How can I get the CA Industry Assistance Credit?
There are two types of eligible facilities: (1) those that must submit an eligibility claim, known by the CPUC as an Attestation, and (2) those that qualify for the CA Industry Assistance Credit by reporting to the Air Resources Board under its Mandatory Reporting Regulation. Most California businesses fall into the first category.
Your facility must claim eligibility if...
Its direct emissions are less than 10,000 MTCO2e – metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent gas – per year. Your facility falls into this category if it is NOT required to report to the California Air Resource Board under the Mandatory Reporting Regulation.
You will need to submit a form for each qualifying facility, in which you:
- Provide basic info about the facility,
- Identify which qualifying NAICS code applies to that facility,
- Specify all the utility service accounts that belong to that facility,
- Designate one utility service account to receive the bill credit,
- Confirm your understanding that your facility may be subject to an audit, and
- Declare under penalty of perjury that what you're saying is true.
Deadlines to claim eligibility
| Deadline | Years for which you'll receive the CA Industry Assistance Credit | When you'll have to resubmit an eligibility claim |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2023 | 2024, 2025 and 2026. Facilities will receive the April 2024, 2025, and 2026 credit. | September 30, 2026. ALL Facilities must reclaim eligibility by this date to receive the EITE credit for 2027, 2028, and 2029. |
| September 30, 2024 | 2025. Facilities will receive the April 2025 credit. | September 30, 2025. Facilities that did not claim eligibility in 2023 must claim eligibility by this date to receive the EITE credit for 2026. |
| September 30, 2025 | 2026. Facilities will receive the April 2026 credit. | September 30, 2026. ALL Facilities must reclaim eligibility by this date to receive the EITE credit for 2027, 2028, and 2029. |
If you are a small business, you may NOT want to claim CA Industry Assistance eligibility
Your business may already automatically receive the Small Business Climate Credit, a bi-annual credit, for some of its utility service accounts. If you choose to claim eligibility for the CA Industry Assistance Credit, you will stop receiving the bi-annual Small Business Climate Credit at all service accounts associated with that facility. You will start receiving the annual CA Industry Assistance Credit instead.
Submit your eligibility claim
Each investor-owned utility hosts its own version of the CA Industry Assistance Credit eligibility form. Contact PG&E, SDG&E, Liberty Utilities or PacifiCorp if you have facilities in their respective service territories.
Click the button below if you have eligible facilities within SCE's service territory.
Your facility automatically qualifies if...
It has a qualifying North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and direct emissions of 10,000 MTCO2e per year or greater. Your company already reports to the Air Resource Board under its Mandatory Reporting Regulation.
The CPUC already has everything it needs to calculate your facility's CA Industry Assistance Credit. SCE will contact you to find out which service account to apply the credit to.