CaliforniaDGStats

Summary: These statistics and charts are created from in progress and completed incentive applications from the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program. Reserved & Earmarked projects refer to active and in progress applications that are not yet completed. Installed projects refer to completed applications and/or applications that have received Permission to Operate (PTO) using the PTO date.

Disclaimer: Changing the filtering options may result in some graphs returning, “No Data Available.” This is not an error message. Instead, it means that there are no results based on the selected filters. Changes to the “Time Series” filter will update the data shown in the following charts: Installed Capacity over Time, Size of Installed Systems, and Average Project Cost Before and After Incentives. All other charts do not respond to this filter.

Data Type: Incentive Applications

Utilities: PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, Liberty, and PacifiCorp

Technology: Solar PV + Energy Storage¹

Data Source: SOMAH Working Data Set

Program Goals

Program target is to have 300 MW installed by 2032.

Program Funding

How Projects Qualify for SOMAH²

Funding Allocation Per Application Step

Tenant/Common Area Incentive Allocation

SOMAH requires that at least 51% of electricity generated by the system are allocated to Tenants

PV Ownership Type

Third Party Ownership includes projects purchased through a Solar Lease, Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), or Solar Service Agreement (SSA)

Track A/Track B Split³

Installed Capacity over Time

Size of Installed Systems

Average Project Cost Before and After Incentives

Type of Work Performed by New Trainees

Data Current Through

Notes

¹The Program Goals chart only includes PV application capacity amounts; energy storage is not included in the 300 MW goal.

²SOMAH projects must be deed-restricted low-income residential housing and must satisfy one of the following: a) the applicant must be in a disadvantaged community defined by the CalEnviroScreen; b) at least 66% of households must have incomes at or below 80% of the median income in their county; c) the property is owned by a tribe; or d) the property is a rental housing property that is owned by either a public housing authority or a public housing agency.

³Track A is designed for host customers who require Upfront Technical Assistance and obtain and review multiple bids. Track B is designed for host customers who do not require Upfront Technical Assistance and may decline participation in the multiple bidding process.

⁴PV Ownership Type, Tenant/Common Area Incentive Allocation, How Projects Qualify for SOMAH and Track A/Track B Split exclude earmarked projects.