California Center for Sustainable Energy

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the California Energy Commission's (CEC) Senate Bill (SB) 1 guidelines on May 18, setting into motion new CSI program requirements to take effect on July 1, 2009. The new program requirements include the adoption of a new CEC PV module list as well as new energy efficiency and field testing and verification forms.

For a more detailed description of the changes review the document CSI SB1 Changes. The new documents will be released shortly and posted to the application pages CCSE’s website.
In addition to SB1 changes, PG&E has filed an advice letter on behalf of the CSI Program Administrators to streamline the application process. The changes will be effective pending CPUC approval.  Some noteworthy items include:

• Remove Requirement for Customer Copy of Utility Bill
• Removal of Original Signature Requirement
• Removal of Project Cost Breakdown Worksheet
• Clarification of Warranty Requirements
• Extension of Commercial Application Period to 18 months

To view the complete advice letter filing, visit PG&E's Proposed California Solar Initiative Handbook Revisions.
CCSE will be providing training on the upcoming program changes to ensure the solar community has a clear understanding of the new requirements and process:

• SIGN UP for our CSI Application Process Workshop – July 7
• VIEW ONLINE our CSI Process Changes Webex training –  to be posted 6/17/09
• CONTACT a CCSE CSI Team Member – 858.244.1177