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The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) provides cash incentives that can cover up to the full cost of a battery and installation. All PG&E customers can apply for SGIP incentives, and as a non-residential customer, you may be eligible for increased incentives depending on your location and if you provide critical services to vulnerable communities. Continuing to serve your community and your customers during a power outage is important, and we want to help you.
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You may be eligible to receive a fully funded battery. Anyone can apply for SGIP incentives, and to help critical facilities and infrastructure stay online for customers and communities vulnerable to PSPS events, SGIP offers incentive levels high enough to potentially provide those facilities with a free battery. Batteries vary in the amount of energy they can store, and this energy storage capacity is typically measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) or watt-hours (Wh). To help you address your specific needs and help you cover your specific costs, SGIP incentives are provided on a Wh basis. Please check the “BASE INCENTIVES, ELIGIBILITY & TIMING TO APPLY” section to see what incentive level you may qualify for.
“Equity Resiliency” Incentives | “Equity” Incentives | Large-Scale “General Market” Incentives | |
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Base Incentives
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You will receive $1.00/Wh (which could cover up to 100% of your costs). Please note: your base incentive may increase or decrease depending on several factors. Please see the FAQs section below to learn more. |
You will receive $0.85/Wh (which could cover approximately 85% of your costs). |
General Market (GM) incentives decrease based on the funds still available. To track the current GM incentive “step”, please visit the statewide SGIP site and select the budget category of interest (Large-Scale Storage). |
Eligibility Criteria
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To receive Equity Resiliency incentives, you must:
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To receive Equity incentives, you must:
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To receive Large-Scale General Market incentives: the customer is either Commercial, Government, or Non-Profit |
Timing to Apply
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Equity Resiliency incentives are currently fully subscribed, but you may still apply to join the waitlist. The SGIP Program will process waitlisted applications in order of receipt as funds become available. |
Equity incentives are currently fully subscribed, but you may still apply to join the waitlist. Please keep in mind that there is a significant waitlist and this budget category will not receive more funding. Updates can be found in the statewide announcements page. |
Large-Scale General Market incentives are currently available in PG&E’s territory. Updates can be found in the statewide announcements page. |
Critical Facilities and Infrastructure: Police stations; Fire stations; Emergency response providers (including tribal government providers); Emergency operations centers; 911 call centers (also referred to as Public Safety Answering Points); Medical facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, blood banks, health care facilities, dialysis centers and hospice facilities; Public and private gas, electric, water, wastewater or flood control facilities; Jails and prisons; Locations designated by the Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) to provide assistance during PSPS events (IOU-designated Community Resource Centers); Cooling centers designated by state, local or tribal governments; Homeless shelters supported by federal, state, local, or tribal governments; Grocery stores, corner stores, markets and supermarkets that, over the past three years, have average annual gross receipts of $15 million or less as calculated at the single location applying for SGIP incentives; Independent living centers; and Food banks.
PG&E wants to help you fund your self-generation project. Please see eligibility, incentives, application openings, and qualifying equipment below.
Customer Eligibility Criteria | Incentive Level | Timing to apply | |
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PG&E customers are eligible if the equipment is considered “Qualified” or “Qualified if with 100% biogas” (see below) |
To track the current Renewable Generation incentive, please visit the statewide SGIP site and select the budget category of interest (Generation). |
Renewable Generation incentives are currently available in PG&E’s territory. Updates can be found in the statewide announcements page. |
Qualified | Qualified if with 100% biogas | Not Qualified | |
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For all new non-residential battery storage and generation projects, you will receive 50% of the full incentive, and the remaining 50% will be paid annually, over five years. The remaining 50% will be adjusted to factor in the performance of your system (capacity factor and actual energy produced/offset for generation equipment; actual energy discharged/offset for battery storage systems).
Please work with your battery storage provider and/or generation technology provider to discuss financing options.
You can receive increased base incentives if you use a California manufacturer.
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURER INCENTIVE
Applies to both battery storage incentives and generation incentives
An additional incentive of 20% will be added to the base incentive for projects using equipment manufactured in California. At least 50% of the project’s capital equipment value must be manufactured by an approved California Manufacturer.
Your base incentive may decrease depending on the actual performance of your battery storage and/or generation system, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with your battery storage system, the hours in duration your entire battery system is expected to last assuming max power output, the energy capacity (Wh) of your battery, and the power rating of your generation equipment. Additionally, if you are applying for General Market large-scale storage incentives, and you secured funding from the federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC), you will receive a decreased base incentive. Some of these rules are applicable to only battery storage, only generation, or both. Please see below to determine which rules will apply to you and consult the Handbook for additional guidance.
PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVE (PBI)
Applies to both battery storage incentives and generation incentives
For all new non-residential battery storage projects and for generation projects, you will receive 50% of the full incentive upon project completion and inspection, and the remaining 50% will be paid annually over five years. This annual payment over five years is called the performance-based incentive (PBI). The remaining 50% will be adjusted to factor in performance of your system (capacity factor and actual energy produced/offset for generation equipment; actual energy discharged/offset for battery storage systems).
GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) PERFORMANCE
Applies to battery storage incentives, only
All new non-residential battery storage systems must reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 5 kg CO2 per each rebated energy capacity (kWh) on an annual basis. Projects that do not reduce GHG by 5 kg CO2/kWh will have their annual performance-based incentive (PBI) payment reduced by $1/kg CO2 emitted above this level. The reduction of payment will never exceed the annual PBI payment. Exceptional circumstances that may exempt you from this reduction of payment, include, but are not limited to, causes not reasonably under the developer or customer’s control, and causes that were not reasonably foreseeable.
DURATION
Applies to battery storage incentives, only
Energy Storage Duration (per kW) | Equity Resiliency incentives | Equity incentives | General Market incentives | |
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0 to 2 hours |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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Greater than 2 to 4 hours |
100% |
100% |
50% |
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Greater than 4 to 6 hours |
50% |
50% |
25% |
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Greater than 6 hours |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Example:
Assume you are applying for non-residential General Market incentives of $0.40/Wh and you are not claiming the federal Investment Tax Credit. For a storage system with an energy capacity of 400 kWh and power rating of 100kW:
CAPACITY
Applies to both battery storage incentives and generation incentives
For battery storage projects, the base incentives may decline depending on the energy storage capacity (kWh or MWh) of your whole battery system. Please keep in mind that 1 MWh = 1000 kWh. The base incentives decline according to the following schedule:
Energy Capacity | Incentive Rate (Percentage of Base Incentive) | |
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0 to 2 MWh |
100% |
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Greater than 2 MWh to 4 MWh |
50% |
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Greater than 4 MWh to 6 MWh |
25% |
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Greater than 6 MWh |
0% |
For generation projects, the base incentives may decline depending on the power rating (kW or MW) of your whole on-site generation system. Please keep in mind that 1 MWh = 1000 kWh. The base-incentives decline according to the following schedule:
Generation Capacity | Incentive Rate (Percentage of Base Incentive) | |
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0 to 1 MW |
100% |
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Greater than 1 MW to 2 MW |
75% |
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Greater than 2 MW to 3 MW |
50% |
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Greater than 3 MW |
0% |
FEDERAL INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT (ITC)
Applies to battery storage incentives, only
Customers pairing their battery storage system with an on-site renewable generator can apply for the federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) to receive additional financial help, as long as the battery storage system is charged at least 75% from renewables. Large-scale storage projects claiming the ITC can still receive SGIP incentives, but the base incentives will be 72% of the current step. Please see the below table for ITC-adjusted base incentive in each step. Please note: this applies to large-scale storage projects in the General Market only (this percentage decrease does not apply to customers with large-scale projects applying for “Equity Resiliency” or “Equity” incentives).
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | |
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General Market – Large-Storage Claiming ITC ($/Wh)
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$0.36/Wh |
$0.29/Wh |
$0.25/Wh |
$0.22/Wh |
$0.18/Wh |
Email: selfgen@pge.com
Customer Service Center: 1-415-973-6436
Mailing address:
PG&E Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP)
PO Box 7433
San Francisco, CA 94120
Overnight address:
PG&E Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP)
245 Market St., MC N9K
San Francisco, CA 94105-1797