Summary of Feed-In Tariffs

Assembly Bill (AB) 1969 (Yee, 2006) added Public Utilities Code (PU Code) Section 399.20, authorizing tariffs and standard contracts for the purchase of eligible renewable generation from public water and wastewater facilities.

• On July 26, 2007, the Commission adopted Decision (D.) 07-07-027 ordering each regulated electric utility to submit tariff provisions implementing PU Section 399.20.
• D.07-07-027 also authorized additional tariffs beyond those required for AB 1969 to facilities other than the public water and wastewater facilities in PG&E and SCE service territories.
• Resolution E-4137 approved the final tariffs and standard contracts and set the effective date of the tariffs as February 14, 2008.

The table below summaries which utility customers are eligible for the feed-in tariffs in which areas. 

Table 1. Availability of Tariffs by Utility

Each electrical corporation named above is required to notify its water, wastewater and, to the extent reasonable, other potentially interested or affected customers of the availability of this new opportunity, and maintain current information about this opportunity on its web page.

In addition, PG&E, SCE and SDG&E will purchase the renewable energy output produced by an eligible renewable generating facility based upon either a Full Buy/Sell arrangement or a Sale of Excess option. Under the full buy/sell option, the utility purchases all eligible renewable generation, net of station use, produced by the facility.  The excess sale option allows the eligible facility to use some of the renewable energy produced to meet onsite load and sell the rest to the utility.