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          Date of Hearing:   June 24, 2013

                    ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
                               Steven Bradford, Chair
                      SB 43 (Wolk) - As Amended:  June 15, 2013

           SENATE VOTE  :   27-9
           
          SUBJECT  :   Shared Renewable Energy Self Generation program

           SUMMARY  :   This bill establishes, until January 1, 2019, a  
          Shared Renewable Self Generation Program (Program) allowing  
          customers of investor-owned utilities (IOU) to purchase an  
          interest in a "community renewable energy facility" and receive  
          a bill credit for the generation component of the customer's  
          electrical service. Specifically,  this bill  :   

          a)Establishes a 500 Megawatt (MW) pilot program until July 1,  
            2016 for a Shared Renewable Self Generation Program to allow  
            sellers of renewable energy to sell electricity directly to  
            customers of the three largest IOUs.

          b)Allocates 100 MWs each to residential customers and for 1 MW  
            facilities located in the disadvantaged communities.

          c)Limits each facility to no larger than 20 MW.


          d)Exempts sellers from regulation by the California Public  
            Utilities Commission (PUC) for any prices paid by customers of  
            IOUs to purchase an ownership interest in a renewable energy  
            facility acquired through this program. The PUC may enforce  
            disclosure requirements on the sellers of these facilities and  
            the PUC may investigate a complaint and enforce consumer  
            protection.

          e)Exempts sellers from certain provisions in State laws that  
            apply to the sale of securities.

          f)Permits any customer of any one of the state's three largest  
            IOUs to:

             1)   Pay a seller for electricity generated by a shared  
               renewable energy facility;
             2)   Receive a credit on the customer's IOU bill for that  








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               electricity.
             3)   Acquire an interest of up to 2 MWs of capacity of a  
               shared renewable energy facility, except for specified  
               government entities for which there is no cap;

          a)Requires the state's three largest IOUs to:

             1)   Establish a pilot program of 500 MWs
             2)   Enter into contracts with sellers so that they may sell  
               electricity directly to customers of the IOU.
             3)   Administer bill credits and billing services for the  
               seller and purchaser of the renewable electricity through  
               the customer's regular utility services bill.
             4)   Purchase any electricity generated by the seller that  
               has not been allocated to a purchaser. The price to be paid  
               is based on the price known as the default load aggregation  
               point plus the value of the renewable energy attribute of  
               that electricity.
             5)   Provide maps of the utility's distribution service area  
               to the PUC indicating where the addition of distributed  
               generation facilities would reduce line loss, lower  
               transmission capacity constraints, and defer or avoid  
               transmission and distribution upgrades and construction.
             6)   Abide by a PUC decision regarding commercial free speech  
               related to the sellers of facilities and electricity  
               through this program.
             7)   Requires, upon request, the IOU to provide  
               municipalities with data on electricity generation that  
               occurred within the municipalities' boundaries through this  
               program.

          a)Requires sellers to:

             1)   Sell electricity from renewable energy facilities  
               located in the City of Davis or be a newly constructed  
               facility placed in service after June 1, 2014.
             2)   Locate the facilities within the service area of the IOU  
               and its customer.
             3)   Make specified disclosures to persons who may be  
               interested in purchasing a share of a renewable energy  
               facility.

          a)Requires customers to:

             1)   Pay administrative costs to implement the program  








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               consistent with other existing similar voluntary optional  
               rate schedules.

             a)   Requires the PUC to:

             1)   By January 1, 2015 determine whether customer under  
               existing alternative electricity purchase arrangements  
               (Direct Access customers and Community Choice Aggregators)  
               should participate in the Program.
             2)   By January 1, 2016 evaluate whether the goals of the  
               program are being met no later than January 1, 2016.
             3)   Evaluate the program at any time by its own or by  
               petition of an interested party and adopt modifications or  
               rules necessary to ensure the goals are met if those  
               modifications or rules do not result in costs to  
               nonparticipating ratepayers.
             4)   Determine the method of billing and crediting utility  
               customers.
             5)   Enforce disclosures required for facility sellers other  
               rules to ensure consumer protection.  

          a)Sunsets the provisions of this bill January 1, 2019.

           EXISTING LAW  

          1)California Constitution grants PUC authority to fix rates  
            charged by public utilities under its jurisdiction. (Article  
            XII, Section 6, California Constitution)

          2)Defines the term "Electric Service Provider" as an entity that  
            does not include an IOU and establishes a requirement that  
            Electric Service Providers meet minimum criteria and register  
            with the PUC. (394 Public Utilities Code).

          3)Specifies minimum criteria to disclose civil, criminal, or  
            regulatory sanctions or penalties imposed within 10 years  
            prior to registration; proof of financial viability, and proof  
            of technical and operation ability. (394 Public Utilities  
            Code)

          4)Authorizes the PUC to address consumer complaints regarding  
            electricity service providers and conduct investigations on  
            those complaints. (394.2 Public Utilities Code)

          5)Establishes a requirement on retail electricity suppliers to  








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            meet the 33% RPS by 2020 and establishes reporting  
            requirements for retail sellers of electricity. (399.11 et  
            seq. Public Utilities Code)

          6)Federal law provides the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  
            with authority to regulate the sale of wholesale electricity  
            in interstate commerce.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Senate Appropriations estimates the following:

          1)Ongoing costs of approximately $250,000 from the Public  
            Utilities Reimbursement Account (special fund) for two PYs for  
            program implementation.
          2)One-time costs of $150,000 annually for two years from the  
            Public Utilities Reimbursement Account for an administrative  
            law judge for the development of necessary regulations.
          3)Unknown costs to the state as a ratepayer for nonparticipant  
            support of the program.

           COMMENTS  :   

           1)Author's Statement.  "While rooftop solar is a strong and  
            growing business in California, at least 75% of households  
            cannot participate because they are renters and don't own  
            their roofs, they do not have strong enough credit, or their  
            roof is too small or doesn't receive enough sunlight. The same  
            is true of most businesses, 70% of whom rent or lease their  
            facilities. Despite their inability to utilize renewable  
            energy, these utility customers continue to pay into solar and  
            renewable programs that fail to benefit them. Additionally,  
            programs (MASH, SASH, Solar Share, etc.) designed to benefit  
            low-income or rental utility customers by providing them the  
            opportunity to utilize renewable energy either have no room  
            for new participants or fail to provide consumers with access  
            to affordable renewable energy.

            "Moreover, programs set up to offer schools and local  
            governments an avenue to invest in off-site renewable energy  
            have proven uneconomical, with too many barriers preventing  
            projects from penciling out. SB 43 will allow all California  
            households and businesses the ability to voluntarily buy up to  
            100% renewable power from a shared facility in their utility's  
            territory and receive a credit on their current utility bill.  
            SB 43 is not limited to solar but rather applies to any new  
            renewable facility up to 20MW in size.








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            "SB 43 establishes a pilot program that allows community  
            renewable energy facilities to sign agreements with utility  
            customers to sell them renewable energy, without shifting the  
            cost to customers who choose not to participate and without  
            spending state money. The pilot program will be capped at  
            500MW of generation."

           2)Similar programs pending approval at the PUC.  Two utilities  
            have filed applications for approval of similar programs at  
            the PUC:  

              a)   In January 2012 San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) applied  
               to the PUC for approval to administer a community  
               renewables program. This application is pending at the PUC.  
                
              b)   In April 2012 Pacific Gas & Electric applied to the PUC  
               for approval to administer a Green Tariff Program. In April  
               2013 Sierra Club California, the National Asian American  
               Coalition, the Coalition Of California Utility Employees,  
               Pacific Gas & Electric Company, the Black Economic Council,  
               the Latino Business Chamber of Greater L.A., the California  
               Clean Energy Committee, and The Utility Reform Network  
               (TURN) reached a settlement on the PG&E application. The  
               settlement would provide for a 250 MW program that would  
               procure power from new renewable facilities and provide  
               100% renewable power to customers who voluntarily elect to  
               participate. The amounts paid by the customers would be the  
               actual cost of the new renewable generation. Customers who  
               do not elect to participate would pay no costs for this  
               program.  

                It is unclear if it is the intent of the author to:

                     add the 500 MW program specified in SB 43 to the  
                 combined 350 MW programs pending at the PUC
                     terminate the pending applications at the PUC
                     merge the provisions of SB 43 with the applications  
                 pending at the PUC

               The author may wish to modify SB 43 so that the program  
               design in SB 43 is similar to the settlement reached in the  
               PG&E Green Tariff application. This approach would maintain  
               the goal of SB 43 to reach those customers who would like  
               to receive electricity from renewable sources but are  








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               unable to participate in existing programs.

               Provisions made for the City of Davis, market the program  
               to low-income and minority communities and customers, and  
               fulfilling municipal data requests in SB 43 can be included  
               in the amendments.
           
          1)Cost shift.  The term "cost shift" refers to when a ratepayer  
            funded program relies on nonparticipating utility customer to  
            pay for programs that meet the needs of a subset of all  
            utility customers.  
             
            This bill includes a provision where an IOU must purchase all  
            electricity produced by a seller if the seller has not found a  
            willing customer to purchase that electricity. This provision  
            mandates an electric utility to purchase the power whether it  
            does or does not need the power and specifies that the payment  
            for that power be at the same rate as the "default aggregation  
            load point plus the value of any renewable energy credits."  
            The PUC has mandated that IOUs enter procure sufficient power  
            to meet 115% of projected electricity demand. In addition,  
            IOUs are mandated to procure electricity to meet the  
            requirements of the schedule set forth in the Renewable  
            Portfolio Standard. The cost of electricity purchases are  
            passed through to all ratepayers. The mandate to purchase the  
            unallocated generation from the community renewable facilities  
            represents a cost shift to nonparticipating ratepayers.

           2)Securities Law Exemption.  SB 43 includes an exemption from  
            California Corporation Code that, according to the author,  
            eliminates the need for costly securities permitting for  
            entities that sell or trade rights to bill credits or  
            interests while retaining consumer protections available under  
            the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Law.  
             
            However, this exemption also excludes sellers from important  
            protections before entering into an arrangement to purchase  
            bill credits or interests, specifically the requirement in the  
            Corporation Code that would ensure that a purchaser is  
            qualified to purchase bill credits or interests, or if the  
            seller is qualified specifically:

            This exemption does not provide protections that would  
            determine whether the entity or individual has the net worth  
            to enter into such an agreement or has received information  








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            indicating the name, suitability of the seller, the financial  
            stability of the seller, disposition of the shares, whether  
            any relevant judgments have been against the seller or its  
            officers or directors, and other provisions to protect  
            purchasers from inappropriate risks.
           
          3)Unclear Language in the Bill.  Several parts of the bill do not  
            appear to clearly state the intent of the author while parts  
            of bill appear to be in conflict with each other. Several  
            examples are:  
           
             a)   Default Load Aggregation Point Price. In the definition  
               section of SB 43 it defines the default aggregation load  
               point price as a commission-determined day-ahead price for  
               electricity.

               This value is to be used later in SB 43 as one of the  
               components in a mandatory price for a generation that must  
               be purchased by an electrical corporation from the facility  
               developer in the event that the developer has not been able  
               to sell all of a facility's generation to subscribers.

               The day-ahead market varies (on a daily basis) based on  
               near term forecasts for electricity demand and supplies of  
               electricity available to meet that demand.

               The day-ahead market for electrical corporations affected  
               by SB 43 is administered by the California Independent  
               System Operator.

               It is not likely that the author intends for the PUC to  
               determine daily day-ahead prices for electricity.

             b)   Allocation of costs. In Section 2833(j)(2)(A) the bill  
               states that the commission shall determine the appropriate  
               method of allocation costs to implement the program.  In  
               2833(j)(2)(B) the bill states that the participating  
               customers shall pay the administrative costs.

               It is unclear if paragraph (A) what is meant by the PUC  
               determining the method of allocating costs and how the  
               commission is to use this together with paragraph (B).

             c)   Maximum Program cap. In Section 2833(d) SB 43 specifies  
               a pilot program cap of 500 MW for an 18 month period ending  








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               July 1, 2016.  Elsewhere the bill sunsets the program on  
               January 1, 2019. As written it is unclear if this bill is  
               intended to allow the PUC to increase the program cap on  
               its own accord (assuming the 500 MW pilot is fully  
               allocated by July 1, 2016 or if the author intends that the  
               Legislature increase the cap.

               According to the author it is the intent that the cap be  
               500 MW unless the Legislature increases the cap.

             d)   All otherwise applicable charges. SB 43 allows a bill  
               credit that can be used against the generation portion of  
               the participant's utility bill. Implied in this is that the  
               participant would remit for all charges that are not  
               generation. However, since most charges are based on the  
               amount of electricity delivered (called volumetric charges)  
               it is not clear, as drafted, whether the author intends for  
               those volumetric charges to be calculated before or after  
               the bill credit is applied.

               According to the author, in order to ensure that there are  
               no costs shifted to nonparticipating ratepayers as a result  
               of this program, the intent is for the volumetric charges  
               to be calculated before the bill credit is applied to  
               ensure that participants are responsible for all otherwise  
               applicable charges.

             e)   Relationship to Net Metered Tariffs. As drafted, this  
               bill allows a bundled customer of an IOU to participate in  
               this program. It is unclear whether a customer who is on a  
               net metering (NEM) tariff would be billed for costs and  
               charges assessed through participation in this program that  
               the NEM statute exempts that customer from paying.
                 
             f)   Excess generation from a NEM facility. It is unclear if  
               excess generation from a facility on a NEM tariff is  
               allowed to be sold through this program.  As this scenario  
               is currently not contemplated by this program,  
               consideration for such an arrangement should only be  
               considered if proposed by separate legislation.

             g)   Minimum facility size. As drafted this bill would limit  
               facilities to no larger than 20 MW, except in specified  
               circumstances facilities are limited to 1 MW. This bill  
               does not establish a minimum facility size.








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           1)Related Legislation.

             SB 383 (Wolk, 2011), bill was amended to address a subject  
            unrelated to community renewables.
            SB 843 (Wolk, 2012), died in Assembly.
            AB 1014 (Williams, 2013), held in Senate Rules
            AB 1295 (Hernández, 2013) in Senate Energy, Utilities, and  
            Communications Committee

           2)Suggested amendments.
                
            The author may wish to consider amendments to eliminate cost  
            shifts to nonparticipating ratepayers, to address the  
            disposition of similar programs pending approval at the PUC,  
            and clarify the program cap. In addition, the author may wish  
            to consider the following amendments to add specific  
            allocations to specified communities and other clarifications  
            as specified:

                 Modify language regarding legislative intent to  
               reinforce that it is the intent of the Legislature that  
               this program will not result in shifting of costs to  
               nonparticipating ratepayers.
                 Revise program to establish a voluntary programs where  
               utilities would procure renewable generation in response to  
               customer who voluntarily elect to participate. The  
               participants would pay for the cost of the program (energy  
               and other costs). Customers who do not elect to participate  
               would pay no costs for this program.
                 Add language regarding treatment of an application by an  
               electrical corporation for a similar program that has  
               already been made to the PUC but is not yet approved.
                 Reserves a minimum of 100 MW for facilities to be  
               located within environmental justice areas and specifies  
               that these facilities be small, 1 MW, and reserved  a  
               portion for residential customers.
                 Specifies that no less than 100 MW of this program shall  
               be reserved for residential customers
                 Reserves 20 MW for City of Davis
                 Add language specifying that a participating customer's  
               rates will be credited with any other commission-approved  
               costs or values applicable to the renewable resources  
               contained in this program's portfolio. These additional  
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               initially subscribe.
                 Add language retiring GHG credit values on behalf of the  
               participants
                 Preserve provision allowing utilities to provide  
               municipalities, upon request, data on program generation in  
               their communities, subject to privacy limitations. 
                 Strike amendments to Corporations Code and Sections 216,  
               218, and 365.1 of the Public Utilities Code.

            Specifically:

            Strike lines 1 through 8 on Page 2
            Strike pages 3-30

            Insert:

            Chapter 7.6 (commencing with Section 2831) is added to Part 2  
            of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, to read:

            CHAPTER 7.6. Shared Renewable Energy Self-Generation Program

            The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

             (a) The creation of renewable energy within California  
            provides significant financial, health, environmental, and  
            workforce benefits to the State of California.
            (b) The California Solar Initiative will achieve its goals,  
            resulting in over 150,000 residential and commercial onsite  
            installations of solar energy systems. However, it cannot  
            reach all residents and businesses that want to participate  
            and is limited to solar. A green tariff shared renewable  
            program seeks to build on this success by expanding access to  
            renewable energy resources to all ratepayers who are currently  
            unable to access the benefits of onsite generation.
            (c) There is widespread interest from many large institutional  
            customers, including schools, colleges, universities, local  
            governments, businesses, and the military, for development of  
            renewable generation facilities to serve more than 33 percent  
            of their energy needs.
            (d) Public institutions will benefit from a green tariff  
            shared renewable program's enhanced flexibility to participate  
            in shared renewable energy facilities.
            (e) Renewable generation creates jobs, reduces emissions of  
            greenhouse gases, and promotes energy independence.
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            renewable energy generation, but cannot achieve their goals  
            due to rooftop or land space limitations, or size limits on  
            net metering. The enactment of this chapter will create a  
            mechanism whereby institutional customers such as military  
            installations, universities, and local governments, as well as  
            commercial customers and groups of individuals, can serve  
            their needs with renewable generation.
            (g) It is the intent of the Legislature that a green tariff  
            shared renewable program be implemented in such a manner that  
            facilitates a large, sustainable market for offsite renewable  
            generation, while fairly compensating electrical corporations  
            for the services they provide, without affecting  
            nonparticipating ratepayers.
            (h) It is the further intent of the Legislature that a green  
            tariff shared renewable program be implemented in such a  
            manner that ensures nonparticipating ratepayer indifference  
            for the remaining, bundled service, direct access, and  
            community choice aggregation customers. 

             2831.  (a) On or before March 1, 2014, an electrical  
            corporation with at least 100,000 customers shall file with  
            the commission an application requesting approval of a green  
            tariff shared renewable program that the electrical  
            corporation determines is consistent with the findings  
            specified in Section 2832. 
            (b) On or before July 1, 2014, the commission shall issue a  
            resolution on the electrical corporation's application for a  
            green tariff shared renewable program, determining whether to  
            approve or disapprove it, with or without modifications.
            (c) After notice and an opportunity for public comment, the  
            commission shall approve an application by an electrical  
            corporation for a green tariff shared renewable program if the  
            commission determines that the program is reasonable and  
            consistent with the findings specified in Section 2832.
            (d) This chapter shall not apply to electrical corporations  
            that have filed an application for a green tariff shared  
            renewable program at the commission prior May 1, 2013 provided  
            the commission approves the application with a determination  
            that the program does not shift costs to non-participating  
            customers and the application is consistent with this chapter.
            (e) Notwithstanding (d) the commission may approve an  
            application that, by May 1, 2013, has reached a settlement  
            agreement. The commission shall, within a reasonable time,  
            require revisions to a settlement agreement previously adopted  
            to be consistent with this chapter.








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            2832. In implementing this chapter, the commission shall  
            require a green tariff shared renewable program to be  
            administered in accordance with this section.
            (a) Electrical corporations shall use existing  
            commission-approved tools and mechanisms to procure additional  
            renewable energy resources, as defined in Section 399.12, from  
            incremental, additional renewable generation facilities, sized  
            20 megawatts and below.
            (b) An electrical corporation shall make the tariff available  
            to customers within the service territory of the electrical  
            corporation until the electrical corporation meets its  
            proportionate share of a statewide cap of 600 megawatts of  
            customer participation. The proportional share shall be  
            calculated based on the ratio of each electrical corporation's  
            retail sales to total retail sales by electrical corporations  
            with at least 100,000 customers. The commission may place  
            other restrictions on the availability of the tariff, such as  
            restricting participation to a certain level of capacity each  
            year. The following restrictions shall apply to the statewide  
            cap:
            (1) 100 megawatts shall be reserved for facilities located in  
            areas previously identified by the California Environmental  
            Protection Agency as the most impacted and disadvantaged  
            communities.  These communities shall be identified as census  
            tracts that are identified within the top 20 percent of  
            results from the best available cumulative impact screening  
            methodology by considering the following categories:
            (A) Areas disproportionately affected by environmental  
            pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative public  
            health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation.
            (B) Areas with socioeconomic vulnerability.
            (2) Of the 100 megawatts reserved pursuant to 2832(b)(1), they  
            shall be allocated as specified:
            (A) Twenty percent shall be allocated to residential  
            customers.
            (B) Projects shall be no larger than one megawatt.
            (2) No less than 100 megawatts shall be reserved to the  
            residential class customers.
            (3) Twenty megawatts shall be reserved for the City of Davis.
            (c) To the extent possible, electrical corporations shall seek  
            to procure renewable energy supplies that are located within a  
            reasonable proximity to enrolled participants.
            (d) Electrical corporations shall ensure that the program  
            supports diverse procurement and General Order 156 goals.








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            (e) The tariff shall not allow a customer to subscribe to more  
            than 100 percent of the customer's load to the green tariff  
            shared renewable program.
            (f) The tariff shall not allow a customer to subscribe to more  
            than two megawatts of generating capacity. This limitation  
            does not apply to a federal, state, or local government,  
            school or school district, county office of education, the  
            California Community Colleges, the California State  
            University, or the University of California. Electrical  
            corporations shall ensure that no single entity or its  
            affiliates or subsidiaries is awarded more than 20 percent of  
            any single calendar year's total cumulative rated generating  
            capacity made available pursuant to this program.
            (j) To the extent possible, the electrical corporation shall  
            actively market the program to low-income and minority  
            communities and customers.
            (h) Participating customers are to receive bill credits for  
            the generation using the class average retail generation rate  
            as established in the electrical corporation's approved tariff  
            for the class to which the participant belongs plus a  
            renewable adjustment value representing the difference between  
            the time of day profile of the renewable resource used to  
            serve the participant and the class average time of day  
            profile and the resource adequacy value, if any, of the  
            resource contained in this program.
            (i) Participating customers shall pay a renewable power rate  
            established by the commission, the administrative costs of the  
            electrical corporation, and pay any other charges the  
            commission deems applicable to fully cover the cost of  
            procuring a green tariff shared renewable program's resources  
            to serve their needs.
            (j) A participating customer's rates shall be debited or  
            credited with any other commission-approved costs or values  
            applicable to the renewable resources contained in this  
            program's portfolio. These additional costs or values shall be  
            applied to new customers when they initially subscribe after  
            the cost or value has been approved by the commission.
            (k) Participating customers shall pay all otherwise applicable  
            charges without modification.
            (l) Electrical corporations shall provide support for enhanced  
            community renewable programs to facilitate development of  
            renewable projects close to load.
            (m) The commission shall ensure that charges and credits  
            associated with this program are set in a manner that ensures  
            nonparticipant ratepayer indifference for the remaining,  








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            bundled service, direct access, and community choice  
            aggregation customers and that no costs are shifted from  
            participating customers to nonparticipating ratepayers.
            (n) Electrical corporations shall track and account for all  
            revenues and costs to ensure that the electrical corporation  
            recovers the actual costs of the program and that all costs  
            and revenues are fully transparent and auditable.
            (o) Any renewable energy credits associated with power  
            procured by an electrical corporation for the green tariff  
            shared renewable energy program, and utilized by a green  
            tariff shared renewable energy program participant shall be  
            retired by the electrical corporation on behalf of the  
            participant. Those renewable energy credits shall not be  
            further sold, transferred, or otherwise monetized by a party  
            for any purpose. Any renewable energy credits associated with  
            power procured by an electrical corporation for the green  
            tariff shared renewable energy program, but not utilized by a  
            green tariff shared renewable energy program participant shall  
            be counted toward meeting that electrical corporation's  
            renewables portfolio standard. For the purposes of this  
            subdivision, the terms "renewable energy credit" and  
            "renewables portfolio standard" have the same meanings as  
            defined in Section 399.12.
            (p) An electrical corporation shall, in the event of  
            participant attrition or related factors, apply the additional  
            resources procured through this program to the electrical  
            corporation's renewable portfolio standard procurement  
            obligations or banked for future use to benefit all customers  
            in accordance with renewable portfolio standard banking and  
            procurement rules.
            (q) In calculating its procurement requirements to meet the  
            requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard  
            Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of  
            Chapter 2.3 of Part 1), an electrical corporation may exclude  
            from total retail sales the kilowatthours generated by a  
            shared renewable energy facility and credited to a  
            participating customer, commencing with the point in time at  
            which the facility achieves commercial operation.
            (r) All renewable energy procured on behalf of participants  
            will be compliance with the Air Resources Board Voluntary  
            Renewable Electricity Program. California-eligible greenhouse  
            gas allowances associated with these purchases must be retired  
            on behalf of participants as part of the Air Resources Board  
            Voluntary Renewable Electric Program.
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            aggregated consumption data for participants within their  
            jurisdiction to allow for reporting on progress toward climate  
            action goals. Electrical corporations shall also publicly  
            disclose, on a geographic basis, consumption data and  
            greenhouse gas reductions achieved by participants, on an  
            aggregated basis consistent with privacy protections.
            (t) This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,  
            2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted  
            statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or  
            extends that date.
           
           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           

          All Power Labs
          American Lung Association
          Black Rock Solar
          California Apartment Association (CAA)
          California Environmental Justice Alliance
          California Interfaith Power and Light
          California League of Conservation Voters
          California Native Plant Society (CNPS)
          California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
          Cascade Hydro
          City of Davis (sponsor)
          Clean Power Campaign
          CleanFocus Energy, Inc.
          Cleanpath Ventures
          CleanTECH San Diego
          Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.)
          Community Environmental Council (CEC)
          El Peco Energy, LLC
          Energy and Financial Consulting LLC
          Environment California
          Environmental Health Coalition
          Imani Energy, Inc.
          Individuals in Support (14 letters)
          League of California Cities
          League of Women Voters of California
          Los Angeles Business Council (LABC)
          Mainstream Energy Corp.
          Natel Energy Inc.
          Navy Region Southwest








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          Paula Perotte, Councilmember, City of Goleta
          Redwood Coast Energy Authority
          Ritual Coffee Roasters
          School Energy Coalition (SEC)
          Sierra Club California
          Silicon Valley Leadership Group
          Small Business California
          Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) (if amended)
          SolarCity
          Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
          SPP Energy Partners
          SunEdison
          Sungevity
          Sunible 
          Sunrun
          TerraVerde Renewable Partners
          The Vote Solar Initiative (Vote Solar)
          The Western Center on Law and Poverty
          Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
          UltraSystems Environmental
          Yolo County Board of Supervisors
           
            Opposition 
           
          California Farm Bureau Federation
          Coalition of California Utility Employees
          Independent Energy Producers (IEP) (unless amended)
          Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
          San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E)
          San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) (unless  
          amended)
          Southern California Edison (SCE)
          The Utility Reform Network (TURN) (unless amended)


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Susan Kateley / U. & C. / (916)  
          319-2083