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Status of Solar Incentives

Status of Solar Incentives

Statewide Solar Incentive data

View state data and track the 'trigger tracker.'

The California Solar Initative program administrators released detailed program data on May 8, 2007.

The data can be found from a link within the statewide Trigger Tracker on the Center for Sustainable Energy (formerly SDREO) website.

Some statewide statistics from this data include:

916 applications since 1/1/2007, representing 88.8 MW
715 EPBB applications, 201 PBI
182 Applicants
120 Companies submitted 1 or 2 applications
Average system costs (before incentive, after incentive):
Less than 10kW - $9.74 before incentive. $7.28 after incentive
Between 10kW and 100kW - $8.25, $5.54
More than 100kW - $7.98, $4.67

[note: statistics reflect data available as of May 8, 2007 and only include applications after 1/1/2007]

For more information about the California Solar Initiative and New Solar Homes Partnership:

Center for Sustainable Energy (San Diego region CSI Program Administrator)

California Energy Commission - Incentive Updates data from 2006 :scroll down to 'account activities' section to download the latest solar installation data.