BILL NUMBER: AB 2804	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  542
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to add Section 2851.5 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2804, Hayashi. Renewable energy resources: California Solar
Initiative.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations.
A decision of the commission adopted the California Solar Initiative.
Existing law requires the commission to undertake certain steps in
implementing the California Solar Initiative, including authorizing
the award of monetary incentives for up to the first megawatt of
alternating current generated by a solar energy system, as defined,
with the incentive level declining each year following implementation
at a rate of no less than an average of 7% per year.
   The California Solar Initiative sets forth the procedures by which
applicants, including school and community college districts, that
have committed to purchase and install a solar energy system may
reserve funding to be made available upon installation of the system.

   This bill would authorize a school district or community college
district to request the extension of a reservation expiration date
for monetary incentives for a solar energy system, up to a maximum of
3 extensions of 180 calendar days for each extension. The bill would
require that the request be made in writing to the program
administrators and contain specified information relating to the need
for additional time.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2851.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   2851.5.  (a) A school district or community college district may
request an extension of a reservation expiration date for monetary
incentives for a solar energy system. The commission may grant a
maximum of three extensions of 180 calendar days for each extension.
   (b) An extension request pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be made
in writing, submitted to the program administrators, and shall
include a written explanation of the need for the extension and the
amount of additional time needed. In describing the need for the time
extension request, the school district or community college district
shall provide information on the circumstances, that are beyond the
control of the district, that prevent the solar energy system from
being installed as previously described in the initial reservation
request. A failure to submit the incentive claim form package by the
original or extended reservation expiration date shall result in the
cancellation of the request.
   (c) An approval of a request for a change in the reservation
expiration date for monetary incentives for a solar energy system
shall not modify any other condition of a reservation for incentives.