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Programs, incentives, and regulatory decisions.
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- Net metering
Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits a customer for eligible electricity exported to the grid.
- Community solar
Community solar is an off-site solar project whose electricity or associated bill credits are shared by multiple participating customers.
- Renewable energy certificate
A renewable energy certificate is a uniquely tracked instrument representing specified non-power attributes associated with one megawatt-hour of eligible renewable electricity generation under an applicable tracking and program framework.
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- Net metering
Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits a customer for eligible electricity exported to the grid.
GS-CONCEPT-012 - Net billing
Net billing is a billing arrangement that values electricity exported to the grid separately from electricity imported from the grid.
GS-CONCEPT-013 - Community solar
Community solar is an off-site solar project whose electricity or associated bill credits are shared by multiple participating customers.
GS-CONCEPT-016 - Renewable energy certificate
A renewable energy certificate is a uniquely tracked instrument representing specified non-power attributes associated with one megawatt-hour of eligible renewable electricity generation under an applicable tracking and program framework.
GS-CONCEPT-096 - Solar renewable energy certificate
A solar renewable energy certificate is a renewable energy certificate created from eligible solar electricity generation under a program that recognizes a solar-specific certificate class.
GS-CONCEPT-097 - Renewable energy certificate ownership
Renewable energy certificate ownership is the legal or contractual entitlement to control, transfer, or retire the certificate attributes associated with eligible generation under the relevant agreement and tracking rules.
GS-CONCEPT-098 - Residential solar incentive
A residential solar incentive is a program benefit tied to qualifying residential solar property, generation, participation, financing, or related activity under the program's current rules.
GS-CONCEPT-099 - Solar incentive eligibility
Solar incentive eligibility is the determination that a specific applicant, property, project, expenditure, date, ownership arrangement, and required documentation satisfy a named program's controlling conditions.
GS-CONCEPT-100 - Solar building permit application
A solar building permit application is the City of San Diego's stated application process for a photovoltaic project under the applicable permit route.
GS-CONCEPT-151 - Solar electrical permit
A solar electrical permit is the electrical or combination-permit path identified by San Diego IB-301 for qualifying photovoltaic work.
GS-CONCEPT-152 - Solar zoning review
Solar zoning review is the local review item San Diego IB-301 identifies for photovoltaic work in the specified zoning circumstances.
GS-CONCEPT-153 - Solar plan review
Solar plan review is the City review of the plans and documentation required by the applicable photovoltaic permit route.
GS-CONCEPT-154 - Solar permit fee
A solar permit fee is a City of San Diego fee category associated with the applicable photovoltaic permit process.
GS-CONCEPT-155 - Solar ordinance
A solar ordinance is an editorial label here for City of San Diego municipal-code rules that govern photovoltaic facilities.
GS-CONCEPT-156 - Solar access ordinance
Solar access ordinance is an editorial label here for California expedited-permitting rules for eligible small residential rooftop solar energy systems.
GS-CONCEPT-157 - Solar easement
A solar easement is a California written instrument authorized by Civil Code § 801.5 for specified solar-access purposes.
GS-CONCEPT-158 - HOA solar restriction
An HOA solar restriction is a covenant, restriction, or condition affecting a solar-energy system under the scope of California Civil Code § 714.
GS-CONCEPT-159 - HOA solar approval
HOA solar approval is the qualifying-association application process addressed by California Civil Code § 714(e).
GS-CONCEPT-160 - Historic resource solar review
Historic resource solar review is the City of San Diego process for development that may affect the historical resources covered by its regulations.
GS-CONCEPT-161 - Solar fire access pathway
A solar fire access pathway is a City of San Diego photovoltaic review topic identified in IB-301 as Fire Roof Access and Pathways.
GS-CONCEPT-162 - Adopted building code
An adopted building code is the building-code edition and City changes that San Diego incorporates through its local code and adoption ordinance.
GS-CONCEPT-163 - Adopted electrical code
An adopted electrical code is the electrical-code edition and City changes that San Diego incorporates through its local code and adoption ordinance.
GS-CONCEPT-164 - Solar contractor license
A solar contractor license is the current California CSLB licensing record relevant to a contractor's authorized solar work.
GS-CONCEPT-165 - Solar home-improvement contract
A solar home-improvement contract is a California consumer contract governed by the current requirements in Business and Professions Code § 7159.
GS-CONCEPT-166 - Solar disclosure document
A solar disclosure document is the California consumer disclosure artifact described in Business and Professions Code § 7169 for its stated solar-system transactions.
GS-CONCEPT-167 - Solar contract cancellation right
A solar contract cancellation right is a California contract notice and cancellation rule under the applicable arms of Business and Professions Code § 7159.
GS-CONCEPT-168 - Solar consumer complaint
A solar consumer complaint is a California consumer report that may be directed to CSLB for contractor or home-improvement-salesperson matters under the published complaint materials.
GS-CONCEPT-169 - Solar scam warning sign
A solar scam warning sign is a general consumer caution about false solar claims described in the California Solar Consumer Protection Guide.
GS-CONCEPT-170 - Incentive reservation
An incentive reservation is a program-status step in which an administrator may conditionally or confirmingly reserve funds after its review under the applicable incentive rules.
GS-CONCEPT-171 - Upfront solar incentive
An upfront solar incentive is an incentive calculated at or near installation under the qualifying program method, such as the SGIP EPBB pathway for specified new photovoltaic systems.
GS-CONCEPT-172 - Performance-based incentive
A performance-based incentive is a program payment method tied to the measured or reported performance rules for the eligible technology class specified by that program.
GS-CONCEPT-173 - Property-tax solar exclusion
A property-tax solar exclusion is California's statutory appraisal treatment that excludes specified active solar-energy-system construction or additions from the term newly constructed.
GS-CONCEPT-174 - Sales-tax solar exemption
A sales-tax solar exemption is a jurisdiction-specific transaction-tax rule; New York's ST-776 describes one example for qualifying residential solar energy systems equipment.
GS-CONCEPT-175 - Solar PACE assessment
A solar PACE assessment is a property-assessed financing arrangement for which California requires a PACE Financing Estimate and Disclosure before the owner enters a PACE assessment contract.
GS-CONCEPT-176 - Solar-ready building code
A solar-ready building code is a code requirement that preserves specified design capacity or features for future solar, distinct from a requirement to install photovoltaic equipment.
GS-CONCEPT-177 - Expedited solar permitting
Expedited solar permitting is California's statutory framework for local streamlined review of qualifying small residential rooftop solar energy systems.
GS-CONCEPT-178 - Solar permit checklist
A solar permit checklist is a local agency's organized list of photovoltaic permit-process and submittal information for its stated project categories.
GS-CONCEPT-179 - Solar CEQA exemption
A solar CEQA exemption is California's limited statutory environmental-review exemption for qualifying solar energy system projects under Public Resources Code section 21080.35.
GS-CONCEPT-180 - Solar land-use permit
A solar land-use permit is a local discretionary permit or review that may be required when a proposed solar development's use, design feature, or location triggers the City of San Diego process.
GS-CONCEPT-181 - Interconnection approval
Interconnection approval is SDG&E's written Authorization Required to Operate before a generating facility operates in parallel with the distribution system under Electric Rule 21.
GS-CONCEPT-182 - Solar permit expiration
Solar permit expiration is the local end of validity that can apply to a City of San Diego construction permit under the governing expiration provision.
GS-CONCEPT-183 - Solar permit amendment
A solar permit amendment is a local construction-change process for modifying work after a City of San Diego building permit has been issued.
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