BILL NUMBER: AB 190	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan

                        JANUARY 28, 2013

   An act to amend Section 25781 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 190, as introduced, Buchanan. Electricity: solar energy
systems.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations. The PUC adopted the California Solar Initiative. Under
existing law "kWh" means kilowatthours, as measured by the number of
kilowatts generated in one hour.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
   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.  Section 25781 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25781.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "California Solar Initiative" means the program providing
ratepayer funded incentives for eligible solar energy systems adopted
by the Public Utilities Commission in Decision 06-01-024.
   (b) "kW" means kilowatts or 1,000 watts, as measured from the
alternating current side of the solar energy system inverter
consistent with Section 223 of Title 15 of the United States Code.
   (c) "kWh" means kilowatthours, as measured by the number of
kilowatts generated in  an   one  hour.
   (d) "MW" means megawatts or 1,000,000 watts.
   (e) "Solar energy system" means a solar energy device that has the
primary purpose of providing for the collection and distribution of
solar energy for the generation of electricity, that produces at
least one kW, and not more than five MW, alternating current rated
peak electricity, and that meets or exceeds the eligibility criteria
established pursuant to Section 25782.