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CITY OF ANAHEIM ELECTRIC RATES, RULES Utilities Financial Services AND REGULATIONS 201 S. Anaheim Blvd. Page No. 3.29.1 Anaheim, CA 92805 RULE NO. 29 COMMUNITY SOLAR DISCOUNT PROGRAM ISSUED BY: Effective: 04-03-24 by Resolution No.: 2024-022 Dated: 03-26-24 Dukku Lee Superseding Resolution No.: 2022-018 Dated: 02-15-22 General Manager A. GENERAL The Community Solar Discount Program (“Program”) provides income-qualified residential Customers access to a limited amount of solar energy derived from local Utility-owned solar facilities, including systems located on public school sites. The Program is designed to extend the benefits of solar energy to Customers who may not otherwise have access to solar energy due to financial circumstances. This Rule sets forth the terms and conditions under which Customers may participate in the Program. B. TERMS OF PROGRAM 1. Participation in the Program is voluntary and available to income-qualified residential Customers. Customers must apply for the Program by submitting a completed application. Program participation shall be granted on a first-come first-served basis, based on the date that a completed application is received by the Utility, contingent upon meeting the qualification criteria outlined below. 2. The number of Customers who may participate in the Program at any given time shall be limited to the expected energy output of local Utility-owned solar facilities divided by the amount of energy allocated per Program participant per month. Due to the variability of the amount of solar energy available from such facilities, the General Manager may impose Program participation limits, including limiting the period a Customer may participate in the Program (“Participation Period”). In the event a Participation Period is established, Customers will automatically be taken off the Program at the end of the Participation Period; however, Customers may reapply for the Program to participate for another Participation Period, subject to any limitations imposed by the General Manager. 3. To qualify for participation in the Program, Customers must meet all of the following requirements: i) Not exceed the Utility’s established annual household income levels for the Program; ii) Be a residential electric Customer of record or Sub-Metered, master-Metered Customer; iii) Not be responsible for tampering with or theft of Utility service or infrastructure; iv) Not be concurrently receiving an energy discount for income-qualified seniors, long-term disabled, or military veterans; and v) Submit a complete Program application. C. BILLING Participating Customers shall receive an energy discount as determined by the Utility which shall be calculated based on the energy output of local Utility-owned solar facilities and Customer participation. This discount shall appear as a separate line item on the Customer’s bill. The discount amount shall be reflected on the application posted on the Utility’s website. Participating master-Metered Customers who provide electric Sub-metering for qualified tenants shall receive the energy discount multiplied by the number of qualified tenants who are Sub-metered to the master Meter and participating in the Program. A qualified tenant shall be any person who meets the requirements of B.3(i)-(iv) of this Rule. The master-Metered Customer shall pass the discount directly to the qualified tenants. The master- Metered Customer shall maintain records for a period of five years as proof of the Customer’s payment or a billing credit allocation to the qualified tenants. The master-Metered Customer’s Program-related records are subject to periodic review and audit by the Utility. Payment or billing credit allocations that are not disbursed to Sub-metered tenants as required herein are subject to recapture by the Utility.