Bill Text: CA AB2713 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Land use: local ordinances: energy systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2713 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2713	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chiu
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Mullin)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 65850.8 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2713, as amended, Chiu. Land use: local ordinances: energy
systems.
   Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, among other things,
requires the legislative body of each county and city to adopt a
general plan for the physical development of the county or city and
authorizes the adoption and administration of zoning laws,
ordinances, rules, and regulations by counties and cities.
   Existing law requires a city, county, or city and county to
approve an application for the installation of electric vehicle
charging stations, as defined, through the issuance of specified
permits unless the city or county makes specified written findings.
Existing law provides that the implementation of consistent statewide
standards to achieve the timely and cost-effective installation of
electric vehicle charging stations is a matter of statewide concern.
   This bill would, on or before September 30, 2017, for a city,
county, or city and county with a population of 200,000 or more
residents, or January 31, 2018, for a city, county, or city and
county with a population of less than 200,000 resident, require the
city, county, or city and county to make all documentation and forms
associated with the permitting of advanced energy storage, as
defined, available on a publicly accessible Internet Web site, as
specified. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county
to allow for the electronic submittal of a permit application and
associated documentation, as specified. The bill would prohibit the
calculation of a fee associated with the permitting or inspection of
an advanced energy storage installation from being calculated based
on the value of the installation or any other factor not directly
associated with the cost to issue the permit.
   The bill would require the Governor's Office of Planning and
Research, on or before  September 30, 2017,  
January 1, 2019,  to create a California Energy Storage
Permitting Guidebook, as specified.
   By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would
create a state-mandated local program.
   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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 65850.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   65850.8.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (1) It is the policy of the state to promote and encourage the
installation of advanced energy storage and to limit obstacles to its
use in order to increase the reliability, safety, and resilience of
the state's electrical system.
   (2) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the
applicable state agencies, including the Governor's Office of
Planning and Research, extend and expand the existing initiative
being conducted by the Public Utilities Commission to further note
best practices in the safe permitting of advanced energy storage.
That effort should ultimately produce an Advanced Energy Storage
Permitting Guidebook, taking advantage of the efforts and lessons
learned in creating the streamlined permitting processes and modeling
in part after the California Solar Permitting Guidebook.
   (b) On or before September 30, 2017, every city, county, or city
and county with a population of 200,000 or more residents, and on or
before January 31, 2018, every city, county, or city and county with
a population of less than 200,000 residents,
    shall make all documentation and forms associated with the
permitting of advanced energy storage available on a publicly
accessible Internet Web site, if the city, county, or city and county
has an Internet Web site. The city, county, or city and county shall
allow for electronic submission of a permit application and
associated documentation, and shall authorize the electronic
signature on all forms, applications, and other documentation in lieu
of a wet signature by an applicant.
   (c) Any fee charged for the permitting or inspection of an
advanced energy storage installation shall not be calculated based on
the value of the installation or any other factor not directly
associated with the cost to issue the permit.
   (d) On or before  September 30, 2017,  
January 1, 2019,  the Governor's Office of Planning and Research
shall, in consultation with local building officials, the State Fire
Marshall, the storage industry, the Public Utilities Commission, and
other stakeholders, and through review of any existing streamlined
permitting practices used by cities, counties, or city and counties,
create a California Energy Storage Permitting Guidebook modeled
substantially on the California Solar Permitting Guidebook.
   (e) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Advanced energy storage" means an energy storage system, as
defined in Section 2835 of the Public Utilities Code, as well as an
energy storage system that is designed to provide backup energy
services in the event of a grid outage, that is limited to 
either   both  of the following:
   (A) Electrochemical energy storage in nonventing packages.
   (B) Customer sited installations.
   (2) "Customer sited" means the system is interconnected to the
electrical grid through an existing retail customer interconnection.
   (3) "Electronic submittal" means the utilization of one or more of
the following:
   (A) Email.
   (B) The Internet.
   (C) Facsimile.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a
local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code.