Installing solar panels on your affordable apartment complex will help reduce energy costs, increase net operating income and hedge against utility rates hikes.
Property Eligibility Requirements
SOMAH eligibility requires that a property must:
- Have at least five units
- Be deed-restricted low-income residential rental housing, including but not limited to manufactured and mobile home properties
- Satisfy one of the following:
66% of property residents have incomes at or below 80% of the area median income (AMI)
OR
Property is in a defined disadvantaged community (DAC) that scores in the top 25% of census tracts statewide in the CalEnviroScreen including property that is located on tribal land and is federally recognized
OR
The property is owned by a California Native American tribe
OR
The property is rental housing property that is owned by a public housing authority or public housing agency - Be an existing housing property or retrofit (with certificate of occupancy)
- Have separately metered units
- Be a utility or community choice aggregator (CCA) customer (with VNEM) in the Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, PacifiCorp or Liberty Utilities territories
SOMAH Overview
Learn how the SOMAH Program can deliver clean power and credits on energy bills to hundreds of thousands of California residents.
