RE-2.1-SA-6Leverage municipal facilities to establish community solar and microgrid solutions when tariffs allow.

The City is committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2035 and is partnering with local utility providers to develop programs that support community solar and microgrid projects and assessing the potential for municipally owned facilities and properties to serve as the hosts for such community solar and microgrid installations. For example, the City is tracking San Diego Community Power’s (SDCP’s) efforts to establish tariffs that support development of community solar and microgrid projects, including the Solar for Our Communities Program, which closed to applications in February 2024. Additionally, the City has been tracking SDG&E’s development of their Microgrid Incentive Program, which is designed to provide incentives for community microgrids that meet SDG&E’s program requirements.

In Summer of 2023 the Sustainability and Mobility Department (SuMo) established pre-approved benches of solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage vendors via a Request for Qualifications. Firms will be selected for implementation of community solar and microgrid projects as funding and opportunities arise.

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• The City of San Diego's Municipal Energy Implementation Plan
• The City of San Diego's Climate Resilient SD Plan
• The City of San Diego’s Climate Equity Index
• San Diego Community Power’s Solar for Our Communities Program
• San Diego Gas & Electric’s Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP)

Tasks

What's left to do?

• Identify qualifying projects and submit application to SDG&E’s Microgrid Incentive Program

What has been done?

• Track and inform development of SDG&E’s Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP)
• Considered application to SDCP’s Solar for Our Communities RFP