Leverage rebates and incentives to reduce your cost to acquire backup power.
Be Ready to Invest in Clean Energy & Support the Grid!
San Diego Community Power’s Solar Battery Savings Program is a customer-focused program designed to support single-family homeowners in our service territory who are ready to invest in clean energy and support the grid by installing solar and battery storage on their homes or complement an existing solar system with a new battery storage system.
The program provides two financial incentives for participating customers: an upfront incentive (in the form of a rebate) to minimize the initial cost of the battery system and a performance incentive for a daily dispatch of the battery to maximize benefits for the customer and the grid.
The performance incentive is based on the percentage of battery capacity that a participant dispatches to their home and/or to the grid during a preset window that aligns with the on-peak periods.
How to Participate
Choose a contractor that has been approved and trained by Community Power, to market the Solar Battery Savings Program to customers.
Certain Fortress Power systems are eligible for the program and must be paired with the Guardian Monitor to remit information back to the power supplier.
After the installation is complete, your contractor will submit the enrollment contract to SDCP. Applications are reviewed within 10 business days. The contractor handles 100% of the application process.
Once your system is operational and all eligibility requirements have been verified, SDCP will issue a direct payment for the Upfront Battery Storage Incentive within two weeks of processing. Performance incentives are issued via check during the 1st quarter of the following year. Combine that with the corresponding Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) to maximize your savings!
Program Benefits
Upfront incentives reduce the cost to you after installation. SDCP provides $350/kWh to $500/kWh, based on useable nameplate capacity, for new installations.
Customers will also get incentives on an ongoing basis for energy they store from solar and discharge to the home and/or grid during the dispatch window, priced at $0.10/kWh.
You may also qualify for a Federal Tax Investment Credit (ITC). Consult with a tax advisor on eligibility requirements.
Unlike generators that run on fossil fuels, batteries are a cleaner, quieter option for powering your home during an outage. Keep powering your home on your own terms while helping to reduce air pollution and keep energy costs down.
How the Program Works Once Your System is Installed
Eligibilty
- Must be an active Community Power residential customer
- Participants must share at least 50% of their battery’s useable capacity to enroll in the program.
- System equipment must be interconnected and permitted by the appropriate local permitting jurisdiction.
- Battery must be fully charged by on-site solar (no grid charging allowed).
- Battery cannot simultaneously be participating (or enrolling) in any other active demand response programs (e.g., emergency load relief program (“ELRP”), demand side grid support (“DSGS”)).
- Battery systems must be installed after the Community Power application is submitted
- Have a reliable internet connection
- Own the following hardware:
Fortress Power Envy Inverters
Fortress Power eForce Batteries*
* When paired with an Envy inverter and Guardian Monitor
Also eligible:
- eFlex Max*
- eVault*
- Avalon
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