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Important Announcement! - The SGIP renewed on January 1, 2008 and runs through December 31, 2011. Eligible technologies include only wind and fuel cells.
Please Note: Incentives for all Solar Projects are provided by the CCSE California Solar Initiative Program, please visit www.gosolar.energycenter.org.
Program Summary
Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 970, the California Public Utilities Commission ( CPUC) approved the Self-Generation Incentive Program ( SGIP) on March 27, 2001 running through December 31, 2011.
Self-Generation refers to distributed generation technologies installed on the customer's side of the utility meter. The electricity generated by the system provides a portion or all of the customer's electric load. Through the SGIP, the California Center for Sustainable Energy provides incentives for up to 5 megawatts ( MW) of distributed generation equipment.
Qualifying "self-generation" equipment must be certified to operate in parallel with the electrical grid and meet other criteria established by the CPUC.
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INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF QUALIFYING EQUIPMENT
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Incentive Levels1
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Eligible Technology
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Incentive ($/watt)
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Minimum System Size2
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Level 2 Renewable
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Wind Turbines |
$1.50
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30 kW
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| Fuel Cells (Renewable fuel) |
$4.50
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30 kW
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Level 3 Non-renewable
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Fuel Cells (Non-renewable fuel)3 |
$2.50
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None
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Advance Energy Storage
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$2.00 |
Capped at DG Systems Size
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1 Level 1 previously included solar generation, now administered through the California Solar Initiative 2 maximum incentive payout capped at 1 MW and maximum system size is 5 MW 3 Systems must utilize waste heat recovery meeting Public Utilites Code 216.6 4 An additional incentive of 20% will be provided for the installation of eligible Distributed Generation ( DG) technologies from a California Supplier |
Retail electric and gas customers of San Diego Gas & Electric ( SDG&E), Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison or Southern California Gas are eligible for S GIP. The California Center for Sustainable Energy administers the program within the SDG&E service territory.
While residential customers are not excluded from the program, the minimum kilowatt ( kW)system sizes effectively limit most applications to non-residential energy consumers. To learn more about rebates for wind turbines or fuel cells that generate less than 30 kW of energy, visit the California Energy Commission's Emerging Renewables Program.
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