Funding Resources

CA DG Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
Type of Incentive	Environmental Regulations
Eligible States	CA
Eligible Technology	Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine
Eligible Fuel	# 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste Heat Recovery
Eligible Project Size	All (MW)
Critical Information	The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued rulemaking 06-03-004 on January 11, 2007, allowing distributed generation (DG) owners to keep or sell the renewable energy credits (RECs) associated with their facilities.
Start Date	1/11/2007
End Date
Minimum Efficiency (%)
Additional Information	At this time in California, the sale of RECs is only allowed in voluntary markets. The CPUC is now reviewing whether unbundled RECs should be allowed for RPS compliance. If the CPUC allows unbundled RECs to be used towards the RPS then DG owners would be able to sell their RECs to utilities.
Web Site	http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/FINAL_DECISION/63678.htm
Primary Contact	General Information 505 Van Ness Ave. 4-A San Francisco, CA 94102 U.S.A. General Information (renewable@energy.state.ca.us) (415) 703-2782 (415) 703-1758