Since its introduction, SGIP’s Equity Resiliency program, which provides subsidized storage options for renewable energy, has helped both individuals and businesses alike. Both residential and non-residential customers can qualify for the SGIP Equity Resilience program.
Residential customers are eligible if they
Are located in a Tier 3 or Tier 2 HFTD or were subject to two or more discrete PSPS events prior to the date of application for SGIP incentives, and
Are one of the following:
Eligible for the SGIP Equity Budget; or
Medical Baseline customer; or
A customer that has notified their utility of serious illness or condition that could become life-threatening if electricity is disconnected or
Rely on electric pump wells for water supplies.
Non residential customers are eligible for SGIP’s equity resiliency program if they
Are located in a Tier 3 or Tier 2 HFTD or were subject to two or more discrete PSPS events prior to the date of application for SGIP incentives, and
Provides critical facilities or critical infrastructure during a PSPS event to at least one community that is eligible for the equity budget40 and that is located at least partially in a Tier 3 or Tier 2 HFTD or were subject to two or more discrete PSPS events prior to the date of application for SGIP incentives, and
The Non-Residential customer also must be one of the following:
Police stations; or
Fire stations; or
Emergency response providers with the addition of tribal government providers; or
Emergency operations centers; or
911 call centers (also referred to as Public Safety Answering Points); or
Medical facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, blood banks, health care facilities, dialysis centers and hospice facilities; or
Public and private gas, electric, water, wastewater or flood control facilities; or
Jails and prisons; or
ix. Locations designated by the IOUs to provide assistance during PSPS events (CRCs); or
Cooling centers designated by state, local or tribal governments; or
Homeless shelters supported by federal, state, or local, or tribal governments; or
Grocery stores, corner stores, markets and supermarkets that have average annual gross receipts of $15 million or less as calculated at the single location applying for SGIP incentives; or
Independent living centers; or
Food banks
The Equity Resiliency budget incentive amounts to approximately $1.00/Wh and is funded entirely from $100 million in unspent funds from the Generation Technology budget.
Source: selfgenca.com, 2020