Bill Text: CA SB1537 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Energy: rates: net energy metering.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-09-27 - In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [SB1537 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1537-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1537	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 29, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 1, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Section 2827.2 of the Public Utilities
Code, relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1537, Kehoe. Energy: rates: net energy metering.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as
defined, are under the direction of their governing board. Existing
law, relative to private energy producers, requires every electric
utility, as defined, to develop a standard contract or tariff
providing for net energy metering, as defined, and to make this
contract or tariff available to eligible customer generators, as
defined, upon request for generation by a renewable electrical
generation facility, as defined. An electric utility, upon request,
is required to make the contract or tariff for net energy metering
available to eligible customer-generators on a
first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated
generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5%
of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. With one
exception, existing law requires that each net energy metering
contract or tariff be identical with respect to rate structure, all
retail rate components, and any monthly charges, to the contract or
tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if the customer
did not use a renewable electrical generation facility, except that
eligible customer-generators shall not be assessed standby charges on
the electrical generating capacity or the kilowatthour production of
a renewable electrical generation facility.
   This bill would prohibit the commission from adopting any new
demand charge, standby charge, customer charge, minimum monthly
charge, interconnection charge, or other fixed charge that applies
only to customers receiving electric service pursuant to a net energy
metering contract or tariff.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2827.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   2827.2.  (a) The commission shall not adopt any new demand charge,
standby charge, customer charge, minimum monthly charge,
interconnection charge, or other fixed charge that applies only to
customers receiving electric service pursuant to a net energy
metering contract or tariff authorized by Section 2827.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.