BILL NUMBER: SB 758	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cogdill

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 758, as introduced, Cogdill. Distributed generation.
   Existing law permits a private energy producer, as defined, to
generate electricity not generated from conventional sources, as
defined, solely for the producer's own use or the use of the producer'
s tenants, or generating electricity to or for any electrical
corporation, state agency, city, county, district, or an association
thereof, but not the public, without becoming a public utility
subject to the general jurisdiction of the commission.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to establish
incentives for agriculture to install cogeneration and anaerobic
digester electrical generation facilities, including requiring
electrical utilities to purchase excess electricity not used by the
agricultural generator.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish incentives for agriculture to install
cogeneration and anaerobic digester electrical generation facilities,
including requiring electrical utilities to purchase excess
electricity not used by the agricultural generator.