City of Philadelphia - File #: 190378

• File #: 190378
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/9/2019
• In control: Committee on the Environment
• Final action: 6/20/2019
• Title: Amending Chapter 9-3400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Energy Conservation," to establish a Solar Panel Incentive Program, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
• Indexes: ENERGY CONSERVATION, SOLAR PANEL INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/14/2019	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/20/2019	1	CITY COUNCIL
6/13/2019	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
6/13/2019	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/13/2019	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/11/2019	0	Committee on the Environment
6/11/2019	0	Committee on the Environment
6/11/2019	0	Committee on the Environment
6/11/2019	1	Committee on the Environment
5/9/2019	0	CITY COUNCIL

Title
Amending Chapter 9-3400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Energy Conservation," to establish a Solar Panel Incentive Program, under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 9-3400 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 9-3400. ENERGY CONSERVATION

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? 9-3403. Solar Panel Incentives.

(1) There is hereby created a Solar Panel Incentive Program.

(2) Definitions. As used in this Section, the following words shall be defined as follows:

(a) Commercial Property. Any building designed for office use, retail sales use, or commercial services use, as those terms are used in the Zoning Code, ? 14-601(5), (6), (7).

(b) Residential Property. Any building designed for residential use, as that term is used in the Zoning Code, ? 14-601(2).

(c) Photovoltaic System. Those total components, systems and subsystems that, in combination, convert solar energy into electrical energy for a connection to a utilization load.

(d) Program Administrator. The Office of Sustainability, provided that the Office of Sustainability may, by written agreement, delegate the administration of this program to the Philadelphia Energy Authority.

(3) Incentive payments.

(a) The owner of any Commercial Property or Residential Property shall be entitled to an Incentive Payment on account of installation of a photovoltaic system on such property. The Program Administrator is hereby authorized to establish standards for eligible photovoltaic systems and for documentation needed to demonstrate eligibility.

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (4), below, Incentive Payments shall be paid by the Program Administrator in the following amounts:

(.1) $0.10 per watt of solar installed on Commercial Properties.

(.2) $0.20 per watt of solar installed on Residential Properties.

(c) Incentive Payments shall only be made up...