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Program Overview
PG&E's Solar Choice program, part of the Green Tariff Shared Renewables (GTSR) Program under Senate Bill 43, was created to expand access to renewable energy resources. The program facilitates a way for the following types of customers to meet their electrical needs with generation from solar energy resources:
- Institutional customers
- Commercial customers
- Individual customers
Get details about our PG&E's Solar Choice program.
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Get more information on Senate Bill 43, established by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in Decision 15-01-051 on February 2, 2015. Download the Decision Approving Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program for San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and Southern California Edison Company Pursuant to Senate Bill 43 (PDF).
In addition, D.15-01-051 requires that PG&E's Solar Choice program seek Green-e Energy Certification from the Center for Resource Solutions. The certification helps customers and businesses ensure that they're reducing the environmental impact of their electricity use. Get more details on Green-e Energy.
Subsequent decisions, D.16-05-006 (PDF) in May of 2016 and D.21-12-036 (PDF) in December of 2021, refined and modified the GTSR program.
D.24-05-065 (PDF), the Decision modifying Green Access Program (GAP) Tariffs and adopting a Community Renewable Energy Program, was issued on June 7, 2024. It will further modify the Solar Choice Program to become the new "Modified Green Tariff". Implementation details of the GAP decision are underway and will affect future Modified Green Tariff solicitations, i.e., solicitations after this current Summer 2024 Solar Choice solicitation.
Solicitation Materials
All solicitation documents can be accessed at the Power Advocate link given below. There are ten (10) documents:
- Summer 2024 PG&E Solar Choice Protocol (PDF)
- Appendix A - Offer Form (XLSB)
- Appendix B - Supplemental Project Information (DOCX)
- Appendix C - Summer 2024 Solar Choice PPA (DOCX)
- Appendix D - Site Control Questionnaire and Attestation (DOCX)
- Appendix E - Acknowledgement and Commitment of Site Owner (DOCX)
- Appendix F - Demonstration of Developer Experience (PDF)
- Appendix G - FERC Order 717 Waiver (DOCX)
- Appendix H - Safety Review Questionnaire (XLSX)
- Appendix I - List of Eligible Environmental Justice Census Tracts (PDF)
Power Advocate Registration
All Participants will need to register with Power Advocate using the link below to submit a bid and accompanying documentation into the solicitation:
Summer 2024 PG&E Solar Choice Solicitation - Power Advocate (Event ID: 221127)
https://www.poweradvocate.com/pR.do?okey=221127&pubEvent=true
Participants' Webinar
PG&E will host a Participants' Webinar on Thursday, October 3 at 1:30 p.m. PDT to provide an overview of the Summer 2024 Solar Choice RFO. Register here for the Webinar. The presentation deck will be posted on this webpage shortly thereafter.
Contact us
For customer questions about our PG&E's Solar Choice program, email us at solarchoice@pge.com.
For solar developer questions about our PG&E's Solar Choice program, email us at GTSRprocurement@pge.com.
Accessibility
If you encounter any digital or disability access issues, or you would like to provide PG&E with feedback or suggestions regarding such access, please email our team at solicitationaccessibility@pge.com. This mailbox is monitored during regular business hours (M-F; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.). We will respond to your inquiry within two business days.