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San Diego Community Power says solar-plus-storage program approved 1,600 projects, enrolled batteries for 7.4 MW of controllable capacity
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San Diego Community Power reported 1,600 approved solar-plus-storage projects and about 2,200 batteries enrolled in a short-lived incentive program; staff said roughly 7.4 MW of battery capacity is controllable by the agency and total installed battery capacity is roughly double that.
San Diego Community Power reported that its solar-plus-storage incentive program approved more than 1,600 projects and enrolled about 2,200 batteries across the agency’s service area, agency staff said at the Jan. 16, 2025 Community Advisory Committee meeting.
The program, which launched July 29, 2024, stopped accepting applications on Nov. 8 after funding was fully allocated. “To date we’ve paid the upfront incentive on over 500 projects, about 30% of the projects have already been paid out,” said Emily Fisher, senior program manager. Fisher said the program’s average incentive was about $6,800 and that roughly 40% of incentives went to customers qualifying as CARE/FERA or living in identified communities of concern.
Staff emphasized the scale and speed of adoption as measures of success. Fisher said the program enrolled about 7.4 megawatts…
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