Related Pages

• Senate Bill 1
  
• New Solar Homes Partnership
• Title 24 - Building Energy Efficiency Standards

Documents Page - Rulemaking Proceeding - Solar Offset Program

Docket Number: 10-SOPR-1

Approval of Regulatory Action

• Notice of Approval of Regulatory Action
  Dated March 24, 2011. (PDF file, 29 kb)
• Text of Modified Regulations for the Homebuyer Solar Option and Solar Offset Program
  Posted March 25, 2011. (PDF file, 12 pages, 180 kb)

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Solar Offset Bank

• Solar Offset Bank - Bank Register
  Updated: . (PDF file)

  This spreadsheet documents the capacity (kilowatt AC) and the expected annual Time Dependent Valuation kBTU of an offset solar energy system that is deposited into the Solar Offset Bank. The spreadsheet also documents subdivisions that will claim offset credits from a deposited offset solar energy system. This process is outlined in California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Division 2, Chapter 9, Article 1, Section 2703(e).

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Compliance Forms / Tools

Solar Offset Program

• SOP-02 - Solar Offset Program - Installation Certificate Form
  Posted June 1, 2011. (PDF file, 1 page, 242 kb)
• SOP-03 - Solar Offset Program - Certificate of Field Verification and Diagnostic Testing
  Posted June 1, 2011. (PDF file, 1 page, 229 kb)

Solar as an Option

• Solar as an Option Annual Reporting Form - SOPT-1
  Posted February 23, 2012. (PDF file, 1 page, 86 kb)

  This form is to be completed when a seller of production homes is submitting annual reporting data. This data only needs to be submitted if a seller of production homes elects to offer solar as an option to prospective home buyers that have entered into negotiations to purchase a new production home constructed on land for which an application for a tentative subdivision map has been deemed complete on or after January 1, 2011. Sellers of production homes shall report this information to the Energy Commission by May 1 of each year for the previous calendar year.

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Workshops and Hearings

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Documents for Rulemaking

• Final Statement of Reasons
  Posted: February 18, 2011. (PDF file, 49 pages, 2.8 megabytes)
• Notice of Availability of Document Added to the Rulemaking File - Posted: February 18, 2011. (PDF file, 1 pg, 29 kb)

15-Day Language

• Notice of Additions of Documents and Information to Rulemaking File - 15-Day Language
  Posted: November 19, 2010. (PDF file, 5 pages, 62 kb)
• Initial Statement of Reasons - Revised November 19, 2010
  (PDF file, 20 pages,110 kb)
• Express Terms (15-Day Language)
  (PDF file, 18 pages, 219 kb)

45-Day Language

• Form 399 - Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement
  (PDF file, 8 pgs, 287 kb)
• Notice of Proposed Action
  Posted: October 21, 2010. (PDF file, 9 pgs, 70 kb)
• Initial Statement of Reasons
  (PDF file, 13 pgs, 111 kb)
• Express Terms (45-Day Language)
  (PDF file, 118 pgs, 262 kb)
• Solar Offset Program Calculator, version 1.0
  (Zip file, 6.8 mb)
  Instructions: Need Windows with Excel 2000 or newer.
  Unzip to desired directory.
  Open CECPV_SOPC.xls
  Must allow macros.

Documents Relied Upon

Estimated Cost Savings Calculations

• Hourly estimated PV generation
  (ZIP file, 12.8 megabytes)
• Batch input file used to run the calculations
  (EMF file, 49 kb)
• Example of the Excel based Solar Offset Program calculator
  (PDF file, 61 kb)
• kWh/kW for each calculation
  (Excel file, 45 kb)
• Tabulated kWh/kW and $ This table contains the same data, but different format, than Table 1 in the Solar Offset Program proposed regulations.
  (Excel file, 29 kb)

Per Home TDV Energy Equivalency Calculations

• How to Calculate Required TDV Energy Equivalency of the Offset Solar Energy System
  (PDF file, 6 pages, 180 kb)
• Hourly estimated PV generation and TDV weighting
  (ZIP file, 3.8 megabytes)
• Batch input file used to run the calculations
  (EMF file, 8 kb)
• Example of the Excel based Solar Offset Program calculator
  (PDF file, 61 kb)
• Tabulated results that are the same in Table 2, from the proposed Solar Offset Program regulations, except for the row with the AC rating calculation (title for Per Home TDV Energy Equivalency.
  (Excel file, 25 kb)