D1110015 Appendix A
D1110015 Simon Concurrence

COM/MP1/jt2 Date of Issuance 10/13/2011

Decision 11-10-015 October 6, 2011

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 10-05-004
(Filed May 6, 2010)

DECISION ON LOW-INCOME SOLAR WATER HEATING COMPONENT OF THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR INITIATIVE THERMAL PROGRAM

Table of Contents

Title Page

DECISION ON LOW-INCOME SOLAR WATER HEATING COMPONENT OF THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR INITIATIVE THERMAL PROGRAM 2 2

1. Summary 2 2

2. Background 3 3

3. Staff Proposal for Low-Income Solar Water Heating (SWH) Incentives 5 5

4. Low-Income SWH Incentive Budget 6 6

5. Low-Income Program Eligibility Requirements 9 9

5.1 Background 9 9

5.2 Single-Family Eligibility Requirements 11 11

5.3 Multifamily Eligibility Requirements 12 12

6. Ensuring Properties Remain Low-Income 14 14

7. Fuel Displacement Type 16 16

8. Incentive Levels 16 16

9. Ensuring Benefits to Lower Income Households 19 19

10. Program Administration 21 21

11. Comments of Proposed Decision 21 21

12. Assignment of Proceeding 22 22

Findings of Fact 22 22

Conclusions of Law 23 23

ORDER 25 25

Appendix A - Low-Income Incentive Component

DECISION ON LOW-INCOME SOLAR WATER HEATING COMPONENT OF THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR INITIATIVE THERMAL PROGRAM

1. Summary

This decision establishes implementation details for incentives to low-income applicants to the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Thermal Program. In Decision (D.) 10-01-022, the Commission allocated $25 million for these incentives that are intended to promote the installation of gas-displacing solar water heating (SWH) systems on qualifying low-income single-family and multifamily residences in the service territories of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E). The CSI Thermal Program will offer increased incentives to qualifying single-family and multifamily low-income customers that install SWH systems that displace natural gas usage. Incentives for qualifying single-family low-income customers will be 200% of the applicable CSI Thermal SWH incentive level, while incentives for qualifying multifamily affordable housing will be 150% of the applicable CSI Thermal SWH incentive level. The $25 million budget for CSI Thermal low-income SWH incentives will be funded by collections from gas ratepayers pursuant to Assembly Bill 1470 (stats. 2007, ch. 536), and as previously established in D.10-01-022.

This low-income SWH incentive program will be administered by the same program administrators that administer the gas-displacing portion of the CSI Thermal Program, namely PG&E, SoCalGas and the California Center for Sustainable Energy. The program will be administered as a sub-section of CSI Thermal, using the same Handbook, application process, and database. Funds for marketing and administration of the low-income incentive program will be derived from the administration and marketing budget of the larger CSI Thermal Program.