CleanPowerSF Rooftop Solar Customers

Have you heard about Net Billing Tariff?

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HOW DOES NET ENERGY METERING (NEM) WORK?

NEM allows customers with on-site renewable energy systems, such as solar panels, to receive credits on their bill when they generate more energy than they need.

CleanPowerSF’s NEM Tariff guides our NEM Program including the rules regarding:

  • Eligibility

  • Annual True Up process

  • Closing NEM accounts

  • For more details, see the NEM tariff here.

Benefits for being a cleanpowersf rooftop solar customer

Convenient Monthly Billing

  • To help you avoid a large true-up bill at the end of the year, CleanPowerSF bills monthly for any generation usage that is not covered by bill credits.

Premium Credit for Annual Net Surplus Generation

  • Each month, you’ll receive bill credits at retail value for net energy generated.

  • Annually, the net excess energy left in your account is credited at a higher premium retail value to thank you for generating clean, local electricity.

Option to Upgrade

  • Upgrading to SuperGreen, CleanPowerSF’s 100% renewable service, ensures that you can be powered by renewable energy, even if your solar panels do not produce all of your annual electricity usage.

Thinking about installing solar?

CleanPowerSF has launched the Solar Inverter Replacement Program. If you are a CleanPowerSF customer on the CARE or FERA discount rate, and own a low-income incentivized GoSolarSF system, you may qualify for up to $3,000 in rebates for the inspection, repair and replacement of your system’s solar inverter. Learn more about the Solar Inverter Replacement Program and see if you’re eligible.

Eligibility

All CleanPowerSF customers that meet PG&E’s NEM program requirements are eligible for our NEM program. Generally, this includes customers with renewable electric generation systems (such as solar, wind, biogas and fuel cell installations) less than 1,000 kW.

If you are thinking of installing solar panels, visit GoSolarSF to learn about cash incentives that are available. Please note that remaining funding is for low-income customers only.

CleanPowerSF customers are still eligible for PG&E’s Virtual NEM, Virtual NEM for Multifamily Affordable Housing, and NEM Aggregation programs.

Annual true up

At the end of your April bill cycle, CleanPowerSF will review your account to determine if you are a net generator—meaning that you generated more energy than you used over the past year—and are therefore eligible to receive Net Surplus Compensation (NSC). CleanPowerSF credits our net generators at a rate of $0.0893 for each excess kWh you generated, more than PG&E's rate.

Your Net Surplus Compensation will be issued as a bill credit that will apply to future CleanPowerSF charges.  However if you would like to receive your payment by check, please complete and return the NSC Cash Out Form (instructions included in the document).

How to Enroll

CleanPowerSF customer installing solar should apply for NEM through PG&E. Once your application is processed, you will be automatically served by CleanPowerSF’s NEM program.

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Questions?

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