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GFO-21-402 – California Automated Permit Processing Program

CA Energy Commission · 11243

Eligibility details

This solicitation is open to all California cities, counties, or cities and counties (including any incorporated towns and villages) that will have costs associated with establishing online solar permitting. Applications from any other entities will not be accepted.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

Funding through CalAPP is available to all incorporated cities, counties, or cities and counties to implement an online, automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits in real time for a solar energy system. To meet its clean energy goals, California needs new renewable and storage resources, including rooftop solar and storage projects. Per the 2021 Senate Bill 100 Joint Agency Report, achieving 100% clean electricity in California requires an acceleration of the development of rooftop solar projects. CalAPP funding is intended to encourage cities and counties to further enhance permitting processes and accelerate processing and turnaround time, particularly regarding plan review. Overall, funding is intended to promote the development of residential solar and solar-plus-storage systems, greatly decreasing approval times, cutting permitting costs for local governments and homeowners, and helping California meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals through an easier installation process.

Funding geography: This solicitation is open to all California cities and counties.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.