Bill Text: CA SB1403 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Home weatherization for low-income customers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-29 - Referred to Com. on U. & E. [SB1403 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB1403-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1403
| Introduced by Senator Hueso |
February 21, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 2790 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1403, as introduced, Hueso.
Home weatherization for low-income customers.
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 perform home weatherization services for low-income customers if the commission determines that a significant need for those services exists in the corporation’s service territory, as specified.
This bill would define “low-income customers” for those purposes to mean certain low-income persons and families under regulations established and published by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Because this bill would require the commission to impose new requirements on electrical and gas corporations and a violation of any part of any order, decision, rule,
direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime, this 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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2790 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:2790.
(a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization services for low-income(b) (1) For purposes of this section, “weatherization” may include, where feasible, any of the following
measures for any a
dwelling unit:
(A) Attic insulation.
(B) Caulking.
(C) Weatherstripping.
(D) Low flow Low-flow showerhead.
(E) Waterheater blanket.
(F) Door and building envelope repairs that reduce air infiltration.
(2) The commission shall direct any electrical or gas corporation to provide as many of these measures as are feasible for each eligible low-income dwelling
unit.
(c) “Weatherization” may also include other building conservation measures, energy management technology, energy-efficient appliances, and energy education programs determined by the commission to be feasible, taking into consideration for all measures both the cost-effectiveness of the measures as a whole and the policy of reducing energy-related hardships facing low-income households.
(d) Weatherization programs shall use the needs assessment pursuant to Section 382.1 to maximize efficiency of delivery.
(e) 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.
(f) For purposes of this section, “low-income customers” means low-income persons and families under the income limit regulations established and published by the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
