Section 387.8 Of Article 8. Publicly Owned Utilities From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.3. >> Article 8.
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. Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (5) of subdivision (d) of
Section 387.5, a local publicly owned electric utility may adopt,
implement, and finance a solar initiative program otherwise in
accordance with that section, using monetary incentives authorized by
subdivision (b) of Section 387.5, to residential and business
consumers where consumers offset part or all of their electricity
demand with electricity generated by a solar energy system not
located on the premises of the consumer, if all of the following
requirements are met:
(a) The solar energy system meets all of the following conditions:
(1) It is located within the service territory of the local
publicly owned electric utility.
(2) It has a capacity of no more than five megawatts.
(3) It is interconnected to the local publicly owned electric
utility's system at the distribution level.
(b) The local publicly owned electric utility meets all of the
following conditions:
(1) It provides monetary incentives authorized by Section 387.5
for not more than the first megawatt of generating capacity of each
solar energy system.
(2) It has contracted to purchase the total electricity produced
by the solar energy system or owns the solar energy system.
(3) It provides no greater incentive per watt for the solar energy
system than provided for by systems that participate in the
applicable solar initiative program established under Section 387.5.
(4) It has received approval for the solar energy system from its
governing board at a publicly noticed and held meeting.
(c) The total megawatt capacity of solar energy systems eligible
for a local publicly owned electric utility program under this
section is both of the following:
(1) Not more than the total megawatt capacity of the combined
residential and commercial solar energy systems installed in the
service area of the local publicly owned electric utility after July
1, 2010, that participate in the applicable solar initiative programs
established under Section 387.5.
(2) Not more than 20 percent of the proportionate amount for the
local publicly owned electric utility of the overall 3,000 megawatt
state goal set forth in Section 387.5, based on the percentage of the
total statewide load served by that entity.