Bill Text: CA AB1935 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Electricity: clean distributed energy resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-14 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1935 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1935-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1935	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to amend Section 321.7 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1935, as amended, Campos. Electricity: clean distributed energy
resources.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities  Commission
(PUC),   Commission,  on a biennial basis and in
consultation with the Independent System Operator and the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to study
and submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor on the
impacts of distributed energy generation on the state's distribution
and transmission grid.
   This bill would instead  requires   require
 the  PUC,   Public Utilities Commission,
 on a biennial basis, to study and submit a report to the
Legislature and the Governor on the impacts of  distributed
generation, including  clean distributed energy resources, as
defined, on the state's distribution and transmission grid.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 321.7 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   321.7.  (a) On or before January 1st of every other year, the
commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator and
the Energy Commission, shall study, and submit a report to the
Legislature and the Governor, on the impacts of  clean
 distributed  generation, including clean distributed
 energy resources on the state's distribution and transmission
grid.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, "clean distributed energy
resource" means any of the following:
   (1) A clean energy generating technology that meets all of the
following criteria:
   (A) Produces electricity, or electricity and useful heat.
   (B) Has a greenhouse gas emissions factor, including, when
applicable, credit for waste heat recovery and savings on
transmission and distribution losses, that is less than or equal to
 the emission factor for electricity developed by the State
Air Resources Board in the scoping plan adopted pursuant to Section
38561 of the Health and Safety Code.   an emissions
factor determined by the State Air Resources Board that represents
the emissions o   f greenhouse gases that are displaced by
the electricity generated by the distributed energy resource. 
   (C) Has an oxide of nitrogen  (NOx)  emissions rate,
including, when applicable, credit for waste heat recovery, that is
less than or equal to  the standard set forth in Section
94203 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations. 
 0.07 pounds per megawatthour, or a lower NOx emissions rate that
the State Air Resources Board determines reflects the best
performance achieved in practice by existing electrical generation
technologies pursuant to Section 41514.9 of the Health and Safety
Code. 
   (D) Has a nameplate rated generation capacity of 20 or less
megawatts.
   (2) An eligible renewable energy resource, as defined in Section
399.12, that  uses organic waste or biogas as its feedstock
and  has a nameplate generation capacity of 20 or less
megawatts.
   (3) A demandside reduction resource.
   (4) An energy storage technology that stores energy from a
technology or resource specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
   (c) The study shall evaluate all of the following:
   (1) Reliability and transmission issues related to connecting
clean distributed energy resources to the local distribution networks
and regional grid.
   (2) Issues related to grid reliability and operation, including
interconnection, and the position of federal and state regulators
toward distributed energy accessibility.
   (3) The effect on overall grid operation of various clean
distributed energy resources.
   (4) Barriers affecting the connection of distributed energy to the
state's grid.
   (5) Emerging technologies related to clean distributed energy
resources interconnection.
   (6) Interconnection issues that may arise for the Independent
System Operator and local distribution companies.
   (7) The effect on peak demand for electricity.
   (d) In addition, the commission shall specifically assess the
impacts of the California Solar Initiative program, specified in
Section 2851 and Section 25783 of the Public Resources Code, the
self-generation incentive program authorized by Section 379.6, and
the net energy metering pilot program authorized by Section 2827.9.
   (e) The report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of
the Government Code.                                      
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