XVI. Prevailing Wage

The State Building Trades and Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO (SBCTC) filed comments on the proposed decision of the assigned Commissioner and ALJ. They propose the Commission require that in order to become eligible for CSI funds, project developers be required to pay prevailing wages in the construction of related solar projects. The State Legislature considered this matter in its deliberations over SB 1.

SBCTC's proposal to incorporate prevailing wages as an element of the CSI has not been explored on the official record of the proceeding. Consequently, other parties have not had an adequate opportunity to comment on it and we are unable to resolve the matter at this time. We encourage SBCTC to raise the issue as part of the record of this proceeding as we move ahead to address certain implementation issues in more depth.