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The Self-Generation Incentive Program provides financial incentives to customerswho install renewable and “clean” on-site distributed generation.
www.pge.com/selfgen
Pacific Gas andElectric CompanyTM
Self-GenerationIncentiveProgram
In September 2000, Governor Davis signedAssembly Bill 970, which called for the creation of more energy supply anddemand reduction programs. As a result, inMarch 2001, the California Public UtilitiesCommission (CPUC) issued a decision creating the Self-Generation IncentiveProgram and ordered utilities to offerfinancial incentives to their customerswho install certain types of distributedgeneration facilities to meet all or a portionof their energy needs.
The program started in July 2001 and willcontinue accepting applications throughDecember 2004.
The program is offered statewide withadministration provided by the investor-owned utilities (Pacific Gas and ElectricCompany, SoCal Gas, Southern CaliforniaEdison and San Diego Gas and Electric)*within their service territories.
* San Diego Regional Energy Office is administering the program for San Diego Gas and Electric.
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has anauthorized annual incentive budget of $48 million.(See matrix inside.)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is authorizedto carry over any unused funding from one yearto the next, and to reallocate funds between levels. For the latest information on availablefunding, please visit our web site atwww.pge.com/selfgen.
PROGRAMCONTACT
INFORMATION
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Web Site: www.pge.com/selfgen
Hotline Phone No.: (415) 973-6436
Fax: (415) 973-2510
E-mail: [email protected]
Mailing Address:Self-Generation Incentive ProgramP.O. Box 770000, B29RSan Francisco, CA 94177-0001
Street Address:77 Beale Street, B29RSan Francisco, CA 94105-1814
PROGRAMBACKGROUND
Visit our web site for more detailed program information.
www.pge.com/selfgen
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
• System must be certified to operate in parallelwith the grid.
• Level 3 Technologies must meet the CPUCEnergy Division’s Reliability Criteria.
• Level 2 and 3 technology must meet wasteheat requirements.
• Generator systems intended for back-up generation purposes are not eligible.
• Equipment must be new. Used, remanufactured,temporary, pilot or demonstration equipmentare not eligible.
• Systems installed under Levels 1 and 2 mustbe covered by a warranty of five years or more.Systems installed under Level 3 must be covered by a warranty of three years or more.
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Photo Credits:▼ 1,170 kW Photovoltaic (Solar System) provided by
PowerLight Corporation.▲ 250 kW stationary fuel cell power generator
provided by Ballard Power Systems.▼ Efficient internal combustion cogeneration
module provided by Tecogen.▼ Micro turbine provided by Capstone Turbine
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The Self-Generation Incentive Programprovides incentives for installation of qualifying equipment that produces all or aportion of the electric needs of a facility.There are three levels of incentives:
CUSTOMER ELIGIBILITY
Any retail electric or gas customer of PacificGas and Electric Company is eligible for theSelf-Generation Incentive Program. Thisincludes gas customers of Pacific Gas andElectric Company who receive electric servicefrom a municipal utility.
While residential customers are not barredfrom the program, the minimum system sizerequirement for Level 1 technologies (30 kW)effectively limits PV and wind systems to commercial customers. The California EnergyCommission (CEC) offers a similar program (the CEC Buydown Program) that is available toresidential customers who install renewablegeneration sources, such as photovoltaic andwind systems, with no minimum system sizerequirement.
For more information on the CEC Buydown Program:
Phone: 1-800-555-7794 (in CA) or (916) 654-4058 (outside CA)
Web Site: www.consumerenergycenter.org/buydown/index.html
Incentive Incentive Maximum % Minimum Maximum Eligible Annual Category Offered of Project System System Technologies Incentive
($/Watt) Cost Size Size Budget(in Millions)
$4.50/W 50% 30 kW 1.5 MW ■ Photovoltaics $16.0(see note below) ■ Fuel cells operating
on renewable fuel
■ Wind turbines
$2.50/W 40% None 1.5 MW ■ Fuel cells operating on $16.0(see note below) non-renewable fuel and
utilizing waste heat recovery
$1.00/W 30% None 1.5 MW ■ Micro turbines utilizing $16.0(see note below) waste heat recovery and
meeting reliability criteria
■ Internal combustion engines and small gas turbines, utilizing waste heat recovery and meeting reliability criteria
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Note: Per CPUC requirements, maximum incentive payout is capped at 1 MW (not 1.5 MW).
Total: $48.0
All systems receiving incentives under the Self-Generation Incentive Program must be connectedto the grid. For more information contact:
Web Site: www.pge.com/genPG&E Generation Interconnection Hotline:Telephone: (415) 972-5676E-mail: [email protected]
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