Bill Text: CA AB2884 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Demand-side energy management programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-17 - Referred to Com. on U. & E. [AB2884 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2884-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2884
| Introduced by Assembly Member Ting |
February 18, 2022 |
An act to amend Section 717 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2884, as introduced, Ting.
Demand-side energy management programs.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires an electrical or gas corporation to develop a program to provide incentives to a residential or small or medium business customer to acquire energy management technology for use in the customer’s home or place of business. Existing law requires an electrical or gas corporation to annually report to the commission on actual customer savings resulting from the incentive program.
This bill would require an electrical or gas corporation to biennially, instead of annually, report to the commission on actual customer savings resulting from the incentive program.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 717 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:717.
(a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to do all of the following:(1) Develop a program no later than on or before January 1, 2017, within the electrical or gas corporation’s demand-side management programs authorized by the commission, to provide incentives to a residential or small or medium business customer to acquire energy management technology for use in the customer’s home or place of business. The electrical or gas corporation may allow third parties or local governments to apply for incentives on behalf of customers. The electrical or gas
corporation shall work with third parties, local governments, and other interested parties in developing the program. The electrical or gas corporation shall establish incentive amounts based on savings estimation and baseline policies adopted by the commission.
(2) Develop a plan by September 30, 2016, to educate residential customers and small and medium business customers about the incentive program developed pursuant to paragraph (1). The commission may require that the plan be integrated into, or coordinated with, any education campaign required by the commission.
(3) Annually Biennially report to the commission on actual customer savings resulting from the incentive program established
pursuant to this section. The commission shall evaluate all electrical or gas corporation energy savings claims achieved pursuant to the incentive program in a manner consistent with commission-adopted evaluation protocols and determine if the program shall continue or be modified.
(b) For purposes of this section, “energy management technology” may include a product, service, or software that allows a customer to better understand and manage electricity or gas use in the customer’s home or place of business.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to This section does not amend or limit the ability of a community choice aggregator to apply to administer an energy efficiency or
conservation program or a demand-side management program as set forth in Section 381.1.
