The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) was a pioneer in offering PV incentives, with programs in place as early as 1984. During the first 22 years of the program, SMUD processed approximately 500 systems, using a simple spreadsheet to track projects. But the program picked up speed rapidly with the passage of California’s SB-1 legislation in 2006. Also during this time, SMUD implemented a new ten-step program, with capacity limits triggering each step change. As the number of applications increased and the program became more complex, SMUD realized they needed new tools for managing their program that would keep their program overhead low, and improve their tracking and reporting capabilities. It was at this point that SMUD began using PowerClerk ® . An Enterprise-Wide

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