COM/MP1/oma Date of Issuance 12/24/2009

Decision 09-12-047 December 17, 2009

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Policies, Procedures and Rules for the California Solar Initiative, the Self-Generation Incentive Program and Other Distributed Generation Issues.

Rulemaking 08-03-008 (Filed March 13, 2008)

DECISION ADOPTING SELF-GENERATION
INCENTIVE PROGRAM BUDGET FOR 2010 AND 2011

1. Summary

This decision adopts an annual budget of $83 million for the Commission's Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) in 2010 and 2011. The SGIP administrators may reserve and spend the $166 million they collect in 2010 and 2011 until January 1, 2016. The SGIP administrators may reserve and spend the total authorized carryover from prior years' authorized SGIP budgets until January 1, 2016. Any funds that are collected and unallocated on January 1, 2016 will be returned to ratepayers. The decision directs the SGIP administrators to obtain an independent audit of SGIP ratepayer collections and expenditures no later than October 1, 2010.

The decision also lifts a prior restriction on the payment of incentives up to three megawatts. Other aspects of SGIP operation, including the administrative budget, budget allocations between the utilities, and allocation of funds between renewable and non-renewable projects, will continue unchanged based on previous Commission guidance.