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Board amends and advances solar incentive ordinance to create multi-year program and labor-linked rebate
Summary
Boardmembers amended a proposed solar incentive ordinance to require a ten-year planning horizon, add reporting requirements, and tie enhanced rebates to firms that hire graduates of city workforce programs; debate centered on use of MECA funds vs. conservation priorities and on PUC authority.
The Board of Supervisors amended and advanced an ordinance proposing a city solar incentive program that would provide rebates for rooftop solar installations and prioritize economic benefits for San Francisco residents.
Assessor-Recorder Cesar Ting's office and mayoral staff presented the plan as a long-term, 10-year incentive program intended to give installers and the local solar industry stable expectations. Under the ordinance as amended, the San Francisco…
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