This document examines solar installation growth rates across several California cities between 2008-2009 and 2012-2013. It finds that inland cities like Murrieta, Fresno, Riverside, and Chico saw significantly higher growth rates in solar installations during the period of lower incentives from 2012-2013, when third-party ownership models had become more prevalent, compared to periods with higher upfront incentives.

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Source: Sunible & PV Solar Report
TOP CALIFORNIA SOLAR CITIES ARE
INLAND WITH MEDIAN INCOME
Home solar installations increase as incentives decline to zero.
Growth driven by third-party-owned (TPO) solar.
APPLE VALLEY: -11%
CLOVIS: -37%
CORONA: +2%
EL CAJON: +29%
FRESNO: +6%
MURRIETA: +116%
SAN DIEGO: +168%
SANTA CLARITA: -39%
RIVERSIDE: +41%
CHICO: +60%
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Solar growth from
2008 to 2009
Solar growth from
2012 to 2013
APPLE VALLEY: +106%
CLOVIS: 135%
CORONA: +71%
EL CAJON: +50%
FRESNO: +148%
LOS ANGELES: +76%
MURRIETA: +159%
NORTHRIDGE: 33%
SAN DIEGO: +109%
SANTA CLARITA: 197%
RIVERSIDE: +135%
CHICO: +136%Period of high incentives with
TPO in its infancy
Period of low to no incentives
with TPO thriving