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
April 11, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 13, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1144 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman |
February 21, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act is a crime.
Because the provision requiring recipients of funds for the pilot projects to provide relevant data to the commission and electrical corporations would be a part of the Public Utilities Act, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime.
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 379.9 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:379.9.
(b)Recipients of funds provided pursuant to this section shall provide relevant data to the commission and the electrical corporation responsible for the service territory in which the recipient is located.
(c)The commission shall evaluate the
efficacy of the pilot projects on measures that include, but are not limited to, both of the following:
(1)The ability of the electrical corporation servicing the community in which the pilot project is installed to reduce wildfire ignition risk by more frequent deenergization of electrical infrastructure.
(2)The economic value provided to the community due to the added grid resource from the pilot project.
(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:
(1)An evaluation of the role of community energy storage systems in long term electric transmission and distribution network planning in reducing fire risk for communities in high fire threat districts.
(2)Proposed rate structures for community energy storage systems operating in wildfire risk areas that compensates the resource for providing grid resiliency and reduced fire risk to the communities.
(3)A list of statutory and regulatory barriers preventing community energy storage systems from serving ratepayers in wildfire risk areas.
(b)Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
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.