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Renewable energy developers will find the following information about our Solar in Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) Programs, Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff (DAC-GT) and Community Solar Green Tariff (CS-GT). Please note the customer-facing PG&E-branded program name for DAC-GT is Green Saver and for CS-GT is Local Green Saver.
PG&E's DAC Programs ensure subscribing residential customers have access to 100% solar power generated in their local community.
Please note that for the Summer 2022 DAC RFO, PG&E will only be seeking projects that meet the eligiblity requirements of the CS-GT program.
Event
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PG&E issues Disadvantaged Communities Request for Offers
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September 6, 2022 |
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Participants Webinar
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September 13, 2022 |
10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. (PPT) |
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Deadline for Participants to submit Offers via Power Advocate
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October 3, 2022 |
no later than 1:00 P.M. (PPT) |
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Selected and Waitlisted Participants notified
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November 1, 2022 |
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Participant Submittal of Signed PPA
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November 8, 2022 |
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Target timeframe of Execution of final Power Purchase Agreements
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Mid-December 2022 |
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Advice Letter Filing for executed DAC Power Purchase Agreements
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Mid-January 2023 |
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The Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) Programs at PG&E are a result of Assembly Bill 327, which directed the IOUs to procure under two new programs designed to promote the installation of renewable generation in DACs. This bill enacted the Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff (DAC-GT) program and Community Solar Green Tariff (CS-GT) program. For these programs 199 MW have been allocated statewide allowing eligible participating utilities' residential customers to recieve a 20% bill credit while obtaining 100 percent solar power energy from local solar resources. We offer two structures:
Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff | Community Solar Green Tariff | |
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Projects sited within top 25% DAC OR eligible San Joaquin Valley pilot communities** |
Projects sited within top 25% DAC OR eligible San Joaquin Valley pilot communities |
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Eligible projects must be sized between 500 kW and 20 MW |
Eligible projects can be sized up to 4.26 MW
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100% customer enrollment must be low-income residential CARE/FERA-eligible customers in top 25% DAC. Customers receive an additional 20% discount on their bill. |
Initial 50% customer enrollment must be low-income CARE/FERA-eligible residential customers in top 25% DAC; non-low-income customers are eligible after this requirement is met. Customers receive an additional 20% discount on their bill. |
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Subscribers must be residential CARE/FERA-eligible customers in top 25% DAC* |
Subscribers must be residential in top 25% DAC no more than 5 miles of project OR no more than 40 miles from eligible San Joaquin Valley pilot community** |
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No Workforce Development Requirement |
Commitment and execution of workforce development, including local hiring and job training, is required to ensure job opportunities for local communities materialize |
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No Sponsorship requirement |
Sponsorship by a non-profit community-based oragnization or local government entity, supporting a project on behalf of residents |
*DAC Defined: Communities identified by using CalEnviroScreen 4.0 or the version available at solicitation launch, as among the top 25% of communities statewide, along with the highest 5% of CalEnviroScreen's Pollution Burden that do not have an overall CalEnviroScreen score because of unrealistic socioeconomic or health data.
**San Joaquin Valley (SJV) communities in PG&E’s service territory include Allensworth, Alpaugh, Cantua Creek, Fairmead, Lanare, Le Grand, Seville, and La Vina. Projects located in SJV communities are eligible to participate in DAC-GT or CS-GT and will be given priority in the selection process in CS-GT.
Reference Documents
PG&E's Summer 2022 Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) Request for Offer (RFO) solicitation Protocol has a complete list of eligibility criteria in addition to the DAC Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
If you are a Community-based Organization and interested in becoming a sponsor, please visit PG&E's Local Green Saver Program to learn more. Email questions to LocalGreenSaver@pge.com
PG&E hosted a Participants' Webinar for the Summer 2022 Disadvantaged Communities RFO on September 13, 2022. The presentation and recording of the webinar are linked below.
All Participants who are interested in submitting an offer package into PG&E's Summer 2022 Disadvantaged Communities Request for Offers (RFO) will need to register with Power Advocate before submitting an offer into the RFO. A link to register at Power Advocate is available here:
https://www.poweradvocate.com/pR.do?okey=135953&pubEvent=true
Only those Participants who have been accepted through the Power Advocate platform will be permitted to submit an Offer into this RFO.
All offer package materials must be submitted on the Power Advocate site by the schedule and time indicated above.
The Generator Interconnection Procedure pursuant to the WDT and CAISO Tariff consists of three application processes: (1) The Fast Track Procedure for generators 5 MW (2 MW on 12kV, 3MW on 21kV, and 5MW on higher voltages) in size that pass the "Fast Track Screens" (2) the Independent Study Process for all generators that are electrically independent from another generator or cluster of generators, and (3) the Cluster Study Process for interconnection requests that do not qualify for the Fast Track Process or the Independent Study Process.
Under the CAISO Tariff and PG&E WDT Generator Interconnection Procedures, all interconnection requests under the Independent Study Process or Cluster Process may request interconnection as a "full capacity" resource. Please refer to PG&E's or CAISO's website for more details.
For more information about the interconnection process, please visit PG&E's Wholesale Generator Interconnections website. Sellers may also send an email to PG&E's Generation Interconnection Services at wholesalegen@pge.com.
If your project is awarded a Power Purchase Agreement, please keep in mind the following unique requirements:
For information or questions about the Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) Programs (DAC-GT and CS-GT), email DACProcurement@pge.com with a copy to the Independent Evaluator, Lewis Hashimoto at arroyosecoconsulting@gmail.com.
To receive notices about this solicitation and to be added to PG&E's RFO Distribution List, visit Distribution List Form.
Send procurement process questions to dacprocurement@pge.com.
Send customer-related and sponsor-related questions to localgreensaver@pge.com.
Send Interconnection questions to wholesalegen@pge.com.
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