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Tesla, GoodLeap and contractors urge PURA to retain passive-dispatch option or preserve a larger upfront incentive

6490559 · September 24, 2025
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Summary

Major market participants warned PURA that eliminating the passive-dispatch/upfront-incentive option could slow residential and third-party-owner participation, and asked for optionality or a phased transition tied to final successor tariff and ITC timing.

Tesla, third-party owners and contractor representatives told PURA they opposed a wholesale removal of the ESS passive-dispatch track or a sharp reduction in the upfront enrollment incentive without more time for the market to respond to recent program changes.

Why it matters: Removing or sharply reducing a known upfront incentive risks slowing adoption, stakeholders said, particularly as federal homeowner ITC eligibility and supply-chain rules are in flux. Several participants urged optionality rather than a single-path program design.

Tesla said it supports the program but urged regulators to preserve optionality for customers: both the enrollment/upfront incentive tied to a passive (daily) dispatch track and the proposed pay-for-performance structure can…

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