas,
water, railroad, rail transit, and passenger transportation
companies. They are responsible for ensuring that customers
have safe, reliable utility service at reasonable rates, protecting
against fraud, and promoting the health of California's economy.
Programs:
California
Solar Incentive Program
This program applies to any electric and gas customers of
PG&E, SCE, SDG&E and Southern California Gas Company.
On Jan. 12, 2006, the CPUC approved the California Solar
Initiative (CSI), a comprehensive $2.8 billion program that
provides incentives toward solar development over 11 years.
As of March 21, 2006 the current incentive for photovoltaics
is $2.50 per watt. Incentives will be reduced by an average
of approximately 10 percent annually, declining to zero
in 2017.
Contact:
- Residential and small business customers (PV under 30
kW) should contact the California Energy Commission:
800-555-7794
(toll-free in California)
916-654-4058 (outside California)
renewable@energy.state.ca.us
-
Systems 30 kW or larger, contact your local electric or
gas utility, except in San Diego, where customers should
contact the San Diego Regional Energy Office.
Federal
Tax Credits
In addition to rebates available through the California
Solar Initiative, you can save on your new solar electric
power system by taking up to $2,000 in income tax deductions-up
to 30% of the net installed cost. You can deduct even more
for purchasing a range of energy efficient products and
systems.
California
Solar Incentive Program for the FAQ page of CPUC.
Self-Generation
Incentive Program (Up to 5 MW/$2.80 per watt)
The PUC's Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) is a
statewide program developed to provide incentives for the
installation of certain renewable and clean generation.
The SGIP provides rebates for systems sized up to 5 MW.
Generation technologies involved in the SGIP include photovoltaic
(solar) systems, microturbines, fuel cells, and wind turbines.
California
Power Authority (CPA)
The California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority
(Authority) is charged with the responsibility to ensure sufficient
surplus of electricity so that Californians never again face
electricity shortages or outrageous prices.
Programs:
Renewable
Portfolio Standard Program (2002)
This program does not apply to consumers.
The California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) program
requires an annual increase in renewable generation by the
utilities equivalent to at least 1 percent of sales, with
an aggregate goal of 20 percent by 2017. The PUC is aggressively
implementing this policy, with the intention of accelerating
the completion date to 2010 (as outlined in the Energy Action
Plans of the PUC and California Energy Commission (CEC)).
Currently, the Commission is considering ways to achieve 33
percent renewable energy by 2020.
Energy
Action Plan (2003)
The Energy Action Plan was formed in 2003 when the CEC, CPUC
and CPA came together with intentions of forming a plan with
joint goals for California’s energy future and that
sets forth a commitment to achieve these goals through specific
actions. Their overarching goal is for California’s
energy to be adequate, affordable, technologically advanced,
and environmentally-sound. |
