Bill Text: CA AB1330 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 1330 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Energy efficiency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 812, Statutes of 2016. [AB1330 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1330-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1330	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  812
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 454.55 and 454.56 of the Public Utilities
Code, relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1330, Bloom. Energy efficiency.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and
gas corporations. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, on or before November 1,
2017, and every 3rd year thereafter, in collaboration with the PUC
and local publicly owned electric utilities, to establish annual
targets for statewide energy efficiency savings and demand reduction
that will achieve a cumulative doubling of statewide energy
efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas final end uses of
retail customers by January 1, 2030. Existing law requires the PUC to
identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity and
natural gas efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets
for electrical and gas corporations to achieve.
   This bill would require the PUC to ensure that there are
sufficient moneys available for electrical and gas corporations to
meet those efficiency targets.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 454.55 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   454.55.  (a) The commission, in consultation with the Energy
Commission, shall identify all potentially achievable cost-effective
electricity efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for
an electrical corporation to achieve, pursuant to Section 454.5,
consistent with the targets established pursuant to subdivision (c)
of Section 25310 of the Public Resources Code.
   (1) By July 1, 2018, and every four years thereafter, each
electrical corporation shall report on its progress toward achieving
the targets established pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (2) By July 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter, the
commission shall, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code,
report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the
targets established pursuant to subdivision (a). The commission shall
include specific strategies for, and an update on, progress toward
maximizing the contribution of electricity efficiency savings in
disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the
Health and Safety Code.
   (b) (1) By December 31, 2023, the commission shall, in a new or
existing proceeding, undertake a comprehensive review of the
feasibility, costs, barriers, and benefits of achieving a cumulative
doubling of energy efficiency savings and demand reduction by 2030
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public Resources
Code.
   (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public
Resources Code, if the commission concludes the targets established
for electrical corporations to achieve pursuant to subdivision (a)
are not cost effective, feasible, or pose potential adverse impacts
to public health and safety, the commission shall revise the targets
to the level that optimizes the amount of energy efficiency savings
and demand reduction and shall modify, revise, or update its policies
as needed to address barriers preventing achievement of those
targets.
   (c) The commission shall ensure that there are sufficient moneys
available to electrical corporations to meet the efficiency targets
established pursuant to subdivision (a). This subdivision shall not
be construed to authorize the commission to impose or increase any
tax.
  SEC. 2.  Section 454.56 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   454.56.  (a) The commission, in consultation with the Energy
Commission, shall identify all potentially achievable cost-effective
natural gas efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for
the gas corporation to achieve, consistent with the targets
established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the
Public Resources Code.
   (b) A gas corporation shall first meet its unmet resource needs
through all available natural gas efficiency and demand reduction
resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible.
   (c) By July 1, 2018, and every four years thereafter, each gas
corporation shall report on its progress toward achieving the targets
established pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (d) By July 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter, the
commission shall, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code,
report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the
targets established pursuant to subdivision (a). The commission shall
include specific strategies for, and an update on, progress toward
maximizing the contribution of energy efficiency savings in
disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the
Health and Safety Code.
   (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public
Resources Code, if the commission concludes in its review pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 454.55 that the
targets established for gas corporations to achieve pursuant to
subdivision (a) are not cost effective, feasible, or pose potential
adverse impacts to public health and safety, the commission shall
revise the targets to the level that maximizes the amount of energy
efficiency savings and demand reduction and shall modify, revise, or
update its policies as needed to address barriers preventing
achievement of those targets.
   (f) The commission shall ensure that there are sufficient moneys
available to gas corporations to meet the efficiency targets
established pursuant to subdivision (a). This subdivision shall not
be construed to authorize the commission to impose or increase any
tax.