Bill Text: CA AB719 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Energy: energy efficiency: street light pole.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2013. [AB719 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB719-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 719	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Roger Hernández

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 384.5 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 719, as amended, Roger Hernández. Energy: energy efficiency.
   Under the Public Utilities Act  (the act),  
, or the act,  the Public Utilities Commission  (PUC)
  , or the PUC,  has regulatory authority over
public utilities, including electrical corporations. The act requires
the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan for each
electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements,
incentive mechanisms, and objectives. The act requires that an
electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain
elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will
first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency
and demand-reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and
feasible. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to
identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity
efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets. A violation of
the act is a crime.
   This bill would require  an electrical corporation as part
of the above-described energy efficiency targets to replace
low-efficiency light bulbs with high-efficiency light bulbs in street
light poles that the electrical corporation owns, at the same rate
as the city, county, or city and county in which any of the
electrical corporation's street light poles are located or at the
highest rate of an adjacent city or county if the street light poles
are located in a city or county that does not own any street light
poles   the commission, on or before March 1, 2014, to
order electrical corporations to submit a tariff to be used, at the
discretion of local governments, to fund energy efficiency
improvements in street light poles ow   ned by the
electrical corporations  . This bill would state the intent of
the Legislature that  this program be funded through existing
collection mechanisms, and that the implementation of this program
not result in an increase in any amount collected  
utility-owned street light poles, whose electricity use is paid by
local governments, be converted to use cost-effective technology that
reduces electricity consumption to achieve lower utility bills 
.
   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 384.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   384.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that  the
program created by this section be funded through existing collection
mechanisms for the purposes of achieving cost-effective electricity
savings and establishing energy efficiency targets, and that the
implementation of this program not result in an increase in any
amount collected for these purposes.  
electrical-corporation-owned street light poles, whose electricity
use is paid by local governments, be converted to use cost-effective
technology that reduces electricity consumption so that a city,
county, or city and county may achieve   lower utility bills
for the electricity used by these street light poles.  

   (b) As part of the energy efficiency targets created pursuant to
Section 454.55, an electrical corporation shall, for street light
poles the electrical corporation owns, implement a program targeting
the replacement of low-efficiency light bulbs with high-efficiency
light bulbs.  
   (c) (1) For street light poles owned by an electrical corporation,
the electrical corporation shall install high-efficiency light bulbs
in those street light poles at the same rate that the city, county,
or city and county in which those street light poles are located has
installed high-efficiency light bulbs.  
   (2) For street light poles located in a city, county, or city and
county that do not own any street lighting infrastructure, the
electrical corporation shall install high-efficiency light bulbs in
those street light poles owned by the electrical corporation at the
rate of installation of an adjacent city or county with the highest
rate of installation.  
   (b) On or before March 1, 2014, the commission shall order
electrical corporations to submit a tariff to be used, at the
discretion of local governments, to fund energy efficiency
improvements in street light poles owned by the electrical
corporations to ensure reduced energy consumption and lower
electricity bills for local governments who are streetlight customers
covered by these tariffs.  
   (c) The tariff shall be designed to allow local governments to
remit the cost of the improvement through the tariff over time,
resulting in lower energy consumption and lower energy bills, without
shifting costs to nonparticipating ratepayers.  
   (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), the conversion performed
pursuant to the tariff submitted under subdivision (b) shall be
eligible for any rebate or incentives available through
ratepayer-funded programs intended to increase energy efficiency.
 
   (d) 
    (e)  For the purposes of this section, the following
terms have the following meanings:
   (1) "Electrical corporation" means an electrical corporation, as
defined in Section 218, with at least 100,000 service connections in
California.
   (2) "Street light pole" means a pole, arm, or fixture used
primarily for street, pedestrian, or security lighting.
  SEC. 2.   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.