Statewide Trigger Point Tracker

California Solar Initiative - Statewide Trigger Tracker

Last updated 1/27/2012

The California Solar Initiative (CSI) Trigger Tracker shows how many CSI megawatts (MW) worth of rebates are available in the current incentive step level. The CSI Trigger Tracker gives an indication of whether incentive levels are expected to drop imminently by showing "MW Under Review". When the "MW Under Review" exceeds the "MW Remaining", the row is bolded. When this occurs, it is likely that any new applications will receive the next (i.e. lower) incentive step level. By comparing "MW Under Review" with "MW Remaining", users can make their own estimates of when the incentives are going to decline to the next step level. The CSI Program will be offered until the Program Administrator territory megawatt targets have been reached or until the allocated incentive budget for each Program Administrator territory has been spent, whichever occurs first.

Administrator	Customer Class *	Current Step	Initial MW in Step	Unused MW from Previous Steps	Revised Total MW in Step	Issued Conditional Reservation Letters (MW)	MW Remaining	MW Under Review
PGE	Residential	9	41.10	1.05	42.15	14.25	27.90	0.91
PGE	Non-Residential	9	83.40	0.02	83.42	0.60	82.82	134.17¹
SCE	Residential	7	32.60	1.09	33.69	21.55	12.15	0.79
SCE	Non-Residential	8	77.10	26.83	103.93	53.92	50.01	5.67
CCSE	Residential	9	9.70	0.74	10.44	5.77	4.67	0.78
CCSE	Non-Residential	8	17.30	6.95	24.25	9.56	14.68	4.84

1. At this time, PG&E has received enough Non-Residential applications that are currently under review to meet our Step 8 and 9 capacities. New Non-Residential reservations are likely to receive Step 10 incentive rates. Please be aware that the incentive rate is not determined until a project is approved for a reservation.

Incentive MW Available by Step, by Program Administrator and Customer Class

CSI Step table: CSI Rebate Levels by Incentive Step and Rebate Type

		EPBB Payments (per Watt)			PBI Payments (per kWh)
Step	Statewide MW in Step	Residential	Non-Residential		Residential	Non-Residential
Step	Statewide MW in Step	Residential	Commercial	Government/ Non-Profit	Residential	Commercial	Government/ Non-Profit
1	50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2	70	$2.50	$2.50	$3.25	$0.39	$0.39	$0.50
3	100	$2.20	$2.20	$2.95	$0.34	$0.34	$0.46
4	130	$1.90	$1.90	$2.65	$0.26	$0.26	$0.37
5	160	$1.55	$1.55	$2.30	$0.22	$0.22	$0.32
6	190	$1.10	$1.10	$1.85	$0.15	$0.15	$0.26
7	215	$0.65	$0.65	$1.40	$0.09	$0.09	$0.19
8**	250	$0.35	$0.35	$1.10	$0.05 (a)/$0.044 (b)	$0.05 (a)/$0.044 (b)	$0.15 (a)/$0.139 (b)
9**	285	$0.25	$0.25	$0.90	$0.03 (a)/$0.032 (b)	$0.03 (a)/$0.032 (b)	$0.12 (a)/$0.114 (b)
10**	350	$0.20	$0.20	$0.70	$0.025	$0.025	$0.088

*The non-residential customer class includes commercial, private, government, and non-profit participants.
**Per Senate Bill 585, PBI payments have been revised to reflect a 4% discount rate which creates new PBI rates for Steps 8, 9, & 10. Steps 8a and 9a are the original CSI incentive rates, while 8b and 9b are the revised rates. In compliance with the Final Decision released by the California Public Utilities Commission, these new incentive rates are effective 12/2/2011.
Please be aware that the final CSI incentive rate that is reserved for you will be determined by your CSI Program Administrator at the time your reservation request (RR) application is approved, and may be lower than the current incentive rate shown in the CSI Statewide Trigger Point Tracker. Please note that final incentive amounts are subject to change based upon the configuration of the as-built system. (Per the CSI Handbook, no projects or applications are reserved CSI funding until all required information has been submitted and approved in writing by the Program Administrator.)
For more information about the California Solar Initiative, visit GoSolarCalifornia.ca.gov.