Please note that the documents below are for archival purposes and for applications that were filed prior to the latest version of each guidebook. Individual forms have been deleted, but they are included in the back of each of the guidebooks.
If you need the NEWEST guidebooks for use in 2006 or beyond, please go to the main Renewables Program documents page.
Overall Program Guidebook
Overall Program Guidebook. Publication # CEC-300-2006-008-ED2, adopted December 13, 2006. (PDF file, 50 pgs, 210 kb)
Overall Program Guidebook. Publication # CEC-300-2006-008-F, adopted April 26, 2006. (PDF file, 27 pgs, 100 kb)
Renewable Energy Program Overall Guidebook, (Seventh Edition) publication # 500-04-026, adopted May 19, 2004. (PDF file, 25 pgs, 204 kb)
Renewable Energy Program Overall Program Guidebook, (Sixth Edition) publication # 500-03-004F, adopted February 19, 2003. (PDF file, 20 pgs, 252 kb)
Overall Guidelines for Renewable Resource Trust Fund (Fifth Edition) publication # 500-01-014, updated: April 2002. On line April 15, 2002. (PDF file, 25 pages, 92 kilobytes)
Overall Guidelines for Renewable Resource Trust Fund (Fourth Edition) publication # 500-01-014, on line October 2001. (PDF file, 23 pages, 88 kilobytes)
Overall Guidelines for Renewable Resource Trust Fund (First Edition) publication # 500-01-014, On line April 1999. (PDF file, 25 pages, 92 kilobytes)
Consumer Education Sub-Account Documents
Consumer Education Program Guidebook, (Fourth Edition) publication # 500-04-003F, May 2004. (PDF file, 16 pages, 336 kb)
Consumer Education Program Guidebook, (Third Edition) publication # 500-03-003F, February 2003. (PDF file, 14 pages, 296 kb)
Volume 5: Consumer Education Subaccount Guideboook, (Second Edition) publication # P300-97-011V5, September 2000. (PDF file, 16 pages, 100 kb)
Volume 5: Consumer Education Subaccount Guideboook,, (First Edition) publication # P300-97-011V5, March 2000. (PDF file, 16 pages, 100 kb)
Customer Credit Account Documents
GUIDELINES for Customer Credit Subaccount, (Sixth Edition) publication # 500-01-014V4. UPDATED: September 25, 2001, (PDF file, 62 pages, 498 kilobytes)
GUIDELINES for Customer Credit Subaccount, (Fifth Edition) publication # 500-01-014V4. UPDATED: September 25, 2001, (PDF file, 62 pages, 1.2 megabytes)
Protocol for the Power Source Disclosure and Customer Credit Subaccount, March 2001, publication # 500-01-005. (PDF file, 32 pages, 184 kilobytes)
Emerging Renewable Buydown / Rebate Program Documents
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook (Seventh Edition), Publication Number CEC-300-2006-001-ED7F. July 2006. For reservations and renewable energy systems prior to 1/1/07. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 73 pages, 307 kilobytes)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook (Sixth Edition), publication # CEC-300-2006-001-ED6F. January 2006 (PDF file, 75 pgs, 485 kb)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook (Fifth Edition), publication # CEC-300-2005-001-ED5F, July 14, 2005. (PDF file, 72 pages, 468 kilobytes)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook (Fourth Edition), publication # CEC-300-2005-001-ED4F, January 31, 2005. (PDF file, 71 pages, 632 kilobytes)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook (Third Edition), publication # 500-03-001F2, July 1, 2004. (PDF file, 54 pages, 464 kilobytes)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook (Second Edition), publication # 500-03-001F, December 22, 2003. (PDF file, 48 pgs, 302 kb)
Note: The guidelines were formally adopted by the California Energy Commission on January 21, 1998, pursuant to Senate Bill 90 (Chapter 905, Statutes of 1997) and subsequently revised in the first two years on the following dates: February 18, 1998; January 22, 1999; September 8, 1999; October 6, 1999; March 7, 2001; May 16, 2001; September 25, 2001; December 19, 2001; and September 25, 2002.
GUIDEBOOK For Emerging Renewable Resources Account, (First Edition - 9th Revision) publication # 500-01-013V3 - VOLUME 3, September 2002. (PDF file, 48 pages, 433 kilobytes)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook, (First Edition - Revised September 2001) Publication # 500-01-013V3, September 2001. (PDF file, 48 pgs, 441 kb)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook, (First Edition - Revised May 2001) Publication # 500-01-013V3, May 2001. (PDF file, 48 pgs, 441 kb)
Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook, (First Edition) Publication # 500-97-011V3, August 1998. (PDF file, 48 pgs, 441 kb)
Existing Renewables Account Documents
Existing Renewable Facilities Program Guidebook, (Third Edition), publication # CEC-300-2006-011-F. Posted: July 17, 2006, adopted at June 29, 2006, Energy Commission Business Meeting. (Adobe PDF 35 pgs, 1.0 megabytes).
Existing Renewable Facilities Program Guidebook, (Second Edition) publication # CEC-300-2005-022, on line: January 23, 2006. (Adobe PDF 35 pgs, 412 kilobytes).
Existing Renewable Resources Account Guidebook and Forms, (Seventh Edition), publication # 500-01-014V1, February 2003. (34 pages, 584 kilobytes)
Existing Renewable Resources Account Guidebook and Forms, (Sixth Edition), publication # 500-01-014V1, September 2002. (30 pages, 472 kilobytes)
Existing Renewable Resources Account Guidebook and Forms, (Fourth Edition), publication # 500-01-011V1, March 2001. (30 pages, 712 kilobytes)
Existing Renewable Resources Account Guidebook and Forms, (Third Edition), publication # 500-97-011V1, March 2000. (30 pages, 324 kilobytes)
Existing Renewable Resources Account Guidebook and Forms, (Second Edition), publication # 500-97-011V1, August 1998. (30 pages, 92 kilobytes)
New Renewables Resources Account Documents
New Renewable Facilities Program Guidebook, Seventh Edition, publication # CEC-300-2006-006-F, adopted April 26, 2006. (PDF file, 55 pgs, 390 kb)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2A, (Sixth Edition), publication # 500-01-014V2A, January 2004. (44 pages, 832 kilobytes)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2A, (Fifth Edition), publication # 500-01-014V2A, August 2002. (46 pages, 416 kilobytes)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2B, (Fifth Edition), publication # 500-01-014V2A, November 2003. (45 pages, 556 kilobytes)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2A, (Fourth Edition), publication # 500-01-014V2A, April 2002. (44 pages, 300 kilobytes)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2A, (Third Edition), publication # 500-01-014V2A, April 2002. (44 pages, 464 kilobytes)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2B, (Third Edition), publication # 500-01-014V2B, April 2002. (41 pages, 292 kilobytes)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2A, (Second Edition), publication # 500-97-011V2B, May 2001. (42 pages, 400 kilobytes)
New Renewable Resources Account Guidebook Volume 2B, (Second Edition), publication # 500-97-011V2B, May 2001. (30 pages, 144 kilobytes)
Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Eligibility Guidebook (Second Edition), publication # CEC-300-2007-006-CMF, adopted March 14, 2007. (Acrobat PDF file, 131 pages, 736 kb)
Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Eligibility Guidebook, publication # CEC-300-2006-007-F, adopted April 26, 2006. (Acrobat PDF file, 77 pages, 330 kb)
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Renewable Energy Call Center
Toll Free - 800-555-7794
Outside Calif. 916-654-4058
Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.