AB 628, as amended, Gorell. Energy management plans for harbor and port districts.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to adopt energy conservation standards to reduce the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy, and to implement various programs to provide financial assistance to specified entities for energy efficient improvements.
This bill would authorize the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District and specified harbor and port districts, as defined, jointly with an electrical corporation, gas corporation, community choicebegin delete aggregator,end deletebegin insert aggregator established on or before July, 1 2013,end insert or publicly owned electric or gas utility
serving the district to prepare one or more energy management plans to reduce air emissions and promote economic development through the addition of new businesses and the retention of existing businesses in the district. The bill would require, if a district prepares an energy management plan pursuant to these provisions, that the plan include specified provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) The state promotes the efficient use of low-cost,
4low-emissions energy sources in the operations of its ports and
5harbors.
6(b) There is an opportunity in port and harbor district operations,
7including the movement of commercial goods, to reduce vehicular
8emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants.
9(c) The state encourages the development of new businesses
10and the retention of existing businesses within port and harbor
11district boundaries.
12(d) Energy utility customers located within the state’s port and
13harbor districts may benefit from the addition of new businesses
14and the retention of existing businesses through increased energy
15cost certainty.
16(e) Businesses located within the state’s port and harbor districts
17may benefit through greater stability and certainty in the cost of
18energy services.
19(f) Investor-owned utilities, community choice aggregators, and
20publicly owned utilities are in an optimal position, and are
21encouraged to engage in joint projects with port and harbor districts
22to provide and administer energy-related service alternatives and
23programs that may promote economic development and retention
24in those
districts.
Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 25990) is added
2to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, the term “district”
8shall mean the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and
9Conservation District, the Ports of Hueneme, Oakland, Long Beach,
10Los Angeles, Redwood City, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco,
11Stockton, and West Sacramento, and any other harbor, recreation,
12and conservation district that operates a harbor or port in the state.
13A district may prepare one or more energy management plans,
14developed jointly with an electrical corporation, as defined in
15subdivision (a) of Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, a gas
16corporation, as defined in Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code,
17a community choicebegin delete aggregator,end deletebegin insert
aggregator established on or
18before July, 1 2013,end insert or a public utility, as defined in subdivision
19(a) of Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code, that produces,
20generates, or supplies electricity to the public and that serves the
21district in order to reduce air emissions, promote economic
22development, and encourage the development of new businesses
23and retain existing businesses in that district.
24(b) If a district prepares an energy management plan pursuant
25to this chapter, it shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
26(1) An assessment of current energy consumption within the
27district by energy source and type of users. Examples of users may
28include commercial, industrial, governmental, ships, individual
29transport, and product transport.
30(2) An assessment of other energy efficiency and management
31issues the district determines to evaluate in order to inform the
32development of specific goals and actions that reduce air emissions
33and promote economic development, including all of the following:
34(A) An electric or natural gas load forecast, developed in
35coordination with the serving electrical corporation, gas
36corporation, community choicebegin delete aggregator,end deletebegin insert aggregator established
37on or before July, 1 2013,end insert or local publicly owned electric or gas
38utility that reflects anticipated load growth within the district.
39(B) An assessment of the role that distributed generation,
40combined with accurately priced utility services, could play in
P4 1providing greater rate stability and energy cost certainty to aid in
2economic development, and proposed actions with respect to that
3role. This assessment shall be developed jointly with the serving
4electrical corporation, gas corporation, community choice
5begin deleteaggregator,end deletebegin insert aggregator established on or before July, 1 2013,end insert or
6local publicly owned electric or gas utility.
7(C) An assessment, in consultation with business and industry,
8that identifies current and emerging processes and technologies to
9reduce energy consumption and improve energy
efficiency.
10(D) An assessment, in consultation with business and industry,
11that identifies domestic and international shipping requirements
12and operations related to energy use and consumption.
13(3) A set of measurable energy performance and management
14goals that reduce air emissions and promote economic
15
development, and a prioritized list of infrastructure projects, public
16education initiatives, and other actions that the district will
17undertake to achieve those goals.
18(4) A list of recommendations, developed jointly with the
19serving electrical corporation, gas corporation, community choice
20begin deleteaggregator,end deletebegin insert aggregator established on or before July, 1 2013,end insert or
21local publicly owned electric or gas utility for the enhanced use
22of cost-effective energy efficiency and demand-side management
23in existing buildings and the inclusion of energy efficiency
24measures as part of the development of new buildings.
25(5) A description of measures to be taken to reduce air emissions
26for vehicle use within district boundaries, including vehicles used
27for movement of commercial products. Proposed actions,
28developed jointly with the serving electrical corporation, gas
29corporation, community choicebegin delete aggregator,end deletebegin insert aggregator established
30on or before July, 1 2013,end insert or local publicly owned electric utility,
31may include replacement of vehicles with lower emitting
32alternatives and development of infrastructure, in appropriate areas,
33to aid in the refueling of alternative fuel vehicles.
34(6) A summary identifying governmental and nongovernmental
35impediments to implementation of the plan that includes
36recommendations
on how these impediments may be overcome.
37(7) A description of one-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, and
3815-year objectives for implementation of the plan. These objectives
39shall be in sufficient detail to allow the district to undertake a
40meaningful annual review of the plan’s progress.
P5 1(8) Proposed methods to fund the activities included in the plan,
2including funding through utility ratepayer-funded programs.
3(9) Other related energy plans, mandates, and requirements,
4and, to the extent possible, leverage opportunities for achieving
5energy efficiency and sustainable energy production, while not
6overburdening impacted businesses.
7(c) A district that prepares
a plan shall engage with small
8business technical assistance providers to assist in the identification
9of joint or collaborative energy efficiency project opportunities,
10public education activities, and financing opportunities that
11implement the actions and projects in the plan.
12(d) The Public Utilities Commission shall encourage electric or
13gas corporations to participate jointly with local agencies in
14developing, implementing, and administering viable energy
15management plans for districts. The governing boards of local
16publicly owned utilities, community choicebegin delete aggregators,end delete
17begin insert aggregators established on or before July 1, 2013,end insert and rural electric
18cooperatives shall encourage joint
participation with local agencies
19and gas corporations in developing, implementing, and
20administering viable energy management plans for districts.
21(e) If an energy management plan is prepared pursuant to this
22chapter, it shall also address the development of projects that
23provide greater certainty of energy costs over a period of up to 15
24years for businesses developing in the district.
25(f) The Public Utilities Commission may offer technical
26assistance in the preparation of the energy management plans
27developed and implemented pursuant to this chapter, including,
28but not limited to, identifying best practices, innovations in
29technology, and potential funding sources.
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