Bill Text: CA AB1144 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Self-generation incentive program: community energy storage systems: high fire threat districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 394, Statutes of 2019. [AB1144 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1144-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 13, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1144 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman |
February 21, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to prepare and submit to the Legislature various reports related to the electricity sector. Under the existing Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an order removing barriers to the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary service markets operated by regional transmission organizations and independent system operators.
This bill would require the commission, by January 1, 2021, to prepare and submit to the Legislature and to post on its internet website a report that provides guidance to local publicly owned electric utilities and the Independent System Operator on measures that remove barriers to the participation of energy storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets to assist those
utilities and Independent System Operator to comply with the federal order.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 379.9 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:379.9.
(a) In administering the self-generation incentive program pursuant to Section 379.6, the commission shall allocate 10 percent of the annual collection for the program in the calendar year 2020 for three to five pilot projects for the installation of community energy storage systems, which may include associated renewable distributed generation resources, in communities in high fire threat districts, as determined by the commission.SEC. 2.
Section 913.13 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:913.13.
(a) On or before January 1, 2024, the commission shall submit to the Legislature a report evaluating pilot projects receiving funds pursuant to Section 379.9. The report shall contain information that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:SEC. 3.
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.(a)(1)By January 1, 2021, the commission shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and post on its internet website a report that provides guidance to local publicly owned electric utilities and the Independent System Operator on measures that remove barriers to the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary service markets to assist those utilities and the Independent System Operator to comply Order 841 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (162 FERC 61127).
(2)As a part of the report, the commission shall also study the greenhouse gas emission impacts of the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary service markets.
(b)The report required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c)Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2025.