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Since January 1, 2007, California Solar Initiative (CSI) incentive recipients have been required to take service under existing time-of-use (TOU) rate schedules.  Solar installers who rely on CSI incentive payments to make solar installations cost-effective claimed that TOU rates decreased their incentives.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California legislature, with AB 1714, suspended a requirement that CSI incentive recipients, both residential and commercial, take service under TOU rates in order to receive CSI payments.  Under AB 1714, new CSI recipients may remain on flat-rate schedules and existing CSI recipients may return to flat-rate schedules or remain on TOU rates.