Documents for the New Solar Homes Partnership
This page gives you access to documents for Go Solar California from the Energy Commission.
For New Residential Construction
The third edition of the New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP) Guidebook was adopted by the California Energy Commission on January 27, 2010, and a revised third edition was adopted on April 7, 2010.
New Solar Homes Partnership Guidebook - Revised Third EditionCalifornia Energy Commission, posted 4/21/10. (Acrobat PDF file, 73 pages, 1.7 megabytes)
- New Solar Homes Partnership Checklist: Reservation Application. Online February 6, 2012.
(PDF, 4 pages, 135 kb) - New Solar Homes Partnership Checklist: Payment Request. Online February 6, 2012. (PDF, 2 pages, 115 kb)
- Notice of Incentive Decline, for the New Solar Homes Partnership Program. Posted August 12, 2011.
- New Solar Homes Partnership Document Checklist (Attachment 1) - Posted August 12, 2011.
- Common New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP) Application Mistakes (Attachment 2) - Posted August 12, 2011.
FORMS (PDF files with Editable Fields)
- Form NSHP-1 - Reservation Application Form (1/2012)
- Form NSHP-2 - Payment Claim Form (1/2012)
- Form NSHP-3 - Ten-Year Warranty Form (1/2012)
- State of California Standard Form STD-204 (Rev: 6/2003)
SAMPLE FORMS (PDF files - updated 6/12/09)
- Form CF-1R-PV - Produced by PV Calculator to be submitted with NSHP application (10/07)
- Form CF-4R-PV - Form generated by third party verifying PV equipment (10/07)
- Form CF-6R-PV - Form completed by the installer with the PV installation equipment and details, and given to the HERS Rater at the time of the field verification of the PV system. (05/07)
NSHP Bulkload Spreadsheet
- NSHP Bulkload Spreadsheet, Version 5.1. Posted: April 5, 2012.
(MS Excel file, 598 kb)
Other Related Documents and Reports:
Note: Many preliminary documents relating to solar are available on each agency's formal proceeding's or reports sections. Please see links to the right for various proceedings.
All see our News Room for news-related documents and program updates.
- A Consumer Guide to the California Solar Initiative Satewide Incentives for Solar Energy Systems, posted October 9, 2008, CPUC publication produced by Pacific Gas and Electricity Company, California Center for Sustainable Energy, Southern California Edison. (PDF file, 28 pages, 3.1 megabytes - note size!)
- California Energy Commission's Renewable Energy Program: 2006 Annual Report to the Legislature, posted November 2, 2006, Energy Commission publication # CEC-300-2006-018-CTF. (PDF file, 71 pages, 716 kilobytes)
- Saving with Solar - A Survey of Homeowners in California, Environment California Research & Policy Center, March 2006. (Acrobat PDF, 24 pages, 2.8 megabytes)
- California Energy Commission Documents On Line