BILL NUMBER: AB 2514	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Section 2827.1 of the Public Utilities
Code, relating to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2514, as amended, Bradford. Net energy metering.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations.
Existing law, relative to private energy producers, requires every
electric utility, as defined, to make available to an eligible
customer-generator, as defined, a standard contract or tariff for net
energy metering on a first-come-first-served basis until the time
that the total rated generating capacity  of renewable electrical
generation facilities, as defined,  used by eligible
customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate
customer peak demand. Electrical corporations are an electric utility
for these purposes.
   This bill would require the commission to complete a study by June
30, 2013, to determine the extent to which each class of ratepayers
 and each region of the state  receiving service under the
net energy metering tariff is paying the full cost of the services
provided to them by electrical corporations  and 
 ,  the extent to which those customers pay their share of
the costs of public purpose programs  , and the benefits of net
energy metering  . The bill would require the commission to
report the results of the study to the Legislature within 30 days of
its completion.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2827.1 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   2827.1.  (a) By June 30, 2013, the commission shall complete a
study to determine the extent to which each class of ratepayers 
and each region of the state  receiving service under the net
energy metering tariff authorized pursuant to Section 2827 is paying
the full cost of the services provided to them by electrical
corporations  and   ,  the extent to which
those customers pay their share of the costs of public purpose
programs  ,   and the benefits of net energy metering.
In evaluating program costs and benefits for purposes of the study,
the commission shall use the peak demand reported by those electric
utilities filing a Form No. 1 with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to determine aggregate customer peak demand, and shall use
the Energy Commission's alternating current ratings to determine the
total generating capacity of eligible customer-generators, for
purposes of calculating the 5-percent limitation in paragraphs (1)
and (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 2827  .
   (b) (1) The commission shall report the results of the study to
the Legislature within 30 days of its completion.
   (2) The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795
of the Government Code.
   (3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on July 1, 2017.