5.2.6 Financial Incentives for Installation of Distributed Energy Resources

LPDD Recommendation: “Federal, state, and local governments should provide financial incentives for various renewable resources.”

LPDD Recommendation: “In addition to statewide mandates for DG renewable resources, state legislatures should mandate energy storage or provide incentives for utilities and consumers to provide energy storage for grid-connected solar PV.”

California Solar Initiative

Offered different incentive levels to residential solar customers of the state’s three major investor utilities.