California Public Utilities Code

§ 2851

PUC § 2851 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 9 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)In implementing the California Solar Initiative, the commission shall do all of the following:

(1)(A) The commission shall authorize the award of monetary incentives for up to the first megawatt of alternating current generated by solar energy systems that meet the eligibility criteria established by the Energy Commission pursuant to Chapter 8.8 (commencing with Section 25780) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code. The commission shall determine the eligibility of a solar energy system, as defined in Section 25781 of the Public Resources Code, to receive monetary incentives until the time the Energy Commission establishes eligibility criteria pursuant to Section 25782. Monetary incentives shall not be awarded for solar energy systems that do not meet the eligibility criteria. The incentive level authorized by the commission shall decline each year following implementation of the California Solar Initiative, at a rate of no less than an average of 7 percent per year, and, except as provided in subparagraph (B), shall be zero as of December 31, 2016. The commission shall adopt and publish a schedule of declining incentive levels no less than 30 days in advance of the first decline in incentive levels. The commission may develop incentives based upon the output of electricity from the system, provided those incentives are consistent with the declining incentive levels of this paragraph and the incentives apply to only the first megawatt of electricity generated by the system.

(B)The incentive level for the installation of a solar energy system pursuant to Section 2852 shall be zero as of December 31, 2021.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 24, Sec. 41) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 57. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.