CSI: Examining California’s Ambitious Solar Program

As the California Solar Initiative (CSI) moves into its fourth month, solar businesses in the state are still figuring out how to maneuver through the changing industry landscape and handle some of the issues that have arisen from the state-wide program.

The goal of the CSI is to install 3,000 megawatts (MW) of commercial and residential solar systems in California within a decade. But many in the solar business community are worried that issues such as Time-of-Use (TOU) rates reducing the financial payback of solar systems and the accuracy of the Expected Performance Based Buydown (EPBB) rebate calculator will hinder the industry’s ability to sell and install that much capacity.

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