1. Download the Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook for program information and application forms.

Emerging Renewables Program Guidebook, Ninth Edition. FINAL GUIDEBOOK, publication # CEC-300-2009-002-F, adopted February 25, 2009. Posted: March 6, 2009. (Adobe PDF 63 pgs, 1.7 MB).


On-line application forms are not available at this time.
Please use the forms contained in the Guidebook.

Guidebooks in effect prior to January 1, 2007, are on our archived guidebooks page.




2. Fill out the Required Forms (forms are below).

For the Emerging Renewables Program, the Reservation Request Form (CEC - 1038 R1) must always be signed by the purchaser. The seller (retailer or wholesaler) must sign when designated as payee.




3. Attach the same necessary documents for either the Emerging Renewables Program.

1. A copy of the signed purchase agreement(s) for equipment and labor contract(s)


2. All pages of a recent monthly electric utility statement showing purchaser name, service address, and energy usage


3. Completed Payee Data Record (STD-204) for the recipient of the rebate





4. MAIL the completed application form with attachments to the Emerging Renewables Program:

Emerging Renewables Program
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-45
Sacramento, CA 95814 - 5512

APPLICATION FORMS (Updated January 31, 2006)
For Wind and Fuel Cell Systems Only

CEC-1038-R1 (Reservation Request Form)

CA STD. 204 (Payee Data Record)

CEC-1038-R2 (Rebate Payment Claim Form)

CEC-1038-R3 (Minimum Warranty Form)

CEC-1038-R4 (Equipment Seller Information Form)

CEC-1038-R5 (Reservation Payment Assignment Form)