BILL NUMBER: AB 2227	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  606
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 12, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 25320 of, and to add Sections 25305.1 and
25305.2 to, the Public Resources Code, and to amend Sections 398.3,
398.5, 399.30, 2836, and 9615 of, to amend and renumber Sections
385.2 and 387.5 of, to add Sections 9505, 9506, 9507, 9508, and
9508.5 to, and to repeal and add Section 2839 of, the Public
Utilities Code, relating to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2227, Bradford. Local publicly owned electric utilities: State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: reporting.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) 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 requires a local publicly owned electric utility
to report various matter to its consumers and the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission)
relative to energy efficiency, renewable energy resources, the
California Solar Initiative, and energy source content.
   This bill would recast and revise the above-described reporting
requirements into a division of the Public Utilities Code that is
applicable to publicly owned utilities.
   Existing law requires the Energy Commission, beginning November 1,
2003, and every 2 years thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy
policy report which includes an overview of major energy trends and
issues facing the state. Existing law requires the Energy Commission
to include certain information relative to local publicly owned
electric utilities in the integrated energy policy report.
   This bill would recast certain requirements relative to
information about local publicly owned electric utilities that the
Energy Commission is required to include in the integrated energy
policy report.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25305.1 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   25305.1.  The commission shall report to the Legislature, to be
included in each integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to
Section 25302, regarding the progress made by each local publicly
owned electric utility serving end-use customers in meeting the
requirements of Section 9620 of the Public Utilities Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 25305.2 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25305.2.  The commission shall include a summary of the
information reported pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 9505 of
the Public Utilities Code in the integrated energy policy report
prepared pursuant to Section 25302. The commission shall also
include, for each local publicly owned electric utility, a comparison
of the local publicly owned electric utility's annual targets
established in accordance with that section, and the local publicly
owned electric utility's actual energy efficiency savings and demand
reductions. If the commission determines that improvements can be
made in either the level of a local publicly owned electric utility's
annual targets to achieve all cost-effective, reliable, and feasible
energy savings and demand reductions and to enable local publicly
owned electric utilities, in the aggregate, to achieve statewide
targets established pursuant to Section 25310, or in meeting each
local publicly owned electric utility's annual targets, the
commission shall provide recommendations to the local publicly owned
electric utility, the Legislature, and the Governor on those
improvements.
  SEC. 3.  Section 25320 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   25320.  (a) The commission shall manage a data collection system
for obtaining information necessary to develop the policy reports and
analyses required by Sections 25301 to 25307, inclusive, the energy
shortage contingency planning efforts in Chapter 8 (commencing with
Section 25700), and to support other duties of the commission.
   (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that information
needed to support the energy policy analysis developed by the
commission is obtained from stakeholders in the most cost-effective
and efficient manner.
   (2) The commission is encouraged to do all of the following with
respect to its data collection:
   (A) Align the collection of data to be consistent with the
schedule of the integrated energy policy report, to the extent
practical.
   (B) Eliminate unneeded and duplicative data submittals from
stakeholders.
   (C) Give full consideration to the potential burdens these data
requests impose on the resources of the stakeholders whose
information is being requested.
   (b) The data collection system, adopted by regulation under
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code, and managed by the commission
shall:
   (1) Include a timetable for the submission of this information, so
that the integrated energy policy report required by Section 25302
can be completed in an accurate and timely manner. The commission is
encouraged to align its timetable with the schedule of the integrated
energy policy report, to the extent practical.
   (2) Require a person to submit only information that is necessary
to the development of the integrated energy policy report and
analyses, and that the person can either be expected to acquire
through his or her market activities, or possesses or controls.
Information collected pursuant to this section shall relate to the
functional role of each category of market participant in that
industry and the consumers within that industry.
   (3) To the extent it satisfies the information needs of the
commission, rely on the use of estimates and proxies, to the maximum
extent practicable, for some data elements using survey and research
techniques, while for other information it shall obtain data from
market participants using submissions consistent with their
accounting records. In determining whether to rely upon estimates or
participant provided data, the commission shall weigh the burden of
compliance upon industry participants and energy consumers against
the benefit of participant provided data for the public interest.
   (4) To the extent it satisfies the information needs of the
commission, rely on data, to the maximum extent practicable, that is
reported to other government agencies or is otherwise available to
the commission.
   (c) Pursuant to the requirements of subdivision (b), the data
collection system for electricity and natural gas shall enumerate
specific requirements for each category of market participants,
including, but not limited to, private market participants, energy
service providers, energy service companies, natural gas marketers,
electric utility and natural gas utility companies, independent
generators, electric transmission entities, natural gas producers,
natural gas pipeline operators, importers and exporters of
electricity and natural gas, and specialized electric or natural gas
system operators. The commission may also collect information about
consumers' natural gas and electricity use from their voluntary
participation in surveys and other research techniques.
   (d) Pursuant to the requirements of subdivision (b), the data
collection system for nonpetroleum fuels and transportation
technologies shall enumerate specific requirements for each category
of market participant, including, but not limited to, fuel importers
and exporters, fuel distributors and retailers, fuel pipeline
operators, natural gas liquid producers, and transportation
technology providers. The commission may also collect information
about consumers' nonpetroleum fuel and transportation technology use
from their voluntary participation in surveys and other research
techniques.
   (e) The commission shall collect data for petroleum fuel pursuant
to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 25350). The commission may
also collect information about consumers' petroleum fuel use from
consumers' participation in surveys and other research techniques.
  SEC. 4.  Section 385.2 of the Public Utilities Code is amended and
renumbered to read:
   9503.  Upon the completion and promulgation of regulations
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25943 of the Public Resources
Code, each governing body of a local publicly owned electric utility,
as defined in Section 224.3, shall be responsible for implementing
an energy efficiency program that recognizes the intent of the
Legislature to encourage energy savings and greenhouse gas emission
reductions in existing residential and nonresidential buildings,
while taking into consideration the effect of the program on rates,
reliability, and financial resources.
  SEC. 5.  Section 387.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended and
renumbered to read:
   2854.  (a) In order to further the state goal of encouraging the
installation of 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy in
California within 10 years, the governing body of a local publicly
owned electric utility that sells electricity at retail, shall adopt,
implement, and finance a solar initiative program, funded in
accordance with subdivision (b), for the purpose of investing in, and
encouraging the increased installation of, residential and
commercial solar energy systems.
   (b) On or before January 1, 2008, a local publicly owned electric
utility shall offer monetary incentives for the installation of solar
energy systems of at least two dollars and eighty cents ($2.80) per
installed watt, or for the electricity produced by the solar energy
system, measured in kilowatthours, as determined by the governing
board of a local publicly owned electric utility, for photovoltaic
solar energy systems. The incentive level shall decline each year
thereafter at a rate of no less than an average of 7 percent per
year.
   (c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall initiate a
public proceeding to fund a solar energy program to adequately
support the goal of installing 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic solar
energy in California. The proceeding shall determine what additional
funding, if any, is necessary to provide the incentives pursuant to
subdivision (b). The public proceeding shall be completed and the
comprehensive solar energy program established by January 1, 2008.
   (d) The solar energy program of a local publicly owned electric
utility shall be consistent with all of the following:
   (1) That a solar energy system receiving monetary incentives
comply with the eligibility criteria, design, installation, and
electrical output standards or incentives established by the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission pursuant to
Section 25782 of the Public Resources Code.
   (2) That solar energy systems receiving monetary incentives are
intended primarily to offset part or all of the consumer's own
electricity demand.
   (3) That all components in the solar energy system are new and
unused, and have not previously been placed in service in any other
location or for any other application.
   (4) That the solar energy system has a warranty of not less than
10 years to protect against defects and undue degradation of
electrical generation output.
   (5) That the solar energy system be located on the same premises
of the end-use consumer where the consumer's own electricity demand
is located.
   (6) That the solar energy system be connected to the electric
utility's electrical distribution system within the state.
   (7) That the solar energy system has meters or other devices in
place to monitor and measure the system's performance and the
quantity of electricity generated by the system.
   (8) That the solar energy system be installed in conformance with
the manufacturer's specifications and in compliance with all
applicable electrical and building code standards.
   (e) In establishing the program required by this section, no
moneys shall be diverted from any existing programs for low-income
ratepayers, or from cost-effective energy efficiency or demand
response programs.
   (f) The statewide expenditures for solar programs adopted,
implemented, and financed by local publicly owned electric utilities
shall be seven hundred eighty-four million dollars ($784,000,000).
The expenditure level for each local publicly owned electric utility
shall be based on that utility's percentage of the total statewide
load served by all local publicly owned electric utilities.
Expenditures by a local publicly owned electric utility may be less
than the utility's cap amount, provided that funding is adequate to
provide the incentives required by subdivisions (a) and (b).
  SEC. 6.  Section 398.3 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   398.3.  (a) Beginning January 1, 1998, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, each generator that provides meter data to a system
operator shall report to the system operator electricity generated in
kilowatthours by hour by generator, the fuel type or fuel types and
fuel consumption by fuel type by month on an historical recorded
quarterly basis. Facilities using only one fuel type may satisfy this
requirement by reporting fuel type only. With regard to any facility
using more than one fuel type, reports shall reflect the fuel
consumed as a percentage of electricity generation.
   (b) The Energy Commission shall have authorization to access the
electricity generation data in kilowatthours by hour for each
facility that provides meter data to the system operator, and the
fuel type or fuel types.
   (c) With regard to out-of-state generation, the Energy Commission
shall have authorization to access the electricity generation data in
kilowatthours by hour at the point at which out-of-state generation
is metered, to the extent the information has been submitted to a
system operator.
   (d) Trade secrets as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3426.1
of the Civil Code contained in the information provided to the system
operators pursuant to this section shall be treated as confidential.
These data may be disclosed only by the system operators and only by
authorization of the generator except that the Energy Commission
shall have authorization to access these data, shall consider all
these data to be trade secrets, and shall only release these data in
an aggregated form such that trade secrets cannot be discerned.
  SEC. 7.  Section 398.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   398.5.  (a) Retail suppliers that disclose specific purchases
pursuant to Section 398.4 shall annually report to the Energy
Commission, for each electricity offering for the previous calendar
year, each of the following:
   (1) The kilowatthours purchased, by generator and fuel type during
the previous calendar year, consistent with the meter data,
including losses, reported to the system operator.
   (2) For each electricity offering the kilowatthours sold at
retail.
   (3) For each electricity offering the disclosures made to
consumers pursuant to Section 398.4.
   (b) Information submitted to the Energy Commission pursuant to
this section that is a trade secret as defined in subdivision (d) of
Section 3426.1 of the Civil Code shall not be released except in an
aggregated form such that trade secrets cannot be discerned.
   (c) The Energy Commission shall specify guidelines and standard
formats, based on the requirements of this article and subject to
public hearing, for the submittal of information pursuant to this
article.
   (d) In developing the rules and procedures specified in this
section, the Energy Commission shall seek to minimize the reporting
burden and cost of reporting that it imposes on retail suppliers.
   (e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to generators
providing electric service onsite, under an over-the-fence
transaction as described in Section 218, or to an affiliate or
affiliates, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 372.
   (f) The Energy Commission may verify environmental claims made by
retail suppliers.
  SEC. 8.  Section 399.30 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   399.30.  (a) In order to fulfill unmet long-term generation
resource needs, each local publicly owned electric utility shall
adopt and implement a renewable energy resources procurement plan
that requires the utility to procure a minimum quantity of
electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources,
including renewable energy credits, as a specified percentage of
total kilowatthours sold to the utility's retail end-use customers,
each compliance period, to achieve the targets of subdivision (c).
   (b) The governing board shall implement procurement targets for a
local publicly owned electric utility that require the utility to
procure a minimum quantity of eligible renewable energy resources for
each of the following compliance periods:
   (1) January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2013, inclusive.
   (2) January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2016, inclusive.
   (3) January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020, inclusive.
   (c) The governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility
shall ensure all of the following:
   (1) The quantities of eligible renewable energy resources to be
procured for the compliance period from January 1, 2011, to December
31, 2013, inclusive, are equal to an average of 20 percent of retail
sales.
   (2) The quantities of eligible renewable energy resources to be
procured for all other compliance periods reflect reasonable progress
in each of the intervening years sufficient to ensure that the
procurement of electricity products from eligible renewable energy
resources achieves 25 percent of retail sales by December 31, 2016,
and 33 percent of retail sales by December 31, 2020. The local
governing board shall require the local publicly owned electric
utilities to procure not less than 33 percent of retail sales of
electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources in all
subsequent years.
   (3) A local publicly owned electric utility shall adopt
procurement requirements consistent with Section 399.16.
   (d) The governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility
may adopt the following measures:
   (1) Rules permitting the utility to apply excess procurement in
one compliance period to subsequent compliance periods in the same
manner as allowed for retail sellers pursuant to Section 399.13.
   (2) Conditions that allow for delaying timely compliance
consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 399.15.
   (3) Cost limitations for procurement expenditures consistent with
subdivision (c) of Section 399.15.
   (e) The governing board of the local publicly owned electric
utility shall adopt a program for the enforcement of this article on
or before January 1, 2012. The program shall be adopted at a publicly
noticed meeting offering all interested parties an opportunity to
comment. Not less than 30 days' notice shall be given to the public
of any meeting held for purposes of adopting the program. Not less
than 10 days' notice shall be given to the public before any meeting
is held to make a substantive change to the program.
   (f) (1) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall annually
post notice, in accordance with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section
54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code,
whenever its governing body will deliberate in public on its
renewable energy resources procurement plan.
   (2) Contemporaneous with the posting of the notice of a public
meeting to consider the renewable energy resources procurement plan,
the local publicly owned electric utility shall notify the Energy
Commission of the date, time, and location of the meeting in order to
enable the Energy Commission to post the information on its Internet
Web site. This requirement is satisfied if the local publicly owned
electric utility provides the uniform resource locator (URL) that
links to this information.
   (3) Upon distribution to its governing body of information related
to its renewable energy resources procurement status and future
plans, for its consideration at a noticed public meeting, the local
publicly owned electric utility shall make that information available
to the public and shall provide the Energy Commission with an
electronic copy of the documents for posting on the Energy Commission'
s Internet Web site. This requirement is satisfied if the local
publicly owned electric utility provides the uniform resource locator
(URL) that links to the documents or information regarding other
manners of access to the documents.
   (g) A public utility district that receives all of its electricity
pursuant to a preference right adopted and authorized by the United
States Congress pursuant to Section 4 of the Trinity River Division
Act of August 12, 1955 (Public Law 84-386) shall be in compliance
with the renewable energy procurement requirements of this article.
   (h) For a local publicly owned electric utility that was in
existence on or before January 1, 2009, that provides retail electric
service to 15,000 or fewer customer accounts in California, and is
interconnected to a balancing authority located outside this state
but within the WECC, an eligible renewable energy resource includes a
facility that is located outside California that is connected to the
WECC transmission system, if all of the following conditions are
met:
   (1) The electricity generated by the facility is procured by the
local publicly owned electric utility, is delivered to the balancing
authority area in which the local publicly owned electric utility is
located, and is not used to fulfill renewable energy procurement
requirements of other states.
   (2) The local publicly owned electric utility participates in, and
complies with, the accounting system administered by the Energy
Commission pursuant to this article.
   (3) The Energy Commission verifies that the electricity generated
by the facility is eligible to meet the renewables portfolio standard
procurement requirements.
   (i) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for a local publicly owned
electric utility that is a joint powers authority of districts
established pursuant to state law on or before January 1, 2005, that
furnish electric services other than to residential customers, and is
formed pursuant to the Irrigation District Law (Division 11
(commencing with Section 20500) of the Water Code), the percentage of
total kilowatthours sold to the district's retail end-use customers,
upon which the renewables portfolio standard procurement
requirements in subdivision (b) are calculated, shall be based on the
authority's average retail sales over the previous seven years. If
the authority has not furnished electric service for seven years,
then the calculation shall be based on average retail sales over the
number of completed years during which the authority has provided
electric service.
   (j) A local publicly owned electric utility in a city and county
that only receives greater than 67 percent of its electricity sources
from hydroelectric generation located within the state that it owns
and operates, and that does not meet the definition of a "renewable
electrical generation facility" pursuant to Section 25741 of the
Public Resources Code, shall be required to procure eligible
renewable energy resources, including renewable energy credits, to
meet only the electricity demands unsatisfied by its hydroelectric
generation in any given year, in order to satisfy its renewable
energy procurement requirements.
   (k) A local publicly owned electric utility shall retain
discretion over both of the following:
   (1) The mix of eligible renewable energy resources procured by the
utility and those additional generation resources procured by the
utility for purposes of ensuring resource adequacy and reliability.
   (2) The reasonable costs incurred by the utility for eligible
renewable energy resources owned by the utility.
   (l) On or before July 1, 2011, the Energy Commission shall adopt
regulations specifying procedures for enforcement of this article.
The regulations shall include a public process under which the Energy
Commission may issue a notice of violation and correction against a
local publicly owned electric utility for failure to comply with this
article, and for referral of violations to the State Air Resources
Board for penalties pursuant to subdivision (o).
   (m) (1) Upon a determination by the Energy Commission that a local
publicly owned electric utility has failed to comply with this
article, the Energy Commission shall refer the failure to comply with
this article to the State Air Resources Board, which may impose
penalties to enforce this article consistent with Part 6 (commencing
with Section 38580) of Division 25.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
Any penalties imposed shall be comparable to those adopted by the
commission for noncompliance by retail sellers.
   (2) If Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health
and Safety Code is suspended or repealed, the State Air Resources
Board may take action to enforce this article on local publicly owned
electric utilities consistent with Section 41513 of the Health and
Safety Code, and impose penalties on a local publicly owned electric
utility consistent with Article 3 (commencing with Section 42400) of
Chapter 4 of Part 4 of, and Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section
43025) of Part 5 of, Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (3) For the purpose of this subdivision, this section is an
emissions reduction measure pursuant to Section 38580 of the Health
and Safety Code.
   (4) If the State Air Resources Board has imposed a penalty upon a
local publicly owned electric utility for the utility's failure to
comply with this article, the State Air Resources Board shall not
impose an additional penalty for the same infraction, or the same
failure to comply, with any renewables procurement requirement
imposed upon the utility pursuant to the California Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500)
of the Health and Safety Code).
   (5) Any penalties collected by the State Air Resources Board
pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Air Pollution
Control Fund and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be
expended for reducing emissions of air pollution or greenhouse gases
within the same geographic area as the local publicly owned electric
utility.
   (n) The commission has no authority or jurisdiction to enforce any
of the requirements of this article on a local publicly owned
electric utility.
  SEC. 9.  Section 2836 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   2836.  (a) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the commission shall
open a proceeding to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each
load-serving entity to procure viable and cost-effective energy
storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2015, and December 31,
2020. As part of this proceeding, the commission may consider a
variety of possible policies to encourage the cost-effective
deployment of energy storage systems, including refinement of
existing procurement methods to properly value energy storage
systems.
   (2) The commission shall adopt the procurement targets, if
determined to be appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1), by October 1,
2013.
   (3) The commission shall reevaluate the determinations made
pursuant to this subdivision not less than once every three years.
   (4) Nothing in this section prohibits the commission's evaluation
and approval of any application for funding or recovery of costs of
any ongoing or new development, trialing, and testing of energy
storage projects or technologies outside of the proceeding required
by this chapter.
   (b) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the governing board of each
local publicly owned electric utility shall initiate a process to
determine appropriate targets, if any, for the utility to procure
viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved by
December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2020. As part of this proceeding,
the governing board may consider a variety of possible policies to
encourage the cost-effective deployment of energy storage systems,
including refinement of existing procurement methods to properly
value energy storage systems.
   (2) The governing board shall adopt the procurement targets, if
determined to be appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1), by October 1,
2014.
   (3) The governing board shall reevaluate the determinations made
pursuant to this subdivision not less than once every three years.
  SEC. 10.  Section 2839 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.
  SEC. 11.  Section 2839 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
                                           2839.  The commission does
not have authority or jurisdiction to enforce any of the
requirements of this chapter against a local publicly owned electric
utility.
  SEC. 12.  Section 9505 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   9505.  (a) By March 15, 2013, and by March 15 of each year
thereafter, each local publicly owned electric utility shall report
to the Energy Commission and to its customers all of the following:
   (1) Its investments in energy efficiency and demand reduction
programs.
   (2) A description of each energy efficiency and demand reduction
program, program expenditures, cost-effectiveness of each program,
and expected and actual energy efficiency savings and demand
reduction results that reflect the intent of the Legislature to
encourage energy savings and reductions in emissions of greenhouse
gases resulting from providing service to existing residential and
nonresidential buildings, while taking into consideration the effect
of the program on rates, reliability, and financial resources.
   (3) The sources for funding of its energy efficiency and demand
reduction programs.
   (4) The methodologies and input assumptions used to determine the
cost-effectiveness of its energy efficiency and demand reduction
programs.
   (b) By March 15, 2013, and by March 15 of every fourth year
thereafter, each local publicly owned electric utility shall identify
all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency
savings and shall establish annual targets for energy efficiency
savings and demand reduction for the next 10-year period. A local
publicly owned electric utility's determination of potentially
achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings shall be
made without regard to previous minimum investments undertaken
pursuant to Section 385. A local publicly owned electric utility
shall treat investments made to achieve energy efficiency savings and
demand reduction targets as procurement investments.
   (c) Within 60 days of establishing annual targets pursuant to
subdivision (b), each local publicly owned electric utility shall
report those targets to the Energy Commission, and the basis for
establishing those targets.
   (d) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall make
available to its customers and to the Energy Commission the results
of any independent evaluation that measures and verifies the energy
efficiency savings and the reduction in energy demand achieved by its
energy efficiency and demand reduction programs.
  SEC. 13.  Section 9506 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   9506.  (a) A local publicly owned electric utility shall report to
the Energy Commission regarding the energy storage system
procurement targets and policies adopted by the governing board
pursuant to paragraph (2) of, and report any modifications made to
those targets as a result of a reevaluation undertaken pursuant to
paragraph (3) of, subdivision (b) of Section 2836.
   (b) By January 1, 2017, a local publicly owned electric utility
shall submit a report to the Energy Commission demonstrating that it
has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and
policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 2836.
   (c) By January 1, 2021, a local publicly owned electric utility
shall submit a report to the Energy Commission demonstrating that it
has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and
policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 2836.
   (d) The Energy Commission shall ensure that a copy of each report
or plan required by subdivisions (b) and (c), with any confidential
information redacted, is available on the Energy Commission's
Internet Web site, or on an Internet Web site maintained by the local
publicly owned electric utility that can be accessed from the Energy
Commission's Internet Web site.
   (e) A summary of the reports required by this section shall be
included as part of each integrated energy policy report required
pursuant to Section 25302.
  SEC. 14.  Section 9507 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   9507.  (a) For purposes of this section, "eligible renewable
energy resource" and "renewables portfolio standard" have the same
meanings as for the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
(Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1
of Division 1).
   (b) Every local publicly owned electric utility shall annually
disclose, to end-use customers, all of the following:
   (1) Its electricity sources for the previous calendar year,
consistent with information provided to the Energy Commission
pursuant to Section 398.4.
   (2) The utility's progress toward attaining the renewables
portfolio standard established pursuant to Section 399.30.
   (3) Expenditures for development of eligible renewable energy
resources, including a description of programs, sources of funding,
expected results, and actual results.
   (c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall, on an annual
basis, make available to its customers information relating to the
utility's solar initiative program established pursuant to Section
2854, including the rated generating capacity of installed solar
energy systems receiving monetary incentives through the utility's
program, the total number of solar energy systems installed, the
total number of applications for the utility's program, the amount of
monetary incentives awarded, and the contribution toward the program
goals of the California Solar Initiative (Article 1 (commencing with
Section 2851) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1).
  SEC. 15.  Section 9508 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   9508.  (a) In developing the rules and procedures specified in
this section and in Section 9507, the Energy Commission shall seek to
minimize the reporting burden and cost of reporting that it imposes
on local publicly owned electric utilities.
   (b) A local publicly owned electric utility shall annually submit
to the Energy Commission documentation regarding eligible renewable
energy resources procurement contracts that it executed during the
prior year, as follows:
   (1) A description of the eligible renewable energy resource,
including the duration of the contract or electricity purchase
agreement.
   (2) A description and identification of the electrical generating
facility providing the eligible renewable energy resource under the
contract.
   (3) An estimate of the percentage increase in the utility's total
retail sales of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources
that will result from the contract.
   (c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall annually submit
to the Energy Commission documentation regarding the utility's
progress toward attaining the renewables portfolio standard
established pursuant to Section 399.30, and its expenditures of
public goods funds collected pursuant to Section 385, for development
of eligible renewable energy resources, including a description of
programs, sources of funding, expected results, and actual results.
   (d) A local publicly owned electric utility shall, on an annual
basis, make available to the Legislature and the Energy Commission
information relating to the utility's solar initiative program
established pursuant to Section 2854, including the rated generating
capacity of installed solar energy systems receiving monetary
incentives through the utility's program, the total number of solar
energy systems installed, the total number of applications for the
utility's program, the amount of monetary incentives awarded, and the
contribution toward the program goals of the California Solar
Initiative (Article 1 (commencing with Section 2851) of Chapter 9 of
Part 2 of Division 1).
   (e) For the purposes of this section, "eligible renewable energy
resource," "renewables portfolio standard," and "procure" have the
same meanings as these terms have in the California Renewables
Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section
399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1).
  SEC. 16.  Section 9508.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   9508.5.  A local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use
customers shall, upon request, provide the Energy Commission with any
information the Energy Commission determines is necessary to
evaluate the progress made by the local publicly owned electric
utility in meeting the requirements of Section 9620.
  SEC. 17.  Section 9615 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   9615.  Each local publicly owned electric utility, in procuring
energy to serve the load of its retail end-use customers, shall first
acquire all available energy efficiency and demand reduction
resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible.