The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) provides incentives for residential and commercial customers installing qualifying distributed energy resources (DERs) on the customer’s side of the utility meter. Through increased deployment of DERs, SGIP aims to improve the overall efficiency of the electric distribution and transmission system.

For over twenty years, SGIP has made a positive impact on California’s energy grid by enabling projects that provide baseload generation, load shifting and resiliency options for SoCalGas customers.

Budgets and Eligibility

SGIP budgets and eligibility vary depending on customer types and project site location. For example, technologies installed at a project site determined to be a critical facility may be eligible for the Resiliency Adder in the Generation Budget, Large-Scale Energy Storage Budget, or the Equity Resiliency Energy Storage Budget. A full list of customer types and budget eligibility pathways can found in the SGIP Handbook.

The SGIP budgets and eligibility are:

 

Helpful Eligibility Tools

 

Additional Resources

For additional assistance, please email us at selfgeneration@socalgas.com


1Projects may not be located in a county listed as a severe or extreme federal nonattainment area for particulate matter in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Green Book for any of the three years prior to the SGIP Application date. 2California Manufacturers of Incentivized Technologies are eligible for an additional 20% incentive adder. To qualify, a project must demonstrate that at least 50% of its capital equipment value is manufactured by an approved California Manufacturer.