AB 1079, as amended, Bradford. Enterprise zones: energy management plans.
The Enterprise Zone Act provides for the designation of zones according to specified criteria, pursuant to which certain entities within each zone may receive regulatory, tax, and other incentives for economic and employment development and private investment.
This bill would amend the Enterprise Zone Act to authorize a city, county, or city and county to propose one or more energy management plans, developed jointly with an electrical corporation, gas corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or rural electric cooperative, serving an enterprise zone other than an area within a harbor or port district formed pursuant to specified law, in order to reduce air emissions and to promote economic development, the addition of new business, and the retention of existing businesses in that enterprise zone. The bill would require the Public Utilities Commission, if the city, county, or city and county has developed jointly with an electrical or gas corporation one or more plan elements that involve special programs to be offered to the enterprise zone and administered by the electrical or gas corporation to facilitate economic development, to provide expedited review of the proposed jointly developed elements. The bill would require the commission to encourage electrical or gas corporations to participate jointly with local agencies in developing, implementing, and administering viable energy management plans for enterprise zonesbegin insert,end insert and would prohibit the commission from limiting the role of the electrical or gas corporation that was cooperatively developed in the energy management plan.begin insert This bill would require the city, county, or city and county to report the progress of the plan implementation in its biannual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development, as provided.end insert
Under the Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act, the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank is established within state government for the purpose of funding specified types of infrastructure development projects.
The bill would make a project, to promote economic development in enterprise zones developed pursuant to an energy management plan in accordance with the bill, eligible for funding through the bank. The bill would require the bank to considerbegin delete appropriate action to remove unnecessary barriers forend deletebegin insert acts it may take, at its discretion, that facilitateend insert
the financing of that project.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 7083.1 is added to the Government Code,
2to read:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
4(a) The state should encourage the development of new
5businesses and the retention of existing businesses within enterprise
6zones.
7(b) Energy utility customers can benefit from the addition of
8new business and the retention of existing business through
9increased energy cost certainty.
10(c) Businesses in enterprise zones could benefit through greater
11stability and certainty in the cost of energy services.
P3 1(d) Investor-owned utilities and publicly owned
utilities are in
2an optimal position, and should be encouraged to engage in joint
3projects with government administering enterprise zones, to provide
4and administer energy-related service alternatives and programs
5that can promote economic development and retention in enterprise
6zones.
Section 7083.2 is added to the Government Code, to
8read:
(a) A city, county, or city and county may propose
10one or more energy management plans, developed jointly with an
11electrical corporation, gas corporation, or local publicly owned
12electric utility, as defined in the Public Utilities Code, or a rural
13electric cooperative, serving an enterprise zone other than an area
14within a harbor or port district formed pursuant to Division 8
15(commencing with Section 5800) of the Harbors and Navigation
16Code, in order to reduce air emissions and to promote economic
17development, the addition of new businesses, and the retention of
18existing businesses in that enterprise zone.
19(b) The energy management plan shall include, at a
minimum,
20the following:
21(1) An assessment of current energy consumption within the
22zone by energy source and type of users. Examples of users may
23include commercial, industrial, governmental, individual transport,
24and product transport.
25(2) In addition to other energy efficiency and management issues
26that the city, county, or city and county, decides to assess in order
27to inform the development of specific goals and actions that reduce
28air emissions and promote economic development, all of the
29following:
30(1)
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31begin insert(A)end insert An electric or natural gas load forecast, developed in
32coordination with the serving electrical corporation, gas
33corporation, or local publicly owned electric utility, or rural electric
34cooperative, that reflects anticipated load growth within the
35enterprise zone.
36(2)
end delete
37begin insert(B)end insert Consideration of the role that distributed generation,
38combined with accurately priced utility services, could play in
39providing greater rate stability and energy cost certainty
to aid in
40economic development, and proposed actions with respect to that
P4 1role. This assessment shall be developed jointly with the serving
2electrical corporation, gas corporation, local publicly owned electric
3utility, or rural electric cooperative.
4(C) An assessment, in consultation with business and industry,
5to identify current and emerging processes and technologies that
6reduce energy consumption and improve energy efficiency.
7(3) A set of measurable energy performance and management
8goals that reduce air pollution and promote economic development,
9
and a prioritized list of infrastructure projects, public education
10initiatives, and other actions that the city, county, or city and
11county will undertake to achieve those goals. In addition to these
12projects and actions, the plan shall include:
13(3)
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14begin insert(A)end insert Proposed actions, developed jointly with the serving
15electrical corporation, gas corporation, local publicly owned electric
16utility, or rural electric cooperative, for the enhanced use of
17cost-effective energy efficiency and demand-side management in
18existing buildings and the inclusion of energy efficiency measures
19as part of the development of new buildings.
20(4)
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21begin insert(B)end insert Proposed actions, developed jointly with the serving
22electrical corporation, natural gas corporation, local publicly owned
23electric utility, or rural electric cooperative, for the development
24of infrastructure, in appropriate areas, to aid in the refueling of
25alternative fuel vehicles, including utility ownership or operation
26of those facilities to provide services to the community.
27(5)
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28begin insert(C)end insert Other actions and associated utility services to implement
29the
jointly developed energy management plan.
30(4) An identification of government and nongovernment
31impediments to implementing the plan and recommendations on
32how these impediments may be overcome.
33(5) One-year, three-year, five-year, 10-year, and 15-year
34objectives for implementing the plan. These objectives shall be in
35sufficient detail to allow the district to undertake a meaningful
36annual review of the plan’s progress.
37(6) begin insert(A)end insertbegin insert end insert Proposed methods to fund the activities included in the
38plan, including funding through utility ratepayer-funded programs
39and
financing through the California Infrastructure and Economic
40Development Bank established pursuant to Division 1
P5 1(commencing with Section 63000) of Title 6.7, the California
2Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing
3Authority established pursuant to Section 26004 of the Public
4Resources Code, or other appropriate sources.
5(B) A city, county, or city and county shall engage with zone
6residents, businesses, as well as small business technical assistance
7providers to assist in the identification of joint or collaborative
8energy efficiency project opportunities, public education activities,
9and financing opportunities that implement the actions and projects
10in the plan.
11(7) The consideration of other related energy plans, mandates,
12and requirements, and, to the extent possible, means for leveraging
13opportunities for achieving energy efficiency and sustainable
14energy production while also not overburdening impacted
15businesses.
16(c) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert If the city, county, or city and county has developed
17jointly with an electrical or gas corporation one or more plan
18elements that involves special programs to be offered in the
19enterprise zone and administered by the
electrical or gas
20corporation to facilitate economic development, including, but not
21limited to, energy efficiency, the use of biogas for direct injection
22into common carrier pipelines, economic development rates,
23distributed generation, energy storage, and alternative fuel vehicle
24infrastructure, the Public Utilities Commission shall provide
25expedited review of the proposed jointly developed elements.begin delete Theend delete
26begin insert(2)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert Public Utilities Commission shall encourage electrical
27or gas corporations to participate jointly with local agencies in
28developing, implementing, and administering viable energy
29management plans for
enterprise zones, and shall not limit the role
30of the electrical or gas corporation that was cooperatively
31developed in the energy management plan. The governing boards
32of local publicly owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives
33shall encourage joint participation with local agencies and gas
34corporations in developing, implementing, and administering viable
35energy management plans for enterprise zones.
36(d) The energy management plan shall consider the development
37of projects that provide greater certainty of energy costs over a
38period of up to 15 years for businesses developing in the enterprise
39zone and shall consider applying to the California Infrastructure
P6 1and Economic Development Bank for financial support of those
2projects under Section 63045.1.
3(e) In approving the plan, the city, county, or city and county
4shall make a finding that there is an equitable distribution of costs
5and benefits of projects and actions proposed in the plan.
6(f) The city, county, or city and county shall report the progress
7of the plan implementation in its biannual report to the Department
8of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Section
97085.1 of the Government Code.
Section 63045.1 is added to the Government Code, to
11read:
A project to promote economic development in
13enterprise zones developed pursuant to an energy management
14plan in accordance with Section 7083.2 shall be eligible for funding
15under thisbegin delete articleend deletebegin insert divisionend insert. The bank shall considerbegin delete appropriate begin insert acts it may take, at its
16action to remove unnecessary barriers forend delete
17discretion, that facilitateend insert the financing of that project.
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