Solar Advantage

Chương trình Solar Advantage của San Diego Community Power mang đến các dự án năng lượng mặt trời mới cho các cộng đồng đã từng phải đối mặt với mức ô nhiễm cao hơn và ít đầu tư vào năng lượng sạch địa phương.

Building Solar Where It’s Needed Most

Solar Advantage’s Community Power program, also known as the Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff (DAC-GT) program, supports the development of local small-scale solar projects in disadvantaged communities (DACs) as defined by CalEnviroScreen 4.0.

Community Power invites qualified developers to propose local small-scale solar projects through an annual public bidding process. Approved solar projects are expected to add up to 20.16 megawatts (MW) of clean local energy to the Cơ quan Quản lý Dịch vụ Công cộng California (CPUC) allocation. Once projects come online, qualified customers will receive a 20% discount on their electricity bill for up to 20 years without having to invest in a rooftop solar system.

Chương trình này là một phần của nỗ lực lớn hơn nhằm giảm phát thải, giảm chi phí năng lượng và xây dựng một tương lai năng lượng công bằng hơn cho khu vực San Diego.

Are You a Solar Developer?

The third Solar Advantage Request for Offers (RFO) is now open. To view RFO materials and submit a proposal, visit our solicitations page.

Need help preparing your proposal?

Community Power invites interested developers to learn more about the RFO at a virtual webinar on September 9, 2026 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time (PT).

Yêu cầu về tính đủ điều kiện của dự án

To be eligible for consideration under this RFO, proposed projects must:

Be physically located within SDG&E’s service territory
Be electrically connected to a circuit, load or substation within SDG&E’s service territory
Be located in or within five miles of an eligible DAC

View project eligibility map.

Provide energy and associated Green Attributes/Renewable Energy Credits (PCC1)
Provide Capacity Attributes/Resource Adequacy, if available for battery energy storage systems (BESS)

Be a new-build, in-front-of-the-meter solar photovoltaic (PV) project
Not be a standalone storage project

Create and transfer all applicable RECs to San Diego Community Power through the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS)
Maintain an active WREGIS account for the full contract term

Qualify as a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)-eligible resource
Be certified by the California Energy Commission (CEC) as an Eligible Renewable Energy Resource, or obtain certification before the first delivery date

Apply for interconnection and secure an interconnection agreement under SDG&E’s Wholesale Distribution Access Tariff (WDAT) for distribution-connected projects. Rule 21 does not apply.
Apply for interconnection and secure an interconnection agreement under CAISO’s Generator Interconnection Procedures (GIP) for transmission-connected projects.

Have a solar PV capacity of 500 kilowatts (kW) to 20 MW AC

Have a Commercial Operation Date no later than December 31, 2030

Qualify as a DAC-GT project consistent with applicable CPUC requirements, including D.18-06-027, D.18-10-007 và Nghị quyết E-4999.

Commit to a 20-year contract term

Thời hạn nộp hồ sơ đề xuất

Here are the key dates for the 2026 Solar Advantage RFO.

Solar Advantage RFO Mốc quan trọng	Anticipated Date of Completion*
RFO Launches	August 31, 2026
RFO Informational Webinar	September 9, 2026, 10:00 a.m. PT
Deadline to Submit Questions	September 16, 2026, 5:00 p.m. PT
Final Q&A Addendum Posted	September 23, 2026
RFO Submission Deadline	October 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. PT
Follow-Up with Bidders	October 30–November 25, 2026
Bidder Short-List Selection Notifications Sent	January 14, 2027
Evaluations, Negotiations with Short-Listed Bidders; Awards & Community Power Board Approval to Occur at Duly Noticed Community Power Board Meeting(s)	January 15–May 27, 2027
Community Power Submits Executed PPA(s) to CPUC for Approval After Community Power’s Board Approves the Final Contract(s)	June 1, 2027

*Community Power reserves the right to change the schedule of these events at any time for any reason.

Solar Advantage

Building Solar Where It’s Needed Most

Are You a Solar Developer?

Need help preparing your proposal?

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