MASH Track 2 Incentive Cycle Postponed

On April 20, CPUC Executive Director Paul Clanon granted the request until Dec 31, 2011, to allow the Commission time to address the MASH recommendations. On April 15, 2011, Southern California Edison (SCE) filed a request on behalf of the CSI Program Administrators to extend the postponement of the 2011 Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Program Track 2 incentive cycle. The postponement was set to expire on April 29, 2011. The original request for postponement was authorized by the California Public Utilities Commisssion (CPUC) in order to preserve the MASH incentive funds. The future of the program's funding depends on the commission's adoption of a CPUC staff recommendation to reallocate the MASH Track 2 funds to Track 1 incentives, which are sold out in all three program territories. This recommendation was incorporated as part of a larger staff proposal for modification to the CSI Program, which is pending a decision by the CPUC. The California Public Utilites Commission (CPUC) has granted a recent request by Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) program administrators to postpone the fourth semiannual application cycle for Track 2 incentives, which was scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2011, until the Commission rules on a range of proposed changes to the program's budget. The request came in late December as a result of a CPUC Scoping Memo and Ruling of Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judges and Request for Comment on Phase I Issues that includes a recommendation to reallocate all unreserved Track 2 incentive funds to Track 1. MASH Track 1 provides incentives ($/watt) for solar systems that serve common area load (Track 1a) or tenant load (Track 1b); Track 2 is a grant process that allows applicants to compete for higher incentives and requires projects to demonstrate enhanced tenant benefits, energy efficiency, education and workforce development components. The Track 1 incentive funds have been fully reserved in all three utility territories and waitlists have been established for projects that hope to receive incentive reservations when more funds are made available via drop outs or other activity. Meanwhile, Track 2 still has more than 50% of its incentive budget remaining, and most of these awards are less cost-effective than those of Track 1.

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