PROCEEDINGS

• Large Solar Energy Projects in California
• SB 1 - Senate Bill 1 Eligibility Criteria and Conditions for Solar Energy System Incentives
  (Docket # 07-SB-1)
• Bioenergy Action Plan
  (Docket: # 06-BAP-1)
• New Solar Homes Partnership Proceeding
  (Docket: # 06-NSHP-1)
• Avian Wind Guidelines
  (Docket: # 06-OII-1)
• SB 1038
  Continuation of Renewable Energy Program
  (Docket: # 02-REN-1038)
• SB 1078
  Renewables Portfolio Standard
  (Docket: # 03-RPS-1078)

RELATED LINKS

• California Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI)
• Geothermal Program
  RD&D and Commercialization
• Power Source Disclosure Program
  (SB 1305)
• Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program
  Renewable Energy Technologies Subject Area
• Renewable Energy for Kids
  Energy Quest Website
• Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS)
• Wind Energy in California

Emerging Renewables Program

The primary goal of the Energy Commission's Emerging Renewables Program is to develop a self-sustaining market for "emerging" renewable energy technologies in distributed generation applications. The Emerging Renewables Program (formerly called the "Emerging Renewables 'Buydown' Program") was created to stimulate market demand for renewable energy systems that meet certain eligibility requirements by offering rebates to reduce (buy-down) the initial cost of the system to the customer.

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For consumer information about current incentives and rebates:

• For solar electricity systems, please visit the: Go Solar California! Website
• For wind and fuel cells, please visit the: Consumer Energy Center Website

Guidebooks & Documents

• NEWEST GUIDEBOOK - Adopted February 25, 2009: Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook, NINTH EDITION. Publication Number CEC-300-2009-002-F, posted: March 6, 2009. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 63 pages, 1.7 mb)


• Current Forms and Documents for Emerging Renewable Program


• Summary of the Energy Commission's Decisions on a Pilot Performance-Based Incentive Program for photovoltaic systems. Adopted by the Energy Commission at its January 19, 2005, Business Meeting. Pub # CEC-300-2005-002-CMF. Posted: February 3, 2005. (PDF file, 21 pages, 94 kilobytes)
• Performance Test Protocol for Evaluating Inverters Used in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems, prepared by Ward Bower, Sandia National Laboratories; Chuck Whitaker, Endecon Engineering; William Erdman and Michael Behnke, BEW Engineering, Inc.; Mark Fitzgerald, Institute for Sustainable Technology. Posted: November 22, 2004. (PDF file, 46 pages, 594 kilobytes)
• PRIOR Emerging Renewable Program Guidebooks
  Documents before January 2007.

Account Activities

Note: The account activites below only cover the Energy Commission's Emerging Renewables Program prior to January 1, 2007. At that time, the solar electricity incentives was taken over by the Public Utilities Commission. Statistics on the CPUC's program can be found on the Go Solar California website on the News Room Statistics Page.

• Completed Systems, 1998 to 12/31/2009

Data Showing Approved and Completed Systems After January 1, 2005.
(Updated: January 5, 2010. MS Excel file, 4.6 MB)

Data Showing Completed Systems Before January 1, 2005..
Updated: January 5, 2010. (MS Excel file, 2.4 MB)

• Emerging Renewables Program Systems Verification Report 2004-2005, publication # CEC-300-2005-019. Posted: February 27, 2006 (PDF file, 102 pgs, 669 kb)
• Measured Performance of California Buydown Program Residential PV Systems, 2000-2001, Consultant Report. Posted: November 4, 2004. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 13 pages, 132 kilobytes)
• System Site Verification Report, June 30, 2002, Consultant Report. Posted: May 7, 2003. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 69 pages, 252 kilobytes)
• Amount (MW) of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaics (PV) in California, 1981 to 12/31/07

MS Excel Format, data through 12/31/07. (Updated: April 1, 2008, 444 kilobytes)

For assistance regarding the Renewable Energy Program areas, please contact: