New Utility Program Rewards Self-Generation
PG&E Launches Renewable Energy Self-Generation Incentive Program
Jeanne Roberts, 31 May 2017 (Clean Energy Authority)
“…[Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will] devote $240 million to helping customers buy into renewable energy technologies, renewable energy storage, and peripheral technologies…[The self-generation incentive program (SGIP) was developed by the state legislature, administered by California’s energy companies, and overseen by the watchdog California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)…[I]t will allocate 79 percent of the funds to renewable energy storage – with 13 percent of that 79 percent reserved for residential projects. The program ends in 2019…The remaining 21 percent is dedicated to wind turbines, fuel cells, and biogas internal combustion engines…[T]he program clearly underlines an overwhelming (and hopefully enduring) focus on renewable energy storage…which, experts say, strengthens] system reliability…because homeowners can act as their own utilities/generators when load is heavy…” click here for more
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