The Commission approved Program Guidelines, as required by SB 1345, in April 2001, and issued the initial funding solicitation documents in May 2001. The Commission is continuing to process applications and approved reservations from the initial solicitation.

For fiscal year 2001/02, a total of $1.0 million is available to fund eligible solar energy and distributed generation systems. There is a funding cap of $750 for a solar energy system and a cap of 10 percent of system cost or $2,000 (which ever is less) for a small DG system. At this time, it is anticipated that the bulk of the $1.0 million will be used to pay out funds for the purchase and installation of the eligible solar and DG systems.

The Commission approved changes to the Program Guidelines on January 9, 2002, and issued a Notice of Availability (announcing opportunity to apply for funds) on January 16, 2002. The Commission will review and process applications received on or before June 28, 2002, up to the limits of available funds.

Information about this proceeding can be accessed via this page and the links to documents and notices on the navigation section to the left. Consumer information about the program is available on the Consumer Energy Center website. Those wishing to receive automatic e-mail announcements about the proceeding and program should sign up on our list server page for the Renewable List Server.

Information about this proceeding can be accessed via this page and the links to documents and notices on the navigation section to the left. Those wishing to receive automatic e-mail announcements about the proceeding and program should sign up on our list server page for the Renewable List Server.