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California Solar Initiative
The California Solar Initiative (CSI) incentive program is for existing homes and buildings and is under the direction of the California Public Utilities Commission. The program administrators are Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and the Center for Sustainable Energy (San Diego area).
Statistics As of December 31, 2008
- 18,290 applications, which equates to 322 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity.
This includes the Self-Generation Incentive Program projects funded prior to 2007 but that came on line in 2007 or 2008. - Of the total applications, 11,810 are complete. 19 MW were installed in 2007 and 133 MW were installed in 2008 for total of 152 MW.
- The approved and active applications in the CSI are worth an estimated $775 million of solar incentive payments.
Data
Program Updates
- California Solar Initiative - California Public Utilities Commission, Staff Progress Report, October 2008, posted january 29, 2009, CPUC publication. (PDF file, 38 pages, 4.8 MB)
- California Solar Initiative - California Public Utilities Commission, Staff Progress Report, October 2008, posted October 10, 2008, CPUC publication. (PDF file, 34 pages, 2.2 MB)
- California Solar Initiative - California Public Utilities Commission, Staff Progress Report, July 2008, posted July 14, 2008, CPUC publication. (PDF file, 61 pages, 958 kilobytes)
- California Solar Initiative - California Public Utilities Commission, Staff Progress Report, April 2008, posted April 15, 2008, CPUC publication. (PDF file, 54 pages, 840 kilobytes)
- California Solar Initiative - California Public Utilities Commission, Staff Progress Report, January 2008, posted January 25, 2008, CPUC publication. (PDF file, 43 pages, 504 kilobytes)
CSI-Funded Systems
Cumulative Total Capacity of CSI Applications
(1/1/07 - 12/31/08)
| Utility | Residential | Non-residential | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG&E | 52.1 MW | 118 MW | 170.1 MW |
| Total Applications | 11,187 | 876 | 12,063 |
| SCE | 20.2 MW | 75.3 MW | 95.5 MW |
| Total Applications | 4,038 | 380 | 4,418 |
| CCSE (San Diego) | 7.0 MW | 25.3 MW | 32.3 MW |
| Total Applications | 1,568 | 150 | 1,718 |
| Total MW | 79.3 MW | 218.6 MW | 297.9 MW |
| Total CSI Applications | 16,793 | 1,406 | 18,199 |
Note:
This data includes the cumulative of all applications, not the number of installed systems and total installed capacity for the CSI program.
It does not cover the self-generation program projects funded by the CPUC from 1998 to 2006 but completed installation in 2007 and 2008.
See also the link above to the on-line CSI database for latest data.