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Transcript of California Solar Initiative Public Forum Hosted by CCSE
California Solar Initiative Public ForumHosted by CCSE
October 15, 2008
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Agenda
• Program Statistics
• Statewide Application Tool
• What’s new for 2009
• Open Question and Answer
California Solar Policies and Programs
Molly Tirpak SterkelCalifornia Public Utilities CommissionCSI Program Forum - Solar Power 2008San Diego, CAOctober 2008
California Solar Initiative Update
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California Solar Initiative - 2008 Progress
Staff Progress Report available at:
www.GoSolarCalifornia.ca.gov
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California installed 392 MW PV at 40,000+ sites thru October 2008
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Projects Moving Through Pipeline
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CSI Projects: Installed and Pending
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CSI Applications By IOU Territory
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Total Capacity of Applications
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CSI Applications by Month
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Progress Towards Goals
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Incentives Decline as Demand Grows
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Current Incentive Levels in CA - Oct 2008
Incentive Levels• $1.90/watt - Residential
• Except SCE: $2.20/watt• $1.55/watt - Commercial • $2.30/watt - Non-Profit/Govt
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New Program Materials
• Consumer Guide• New Online
Applicant Tutorial• New Statistics
Website - public reporting
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CaliforniaSolarStatistics.org
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Additional Information
• CPUC website www.cpuc.ca.gov
• GoSolarCalifornia.ca.gov (Booth 1024)
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Statewide Application Tool
PG&E
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What’s New for 2009
CCSE
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New Markets Served
• Low Income Community• Single Family -- $108 million• Multi-Family -- $108 million
• Other Solar Electric technology• Electric Displacement technologies• $100.8 million
• Research Development and Deployment• Technologies to support the solar marketplace• $50 million
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Incentive Calculator
• Based on the CEC’s Guidelines for Solar Participation
• Incorporate Time Dependent Values (TDV) for each hour of the day
• Wind speed (aka height above ground)
• Evaluate each production hour – shade
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Incentive Calculator – cont’d
• Goals• Transparent as possible• Maintain look and feel of current• Minimize unique inputs
• Changes will be announced far in advance
• Based on adoption of Guideline document – final document set for 11/08.
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Inspection/Verification Process
• Change our forms to include Installer sign-off on various aspects of quality control.• Voltage, shade, etc.
• 3rd Party Inspectors will be measuring temperature/irradiance for use with more detailed system output validation (no affect on installers)
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Energy Efficiency (EE)
• Option A – Revised Energy Efficiency Audit only
• Option B – Revised Energy Efficiency Audit + adoption of EE measure(s)
• Final verdict TBD
• Announcement and training well in advance of requirement
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Application Process
• Streamlining – the following are being discussed• 1) Eliminate duplication of system info between
EPBB and Reservation Requestion Form• 2) Revise Reservation stage to have no
system information• This data is already collected at a later stage
• 3) Allow for electronic signatures• 4) Eliminate Residential Reservation altogether
• Provide information only once system is installed
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Question and Answer