Bill Text: CA AB628 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Energy management plans for harbor and port districts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 741, Statutes of 2013. [AB628 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 628	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gorell and Hall

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add Section  63045.1   63045.2
 to the Government Code, and to add Chapter 13 (commencing with
Section 25990) to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating
to energy.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 628, as amended, Gorell. Energy management plans for harbor and
port districts.
   (1) Existing law requires the California Infrastructure
Development Bank, following consultation with appropriate state and
local agencies, to establish criteria, priorities, and guidelines for
the selection of projects to receive assistance from the bank,
including those based on, among other things, the State Environmental
Goals and Policy Report, or its successor, relating to
implementation of state environmental goals and policies. Existing
law further requires that projects that receive assistance from the
bank, among other things, facilitate effective and efficient use of
existing and future public resources so as to promote both economic
development and conservation of natural resources.
   This bill would authorize the bank to fund projects to promote
economic development in harbor and port districts that are developed
pursuant to an energy management plan, and would require the bank to
consider actions to remove barriers to financing these projects.
   (2) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission to adopt energy conservation standards to
reduce the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or unnecessary
consumption of energy, and to implement various programs to provide
financial assistance to specified entities for energy efficient
improvements.
   This bill would authorize a harbor or port district, in
collaboration with an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
publicly owned electric utility serving the district, to prepare one
or more energy management plans to reduce air emissions and promote
economic development through the addition of new businesses and the
retention of existing businesses in the district. The bill would
require, if a district prepares an energy management plan pursuant to
these provisions, that the plan include specified provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section  63045.1   63045.2 
is added to the Government Code, to read:
    63045.1.   63045.2.   Projects to
promote economic development in harbor and port districts implemented
pursuant to an energy management plan developed in accordance with
Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 25990) of Division 15 of the
Public Resources Code shall be eligible for funding under this
article. The bank shall consider appropriate action to remove
unnecessary barriers for the financing of those projects.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 25990) is added to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 13.  ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR HARBOR AND PORT
DISTRICTS


   25990.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) The state should promote the efficient use of low-cost,
low-emissions energy sources in the operations of its ports and
harbors.
   (b) There is an opportunity in port and harbor district
operations, including the movement of commercial goods, to reduce
vehicular emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants.
   (c) The state should encourage the development of new businesses
and the retention of existing businesses within port and harbor
district boundaries.
   (d) Energy utility customers located within the state's port and
harbor districts can benefit from the addition of new businesses and
the retention of existing businesses through increased energy cost
certainty.
   (e) Businesses located within the state's port and harbor
districts could benefit through greater stability and certainty in
the cost of energy services.
   (f) Investor-owned and publicly owned utilities are in an optimal
position, and should be encouraged to engage in joint projects with
port and harbor districts to provide and administer energy-related
service alternatives and programs that can promote economic
development and retention in those districts.
   25991.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, the term "district"
shall mean a harbor or port district formed pursuant to Division 8
(commencing with Section 5000) of the Harbors and Navigation Code. A
district may prepare one or more energy management plans, developed
jointly with an electric corporation, as defined in subdivision (a)
of Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, a gas corporation, as
defined in Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, or a public
utility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 216 of the Public
Utilities Code, that produces, generates, or supplies electricity to
the public and that serves the district in order to reduce air
emissions, promote economic development, and encourage the
development of new businesses and retain existing businesses in that
district.
   (b) If a district prepares an energy management plan pursuant to
this chapter, it shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
   (1) An electric or natural gas load forecast, developed in
coordination with the serving electrical corporation, gas
corporation, or local publicly owned electric utility, and that
reflects anticipated load growth within the district.
   (2) An assessment of the role that distributed generation,
combined with accurately priced utility services, could play in
providing greater rate stability and energy cost certainty to aid in
economic development, and proposed actions with respect to that role.
This assessment shall be developed jointly with the serving
electrical corporation, gas corporation, or local publicly owned
electric utility.
   (3) A list of recommendations, developed jointly with the serving
electrical corporation, gas corporation, or local publicly owned
electric utility, for the enhanced use of cost-effective energy
efficiency and demand-side management in existing buildings and the
inclusion of energy efficiency measures as part of the development of
new buildings.
   (4) A plan to reduce air emissions for vehicle use within district
boundaries, including vehicles used for movement of commercial
products. Proposed actions, developed jointly with the serving
electrical corporation, gas corporation, or local publicly owned
electric utility, may include replacement of vehicles with lower
emitting alternatives and development of infrastructure, in
appropriate areas, to aid in the refueling of alternative fuel
vehicles, and may provide for utility ownership or operation of those
facilities to provide services within the district.
   (5) Other proposed actions and associated utility services that
may be implemented in connection with the jointly developed energy
management plan.
   (6) Proposed methods to fund the activities included in the plan,
including funding through utility ratepayer-funded programs and
financing through the California Infrastructure and Economic
Developmental Bank established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 63050) of Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code,
the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation
Financing Authority Act (Division 16 (commencing with Section
26000)), or other appropriate sources.
   (c) If a district has jointly developed with an electric or gas
corporation one or more plan elements under a plan prepared pursuant
to subdivision (b) that involves special programs to be offered in
the district and administered by the electric or gas corporation to
facilitate emissions reductions, increase energy efficiency, or
promote economic development, including, but not limited to, the use
of biogas for direct injection into common carrier pipelines,
economic development rates, distributed generation, energy storage,
and alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure, the Public Utilities
Commission shall provide expedited review of the proposed jointly
developed elements of the plan. The Public Utilities Commission shall
encourage electric or gas corporations to participate jointly with
local agencies in developing, implementing, and administering viable
energy management plans for districts, and shall not limit the role
of the electric or gas corporation that was cooperatively developed
in the energy management plan. The governing boards of local publicly
owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives shall encourage
joint participation with local agencies and gas corporations in
developing, implementing, and administering viable energy management
plans for districts.
   (d) If an energy management plan is prepared pursuant to this
chapter, it shall also address the development of projects that
provide greater certainty of energy costs over a period of up to 15
years for businesses developing in the district and shall consider
applying to the California Infrastructure and Economic Development
Bank for financial support of these projects.