Bill Text: CA AB2582 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Electricity: net energy metering.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-05 - Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. [AB2582 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2582-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 04, 2020 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo |
February 20, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 2827.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:2827.1.
(a) For purposes of this section, “eligible customer-generator,” “large electrical corporation,” and “renewable electrical generation facility” have the same meanings as defined in Section 2827.SEC. 3.
Section 2827.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:2827.2.
(a) For purposes of this section, “eligible customer-generator,” “large electrical corporation,” and “renewable electrical generation facility” have the same meanings as those terms are defined in Section 2827.SEC. 4.
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.In order to promote the more efficient use and distribution of natural gas or electricity and eliminate the necessity for construction of transmission facilities for gas or electricity produced by a private energy producer separate from those which may already exist to serve the same area and are owned and operated by an electrical corporation or gas corporation, the commission shall authorize the construction of an interconnection by a private energy producer upon application of the producer if the commission makes the findings required by Sections 2812 and 2812.5. The commission shall render its decision on any application filed pursuant to this chapter within 180 days of receipt of the application or at a later
time that may be mutually agreed upon by the commission, the applicant, and the interconnecting
electrical corporation or gas corporation.