Southern California Gas Company

 

Incentive Type

Utility rebate program

Applicable Sectors

Residential, construction, installer/contractor, homebuilders

Eligible Efficiency Technologies

Comprehensive measures/whole building.

Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies

Photovoltaics

Amount

  • Baseline entry-level home: $75 /kW; $0.43 /kWh; $1.72 /Therm
  • 30 percent above baseline: $225 /kW; $1.29 /kWh; $5.14 /Therm
  • California Energy Star New Homes Program or other Green Home Certification: 10 percent bonus
  • Compact Home - 10 percent smaller than the LEED for Homes square footage threshold: 15 percent bonus
  • Design Team Incentive: 50 percent cost for projects that have at least 10 units.
  • Photovoltaic (on site PV) systems peak kW reduction: $75 /kW, $0.43 /kWh, $1.72 /Therm
  • 30 percent better than 2008 Title 24 with a 30 percent reduction in the cooling load: $1,000/single-unit home and $200/multi-family units

Maximum Incentive

Design Team Incentive: $5,000

Installation Requirements

Baseline entry level is 15 percent more efficient than 2008 Title 24 codes, with the incentive payments based on the final 2008 T-24 reports created and signed by a Certified Energy Plans Examiner (CEPE) and verified by a third-party HERS Rater.

Project Expiration

Dec. 31, 2012

More Information

www.socalgas.com/construction/cahp/

Summary

SoCalGas offers an incentive for homebuilders to build homes which exceed 2008 Title 24 standards by 15 percent. The program is open to all single-family and low-rise/high-rise multi-family new construction projects. Incentives are offered through two avenues:

  • Performance-based approach encourages builders to construct single-family and multi-family dwellings that use at least 15 percent less energy than Title 24 standards.
  • Measure-based approach provides incentives for individual measures which increase the energy efficiency of a home. Incentives range between $25 and $200 per measure.

Incentive payments are based on the final 2008 T-24 reports created and signed by a Certified Energy Plans Examiner (CEPE) and verified by a third-party HERS Rater. The incentives increase incrementally as the performance of the structure increases.

For further information visit gosolarcalifornia.org/.

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