Self-Generation Incentive Program

Any project installing a qualifying generation technology behind the customer meter are eligible for the Generation Budget.

Customers eligible for the $2.50/W Resiliency Adder must meet the following criteria: 

1. a) Project site is located in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 HFTD; OR 
   b) Customers whose electricity was shut off during two or more discrete PSPS events prior to date of application for SGIP incentives.  
    
2. a) Provides critical facilities or infrastructure to one or more communities in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 HFTD, a community with customers whose electricity was shut off during 2 or more discrete PSPS events prior to the date of application for SGIP incentives, or a community whose electricity was shut off during one discrete PSPS event and one de-energization or power outage from an actual wildfire AND 
   b) At least one of those communities is eligible for the Equity Budget.  
    
3. Is one of the following critical facilities:  Police stations, fire stations, emergency response providers or tribal government providers, emergency operations centers, 911 call centers, medical facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, blood banks, health care facilities, dialysis centers, and hospice facilities public and private gas, electric, water, wastewater, or flood control facilities, jails and prisons, locations designated by the IOUs to provide assistance during PSPS events, cooling centers, homeless shelters, grocery stores/markets with average annual gross receipts of $15 million or less, independent living centers, emergency feeding organizations.
    

All qualifying generation systems are expected to operate at the following capacity factors.

With the exception of wind turbines, all generation technologies are expected to operate at a capacity factor that aligns with the intended operation. Systems intended to operate to offset a customer’s baseload generation needs are expected to operate at an 80% capacity factor.  Systems intended to operate as a dispatchable generation resource to firm on-site renewables, provide peak load shaving, and/or support flexible load are expected to operate at a 15% capacity factor.

• Residential Projects (single family or multifamily) are eligible for the Equity Resiliency Budget if they meet the following criteria: 
  1. a) Project site located in a Tier 2 or 3 High Fire Threat District (HFTD); OR 
     b) Electricity was shut off during two or more Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events; OR 
     c) Electricity was shut off during one PSPS event, and one de-energization or power outage from an actual wildfire that occurred on or after January 1, 2017. AND
      
  2. a) Multifamily or Single-Family projects eligible for the Equity Budget; OR 
     b) Medical baseline customer; OR 
     c) Notified electric utility of a serious illness or condition that could become life-threatening if electricity is disconnected; OR
      
• Non-Residential Projects are eligible for the Equity Resiliency Budget if they meet the following criteria:
  1. a) Project site located in a Tier 2 or 3 High Fire Threat District (HFTD); OR
     b) Electricity was shut off during two or more PSPS events;
      
  2. a) Provides critical facilities or infrastructure to a community in a Tier 2 or 3 HFTD, a community with customers whose electricity was shut off during 2 or more PSPS events, or a community whose electricity was shut off during one PSPS event and one de-energization or power outage from an actual wildfire that occurred on or after January 1, 2017. 
     b) Community is a disadvantaged (DAC) or low-income community or California Indian Country; 
      
  3. a) Is one of the following critical facilities: Police station, fire station, emergency response providers or tribal government providers, emergency operation centers, 911 call centers, medical facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, blood banks, health care facilities, dialysis centers, and hospice facilities, public or private gas, electric, water wastewater, or flood control facilities, jails or prisons, locations designated by the Investor Owned Utilities to provide assistance during PSPS events, cooling centers, homeless shelters, grocery stores/markets with average annual gross receipts of $15 million or less, independent living centers, or a emergency feeding organization. 

• Single-family residential projects are eligible for the Equity Budget if they meet the following criteria: 
  1. a) Household income is 80% of the area median income or less, and homeowner has a resale restriction (or presumed resale restriction) or equity sharing agreement; OR 
     b) Reserved funds from the SASH or DAC-SASH programs. 
      
• Multifamily residential projects are eligible for the Equity Budget if they meet criteria 1and 2 or criteria 3: 
  1. Multifamily residential building of at least five rental housing units that is operated to provide deed-restricted low-income residential housing; OR 
  2. Located in a DAC (including Indian Country), or building where at least 80% of the households have incomes at or below 60% of the area median income; OR 
  3. Reserved funds from the MASH or SOMAH programs. 
      
• Non-residential projects are eligible for the Equity Budget if they meet the following criteria: 
  1. a) State/local/tribal government agency, educational institution, non-profit, or small business. 
  2. a) Located in a DAC, tribal, or low-income community, or demonstrates that at least 50% of the census tracts it serves are DAC, tribal, or low-income communities; OR 
     b) Facility owned or operated by a public agency that provides services to DAC or low-income community members for which at least 50% of census tracts served are DACs or low-income communities. 
      

Residential projects not eligible for the Equity Resiliency Energy Storage Budget or Equity Energy Storage Budgets and installing a system size 10kW or less may be eligible for the Small-Residential Energy Storage Budget. 

Residential projects sites installing a system size greater than 10kW are eligible for the Large-Scale Storage Budget. Commercial projects not eligible for the Equity Resiliency Energy Storage Budget or Equity Energy Storage Budgets is eligible for the Large-Scale Energy Storage Budget

• Resiliency adder of $0.15/Wh is available for commercial Large-Scale Energy Storage projects that meet the requirements of the Equity Energy Storage Budget for non-residential projects except for the community being a DAC, low-income community, or California Indian Country.
• Projects eligible for the Resiliency adder must meet the following criteria:
  1. a) Project site is located in a Tier 2 or 3 HFTD; OR b) Customers whose electricity was shut off during two or more discrete PSPS events prior to date of application for SGIP incentives. AND
      
  2. a) Provides critical facilities or infrastructure to one or more communities in a Tier 2 or 3 HFTD, a community with customers whose electricity was shut off during 2 or more discrete PSPS events prior to the date of application for SGIP incentives, or a community whose electricity was shut off during one discrete PSPS event and one de-energization or power outage from an actual wildfire AND b) At least one of those communities is eligible for the Equity Budget. 
     b) At least one of those communities is eligible for the Equity Budget.
      
  3. Is one of the following critical facilities: Police stations, fire stations, emergency response providers or tribal government providers, emergency operations centers, 911 call centers, medical facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, blood banks, health care facilities, dialysis centers, and hospice facilities public and private gas, electric, water, wastewater, or flood control facilities, jails and prisons, locations designated by the IOUs to provide assistance during PSPS events, cooling centers, homeless shelters, grocery stores/markets with average annual gross receipts of $15 million or less, independent living centers, emergency feeding organizations.