The SGIP’s funds are used to incentivize customer-side distributed energy resources in California, and cover technologies like wind turbines, fuel cells and storage systems. Over the last year, as PG&E has deployed more frequent proactive shut-offs to prevent wildfires in its service territory, regulators have been exploring the potential of using the program to support customers in high fire-threat areas.
The CPUC’s proposed decision on Wednesday would allocate 15% of the program’s funds to renewable generation technologies and 85% to storage. Of this, 63% would feed into the equity resiliency budget — an allocation created by the commission in September for households in portions of the state that face the highest risk of wildfire, as well as critical facilities and infrastructure.
