Bill Text: CA AB920 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Electricity: procurement plans: integrated resource plans.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB920 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB920-Amended.html
Amended
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Senate
June 28, 2017 |
Amended
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Assembly
May 01, 2017 |
Amended
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April 26, 2017 |
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Assembly
April 17, 2017 |
Amended
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Assembly
March 27, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 920 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry (Principal coauthor: Senator McGuire) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Dahle, Eggman, Gallagher, Eduardo Garcia, and Wood) (Coauthor: Senator Bradford) |
February 16, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing
Existing law requires that the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility with an annual electrical demand exceeding 700 gigawatthours adopt an integrated resource plan and a process for updating the plan at least once every 5 years to ensure the utility achieves
specified objectives. Existing law requires that the integrated resource plan and any updates be filed with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), requires the Energy Commission to review the plans and plan updates, and, if the Energy Commission determines a plan or plan update is deficient, to provide recommendations to correct the deficiencies.
This bill would require the governing board, when reviewing the local publicly owned electric utility’s integrated resource plan, to evaluate the mix of resources in the utility’s total resource and renewable resource portfolios to ensure balanced portfolios with an appropriate mix of peaking, dispatchable, baseload, firm, and as-available capacity and would require the governing board to assess the need for, and benefits of, existing and new renewable baseload
generation and consider whether to establish procurement requirements for renewable baseload generation for the utility. By placing additional requirements upon local publicly owned electric utilities, the bill would impose 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.