BILL NUMBER: AB 2597	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add and repeal Section 25230 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2597, as introduced, Ting. Energy: electric vehicles: grid
impact.
   Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission and requires the commission to conduct
assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry supply,
production, transportation, delivery, and distribution.
   This bill would require the commission, on or before December 1,
2015, to submit a report to the Legislature on the feasibility,
potential benefits, and electrical grid impacts of using electric
vehicles as an energy storage device for meeting load demands placed
on the electrical grid. The bill would repeal this provision on
January 1, 2020.
   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 25230 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25230.  (a) On or before December 1, 2015, the commission shall,
pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, submit to the
Legislature a report on the feasibility, potential benefits, and
electrical grid impacts of using electric vehicles as an energy
storage device for meeting load demands placed on the electrical
grid.
   (b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is inoperative on December 1, 2019, and is repealed on
January 1, 2020.