Bill Text: CA AB1150 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Energy: University of California and California State

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 597, Statutes of 2015. [AB1150 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1150	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Article 10 (commencing with Section 66090) of
Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 to the Education Code,
relating to energy.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1150, Levine. Energy: University of California and California
State University partnership.
   The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission. The act requires the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November
1, 2003, and by November 1 of every odd year thereafter, to adopt an
integrated energy policy report which includes an overview of major
energy trends and issues facing the state, an assessment and forecast
of system reliability, and the need for resource additions,
efficiency, and conservation.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations
and gas corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric
utilities, as defined, and local publicly owned gas utilities are
under the direction of their governing board.
   Existing law establishes the system of public postsecondary
education in the state, which includes the University of California,
administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the
California State University, administered by the Trustees of the
California State University.
   This bill would request the Regents of the University of
California, and require the California State University, to consider
aligning their greenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the
statewide institutional partnership between the California State
University, the University of California, and investor-owned energy
utilities and with those of the state, as specified. As a condition
for participation in the expanded partnership, the bill would require
the California State University and the University of California to
report to each investor-owned energy utility or local publicly owned
energy utility the annual reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases
from the expanded partnership at all California State University and
University of California facilities within that utility's service
territory.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The University of California has committed to achieving carbon
neutrality through aggressive measures to increase energy efficiency
and develop renewable energy resources.
   (b) Because of its size and subsequent required energy
consumption, there are significant opportunities for reducing
emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases at University
of California facilities.
   (c) Collectively, the University of California has substantially
contributed to the state's energy efficiency goals by saving 373
million kilowatthours per year and 18,700,000 therms per year through
2014 as part of an institutional statewide partnership with
investor-owned energy utilities established in 2004.
   (d) Additional deep energy efficiency potential exists at
University of California facilities. The identified potential deep
energy efficiency projects could produce savings of 426,000,000
kilowatthours per year and 15,700,000 therms per year, equating to
$59 million per year in utility cost savings.
   (e) There is a need to expand the existing University of
California institutional statewide partnership to capture carbon and
reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to ensure meaningful and
reliable energy assessments, cost-effective energy efficiency
improvements, and the incorporation of projects that are demonstrated
to be cost effective on a carbon basis.
  SEC. 2.  Article 10 (commencing with Section 66090) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 10.  University Energy Efficiency Partnership


   66090.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
   (1) "Investor-owned energy utilities" means the state's three
largest electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the
Public Utilities Code, and each gas corporation, as defined in
Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, of the state.
   (2) "Local publicly owned energy utility" means a local publicly
owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public
Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned gas utility.
   (3) "Partnership" means the statewide institutional partnership
between the California State University, the University of
California, and investor-owned energy utilities.
   (4) "University" means the University of California and the
California State University.
   (b) The Regents of the University of California are requested to,
and the California State University shall, consider aligning their
greenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the partnership and the
state by doing all of the following:
   (1) Expanding participation in the partnership to include the
university facilities served by local publicly owned energy utilities
that choose to participate, and seeking the assistance of the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in
requesting the participation of those local publicly owned energy
utilities.
   (2) Evaluating activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
improve energy efficiency based upon adherence to the Public
Utilities Commission's energy efficiency and savings protocols, if
applicable, including, but not limited to, deep energy efficiency and
eligible renewable energy resources, subject to applicable funding.
   (3) Wherever feasible, utilizing whole-building, or whole-campus,
meter-based verification.
   (4) Developing an administrative framework that can be utilized by
the partnership, to the extent allowable by the funding source, to
allocate any future funding from the state or other sources for
energy projects or projects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
   (c) This section does not affect the eligibility of a university
to receive resources from federal, state, and local government, or
from public utilities or other sources through the partnership, and
to leverage those resources.
   (d) Funds associated with an investor-owned energy utility shall
be used in compliance with Public Utilities Commission requirements
at the university facilities within the service territory of the
investor-owned energy utility.
   (e) As a condition to participation in the expanded partnership, a
university shall report to each investor-owned energy utility or
local publicly owned energy utility the annual reduction in emissions
of greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at all university
facilities within that utility's service territory, by a mutually
agreed upon date.