Adoption of Revisions to the New Solar Homes Partnership Guidebook
Summary
SCH Number
2012018090
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Adoption of Revisions to the New Solar Homes Partnership Guidebook
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/13/2012
Document Description
The purpose of this activity is to revise guidelines previsouly adopted by the California Energy Commission to govern the general administration of its New Solar Homes Partnership Program ("NSHP") pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 25780 et.seq. The guidelines are being revised to 1) revise the NSHP incentive levels and incentive decline schedules, 2) revise the noticing requirement for implementing incentive declines, 3) establish system funding caps based on total system cost, 4) revise the funding criteria for increases to systems with approved funding reservations, 5) revise the standard system size for funding reservations issued to Solar as an Option projects, 6) revise and clarify the energy efficiency requirements for the NSHP, 7) require additional reporting for Solar As Standard projects to verify progress, 8) recognize the use of virtual net metering for multifamily projects, and 9) make other clarifying and non-substantive changes.
Contact Information
Name
Gabriel Herrera
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Sacramento
Counties
Sacramento
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)9
Reasons for Exemption
15378(b)(2) Activity is not a project under this section and (4) because it pertains to general policy and procedure making and the creation of governmental funding mechanisms which do not involve a commitment to any specific projtect which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and is aslo exempt under section 15061(b)(3) in that there is no posibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the envrionment.
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