SGIP's Equity Resiliency Program

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

1. 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

2. Are one of the following:

   1. Eligible for the SGIP Equity Budget; or

   2. Medical Baseline customer; or

   3. A customer that has notified their utility of serious illness or condition that could become life-threatening if electricity is disconnected or

   4. Rely on electric pump wells for water supplies.

Non residential customers are eligible for SGIP’s equity resiliency program if they

1. 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

2. 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:

1. Police stations; or

2. Fire stations; or

3. Emergency response providers with the addition of tribal government providers; or

4. Emergency operations centers; or

5. 911 call centers (also referred to as Public Safety Answering Points); or

6. Medical facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, blood banks, health care facilities, dialysis centers and hospice facilities; or

7. Public and private gas, electric, water, wastewater or flood control facilities; or

8. Jails and prisons; or

9. ix. Locations designated by the IOUs to provide assistance during PSPS events (CRCs); or

10. Cooling centers designated by state, local or tribal governments; or

11. Homeless shelters supported by federal, state, or local, or tribal governments; or

12. 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

13. Independent living centers; or

14. 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