Bill Text: CA AB1026 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Electricity: interconnection rules.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 446, Statutes of 2019. [AB1026 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1026-Amended.html
An act relating to electricity. An act to amend Section 783 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.
NOYES
Local Program:
NOYES
SECTION 1.
Bill Title: Electricity: interconnection rules.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 446, Statutes of 2019. [AB1026 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1026-Amended.html
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March 20, 2019 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1026 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Wood |
February 21, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1026, as amended, Wood.
Electricity: interconnection rules.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to enforce the rules governing the extension of service by a gas or electrical corporation to new residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial customers. Existing law requires an electrical or gas corporation to permit a new or existing customer who applies for an extension of service from that corporation to install the extension in accordance with the regulations of the commission and any applicable specification of the corporation.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that compliance with the codes and construction specifications for the extension of service required by an electrical or gas corporation at the time of the start of construction of a home shall suffice for the extension of service to the home upon the completion of
construction. provide that only those construction design and other specifications of an electrical or gas corporation that are applicable to a new project at the time an application for service is initially approved by the electrical or gas corporation shall apply to the design and construction of the new project.
Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act is a crime.
Because the above provision would be part of the act, a violation of which is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 783 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:783.
(a) The commission shall continue to enforce the rules governing the extension of service by gas and electrical corporations to new residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial customers in effect on January 1, 1982, except that the commission shall amend the existing rules to permit applicants for service to install extensions in accordance with subdivision (f). Except for periodic review provisions of existing rules, and amendments to permit installations by an applicant’s contractor, the commission shall not investigate amending these rules or issue any orders or decisions which amend these rules, unless the investigation or proceeding for the issuance of the order or decision is conducted pursuant to subdivision (b).(b) Whenever the commission
institutes an investigation into the terms and conditions for the extension of services provided by gas and electrical corporations to new or existing customers, or considers issuing an order or decision amending those terms or conditions, the commission shall make written findings on all of the following issues:
(1) The economic effect of the line and service extension terms and conditions upon agriculture, residential housing, mobilehome parks, rural customers, urban customers, employment, and commercial and industrial building and development.
(2) The effect of requiring new or existing customers applying for an extension to an electrical or gas corporation to provide transmission or distribution facilities for other customers who will apply to receive line and service extensions in the future.
(3) The effect of
requiring a new or existing customer applying for an extension to an electrical or gas corporation to be responsible for the distribution of, reinforcements of, relocations of, or additions to that gas or electrical corporation.
(4) The economic effect of the terms and conditions upon projects, including redevelopment projects, funded or sponsored by cities, counties, or districts.
(5) The effect of the line and service extension regulations, and any modifications to them, on existing ratepayers.
(6) The effect of the line and service extension regulations, and any modifications to them, on the consumption and conservation of energy.
(7) The extent to which there is cost-justification for a special line and service extension allowance for
agriculture.
(c) The commission shall request the assistance of appropriate state agencies and departments in conducting any investigation or proceeding pursuant to subdivision (b), including, but not limited to, the Transportation Agency, the Department of Food and Agriculture, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Bureau of Real Estate, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Economic and Business Development.
(d) Any new order or decision issued pursuant to an investigation or proceeding conducted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall become effective on July 1 of the year which follows the year when the new order or decision is adopted by the commission, so as to ensure that the public has at least six months to consider the new order or decision.
(e) The commission shall conduct
any investigation or proceeding pursuant to subdivision (b) within the commission’s existing budget, and any state agency or department which is requested by the commission to provide assistance pursuant to subdivision (c) shall also provide the assistance within the agency’s or department’s existing budget.
(f) An electrical or gas corporation shall permit any
a new or existing customer who applies for an extension of service from that corporation to install a gas or electric extension in accordance with the regulations of the commission and any applicable specifications of that electrical or gas corporation. corporation consistent with subdivision (g).
(g) Only those construction design and other specifications of an electrical or gas corporation that are applicable to a new project at the time an application for service is initially approved by the electrical or gas corporation shall apply to the design
and construction of the new project.
SEC. 2.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that compliance with the codes and construction specifications for the extension of service required by an electrical or gas corporation at the time of the start of construction of a home shall suffice for the extension of service to the home upon the completion of construction.
