Sacramento Municipal Utility District (“SMUD”) introduced a new Solar and Storage tariff for solar customers (Rate Schedule “R-TOD-SSR”), which took effect on March 1, 2022. SMUD published documentation regarding the revised tariff structure on their website: https://www.smud.org/-/media/Documents/Rate-Information/Rates/01_SSR.ashx...
By Curtis Snyder
California is updating its Net Energy Metering policies in 2022, commonly referred to as NEM3.0. Genability customers can rely on Genability providing full support for them. Ahead of the publication of the final NEM 3 tariffs and...
By John Tucker
Southern California Edison (SCE), Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) all released new tariff rates on January 1, 2020 improving the economics of residential solar for all three utilities.
By John Tucker
On March 1, 2019 Southern California Edison (SCE) will close its current default post-solar tariff (TOU-D-A-NEM2) and replace it with a new default post-solar tariff (TOU-D-4-9PM-NEM2). This tariff change will dramatically impact solar savings in SCE as...
By John Tucker
In 2019, both Pacific Gas & Electric (PGE) and Southern California Edison (SCE) will introduce new Time-of-Use (TOU) periods for commercial tariffs. Both utilities are moving highly-priced peak hours later in the day, from mid-afternoon to 4-9...
By John Tucker
The roller coaster for solar in the U.S. (call it a Solar Coaster?) keeps rolling this summer. The state of Illinois has finalized the credit values for its Adjustable Block Program, which provides solar owners with an...
By John Tucker
Later this year, Massachusetts will close out it’s SREC program replacing it with the new Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) incentives. While there are still a few details left to be finalized, Genability is able to model the proposed SMART incentives...
By John Tucker
At 9 AM this morning (July 9, 2018), Duke Energy North Carolina started accepting incentive applications for their Solar Rebate program and Genability has made the new incentive available via our Incentives API.
By John Tucker
Starting on 2/20/2018, the three Hawaiian investor-owned utilities will offer two new programs for customers with solar: Customer Grid Supply Plus and Smart Export. Both programs offer export credits for power provided to the grid, an option...
By John Tucker
Effective December 1, 2017, solar developers in New York are required by the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) to meet precise guidelines (PDF Download) when presenting savings estimates. Genability has reviewed these requirements and we have made some data upgrades for...
By John Tucker
Every month Genability updates thousands of tariffs. These changes can be as small as a simple rate increase or as large as a whole new rate structure. For just over a year now, around the 10th of...
By Trevor Kennard
Over the past few months, the reform of Net Metering rules has impacted several utilities that are in active solar markets. Genability has been tracking these changes closely and has modeled the new NEM rules for your...
By John Tucker
When Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed AB-405 on Friday he removed a great deal of uncertainty surrounding Net Metering in Nevada. Under AB-405, new solar customers in Nevada are guaranteed a net metering credit for the next...
By John Tucker
Amendment 1, a proposed Florida State constitutional amendment, was widely publicized as a pro-solar referendum. It was found though, to be legislation that would have made residential roof top solar unviable in Florida.
By Charity Vargas
Update: On May 31, 2016 PG&E closed the residential time-of-use tariff used in this analysis (E-6) for new enrollment and added ETOU-A and ETOU-B as new options for residential customers. Genability Switch was updated on that day to...
By Kevin Timms
The solar industry received great news yesterday when the California Public Utilities Commission approved their proposed decision on NEM 2.0. All major elements of net metering were upheld with no new fixed or demand-based charges. Under NEM...
By John Tucker
The month of January is when a majority of utilities release their updated rate plans for the new year. It has been a busy time for the Genability data team as we reviewed and updated over ten thousand rates...
By San Prabhu
Today and tomorrow are the first Peak-Day Pricing (PDP) events of 2012 for Pacific Gas & Electric. That means that for commercial customers throughout Northern California electricity is about to get very expensive.
By Eric Danziger
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has done a re-org to their residential rate structure. In an effort to show a more accurate cost of generation and encourage conservation, PG&E’s new rate structure converts generation and distribution...
By Eric Danziger
It’s hardly news to anyone on the East Coast that it’s hot today, but did you know it’s affecting what you pay for electricity? If you’re on the Voluntary Time-of-Day pricing in Manhattan today you’re paying a...
By John Tucker
The city of Palo Alto took a big step towards clean energy production by introducing a solar Feed-in tariff, called the Palo Alto CLEAN (Clean Local Energy Accessible Now). Feed-in Tariffs are programs though which utilities buy renewable...
By San Prabhu
When smart meters began emerging, many customers viewed them as costly automated meter-readers that made life easier only for the utility companies, possessed no real benefit and compelled little customer interaction. Beneficial or not, in a GTM...
By Eric Danziger
The New York City area has some of the highest electricity pricing in the country and for a consumer to start saving on his electricity bill, he first needs to know and understand his usage and how...
By San Prabhu
A brand new year means new rates! We’ve been spending the time around the holidays working hard to get all the rate changes into our database in time for the January 1, 2012 effective date. Over 1000...
By John Tucker
In parts of New England, wholesale spot prices for electricity hit $560 per megawatt hour on friday, 10 times annual average prices. The PJM Interconnection announced that it set a new record for Peak Power Use by...
By Robb Miller
Electricity tariffs are the contract between a utility and its customers. In the past selecting your electricity tariff was like choosing the color of your Model T, there was no choice. That’s changing as Utility Commissions push...
By John Tucker
John Farrell at Renewable Energy World reported last month that Distributed Solar is nearing ‘Grid Parity’. His main point is that installed Solar Photovoltaics are very close to being cost competitive with grid power in numerous areas...
By Robb Miller
You could not describe a more perfect San Francisco spring day than the one we’re having today. Bright and sunny, in the mid-80s – it’s perfect for Opening Day. After 6 weeks of practice in the desert,...
By John Tucker
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