California Solar Incentives

Virtually all utility customers have the opportunitySouthern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric
to benefit from renewable energy incentives. ThisCompany (PG&E), San Diego Gas and Electric
creates green jobs in the service sector.Company, PacifiCorp, Sierra Pacific Power
However, California also has production incentivesCompany, Bear Valley Electric Service (BVES)
in place to meet the renewable energy goals setDivision of Golden State Water Company, and
in the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)Mountain Utilities (MU).
program. These incentives directly create jobs inSacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD)
the production sector.offers feed-in tariffs for all renewable energy
California solar production incentives come in thetechnologies plus combined heat and power (CHP).
form of feed-in tariffs and the purchase of SolarSMUD feed-in tariffs do no use a market price
Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs).referent and are based on the year placed in
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)service, time of day, time of year, and length of
has made feed-in tariffs available to small facilitiescontract.
with renewable generating capacity for theCity of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) purchases Solar
production of up to 500MW. Feed-in tariffs will beRenewable Energy Credits (SRECs) from within
based on the CPUC market price referent (MPR)their own local commercial and industrial sectors
and time-of-use factors. A singleinstead of from outside renewable sources.
customer-generator can enter into a 10, 15, or 20California must employ customer-generated
year standard contract to sell renewable energyenergy to produce 33% of the state's power
to utility companies up to 3MW.demand from renewable sources by 2025.
Utilities offering California feed-in tariffs includeLearn more about California solar incentives.