AB 1258, as amended, Skinner. Electricity: hydroelectricbegin insert and pumpend insertbegin inserted storageend insert facilities.
begin insertExisting law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development 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 State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2004, and every 2 years thereafter, to prepare an energy policy review to update analyses from the integrated energy policy report or to raise energy issues that have emerged since the release of the integrated energy policy report.
end insertbegin insertThe Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and responsibilities on the Public Utilities Commission with respect to the purchase of electricity and requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation, as defined, pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a rewewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, at specified percentages of the total kilowatthours sold to their retail end-customers during specified compliance periods. The program additionally requires each local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources to achieve the targets established by the program. The program requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to perform various activities, including certification of eligible renewable energy resources, the design and implementation of an accounting system to verify compliance with the renewables portfolio standard by retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities, and establishing a system for tracking and verifying renewable energy credits, as defined.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of Water Resources, the Independent System Operator, electrical corporations, publicly owned utilities, federal power marketing authorities, and the federal Bureau of Reclamation, to perform a technical analysis of the potential use of existing hydroelectric and pumped storage facilities, as specified, to provide additional operational flexibility that could facilitate the integration of eligible renewable energy resources for the state’s electrical grid. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to complete its technical analysis and include its analysis in an energy policy review by November 1, 2014.
end insertUnder existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities and can establish its own procedures, subject to statutory limitations or directions and constitutional requirements of due process.
end deleteExisting law requires the PUC to open a new proceeding to determine the 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.
end deleteThis bill would require the PUC, on or before March 1, 2014, to open a new proceeding or expand the scope of an existing proceeding to determine the potential use of existing hydroelectric facilities and specified pumped storage facilities to provide additional operational flexibility that could facilitate the integration of renewable resources.
end deleteVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature that load serving
2entities maximize the use of existing hydroelectric and pumped
3storage facilities for energy storage and renewable energy
4integrationbegin delete, subject to constraints required to protect fish, wildlife, .
5and public safetyend delete
begin insertSection 25325 is added to the end insertbegin insertPublic Resources Codeend insertbegin insert,
7to read:end insert
(a) The commission, in consultation with the Public
9Utilities Commission, the Department of Water Resources, the
10Independent System Operator, electrical corporations, publicly
11owned utilities, federal power marketing authorities, and the
12federal Bureau of Reclamation, shall perform a technical analysis
13of the potential use of existing hydroelectric and pumped storage
14facilities to provide additional operational flexibility that could
15facilitate the integration of eligible renewable energy resources
16for the state’s electrical grid.
17(b) The technical analysis shall include scenarios, based on
18available operation and modeling data, on the means, if any, to
19improve and optimize the operation of hydroelectric and pumped
20storage facilities in a
manner that meets California’s environmental
21and energy goals and in a manner that could reduce costs to
22consumers and reduce impacts on the environment.
23(c) The technical analysis required by this section shall include
24the following pumped storage facilities:
25(1) Helms pumped storage facility.
26(2) Balsam Meadow pumped storage facility.
27(3) Oroville pumped storage facility.
28(4) Castaic pumped storage facility.
29(5) San Luis pumped storage facility.
30(d) The commission shall complete its technical analysis and
31include its analysis in an energy policy review, made
pursuant to
32subdivision (d) of Section 25302, by November 1, 2014.
P4 1(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017,
2and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
3is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.
Section 2836 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
5to read:
(a) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the commission
7shall open a proceeding to determine appropriate targets, if any,
8for each load-serving entity to procure viable and cost-effective
9energy storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2015, and
10December 31, 2020. As part of this proceeding, the commission
11may consider a variety of possible policies to encourage the
12cost-effective deployment of energy storage systems, including
13refinement of existing procurement methods to properly value
14energy storage systems.
15(2) The commission shall adopt the procurement targets, if
16determined to be appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1), by October
171, 2013.
18(3) The commission shall reevaluate the determinations made
19pursuant to this subdivision not less than once every three years.
20(4) Nothing in this section prohibits the commission’s evaluation
21and approval of any application for funding or recovery of costs
22of any ongoing or new development, trialing, and testing of energy
23storage projects or technologies outside of the proceeding required
24by this chapter.
25(b) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the governing board of
26each local publicly owned electric utility shall initiate a process
27to determine appropriate targets, if any, for the utility to procure
28viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved
29by December 31, 2016, and December 31,
2020. As part of this
30proceeding, the governing board may consider a variety of possible
31policies to encourage the cost-effective deployment of energy
32storage systems, including refinement of existing procurement
33methods to properly value energy storage systems.
34(2) The governing board shall adopt the procurement targets, if
35determined to be appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1), by October
361, 2014.
37(3) The governing board shall reevaluate the determinations
38made pursuant to this subdivision not less than once every three
39years.
P5 1(c) (1) On or before March 1, 2014, the commission shall open
2a new proceeding or expand the scope of an existing proceeding
3to determine the potential use of
existing hydroelectric facilities
4and pumped storage facilities specified in paragraph (2) to provide
5additional operational flexibility that could facilitate the integration
6of renewable resources.
7(2) The pumped storage facilities to which paragraph (1) applies
8are the Helms pumped storage facility, the Balsam Meadow
9pumped storage facility, the Oroville pumped storage facility, the
10Castaic pumped storage facility, and the San Luis pumped storage
11facility.
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