Roger Hernández
- Democratic
Author
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Under existing law, the local government renewable energy self-generation program authorizes a local government, as defined, to receive a bill credit, as defined, to be applied to a designated benefiting account for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility, as defined, and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, referred to as the RPS program, requires a retail seller of electricity, as defined, and local publicly owned electric utilities to purchase specified minimum quantities of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, for specified compliance periods, sufficient to ensure that the procurement of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources achieves 20% of retail sales for the period January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2013, inclusive, 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, and 33% of retail sales by December 31, 2020, and in all subsequent years. The RPS program, consistent with the goals of procuring the least-cost and best-fit eligible renewable energy resources that meet project viability principles, requires that all retail sellers procure a balanced portfolio of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as specified. This bill would require an electrical corporation to provide a community renewables option, as specified, allowing a subscribing customer's bill be adjusted to reflect the customer's subscription in the output of a community renewables facility. The bill would require the commission to authorize the tariff for community renewables option by July 1, 2014. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2016, require the commission to evaluate the demand for the community renewables option. If the commission finds that the community renewables option should be discontinued, the bill would make the above provisions inoperative. The bill would authorize a local publicly owned utility to offer a community renewables option. This bill would repeal the provision of the community renewables option on January 1, 2020.
From Senate committee without further action.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1809.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 1825.)
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1727.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 15).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1295 | HTML |
| 02/22/13 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/09/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/23/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/29/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/25/13 - Amended Senate |
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