BILL NUMBER: SB 64	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett

                        JANUARY 10, 2013

   An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 26250) to
Division 16.3 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy
efficiency, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 64, as amended, Corbett. Proposition 39: implementation.
   The California Clean Energy Jobs Act, an initiative approved by
the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election as
Proposition 39, made changes to corporate income taxes and, except as
specified, provides for the transfer of $550,000,000 annually from
the General Fund to the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund for 5 fiscal
years beginning with the 2013-14 fiscal year. Moneys in the Clean
Energy Job Creation Fund are available, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, for purposes of funding eligible projects that create
jobs in California improving energy efficiency and expanding clean
energy generation. Existing law provides for the allocation of these
funds for eligible projects at public school facilities, university
and college facilities, and other public buildings and facilities, as
well as job training and workforce development, and public-private
partnerships, as specified.
   This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission to develop and administer a competitive
financial assistance program for energy efficiency and clean energy
onsite generation projects that are consistent with specified
provisions of the act and to develop and adopt certain guidelines for
the program. The bill would provide that eligible facilities for the
competitive financial assistance program include, but are not
limited to, hospitals and wastewater treatment facilities  ,
and would provide that schools are not eligible for the program
 .  The bill would also provide   that eligible
facilities include facilities in public school districts, as
provided.  The bill would appropriate for the 2013-14 fiscal
year an unspecified sum from the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund to
the commission for the above purpose, thereby making an
appropriation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 26250) is added to
Division 16.3 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 7.  PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS


   26250.  (a) The State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission shall develop and adopt guidelines for, and
develop and administer  ,  a  , 
competitive financial assistance program for energy efficiency and
clean energy onsite generation projects that are consistent with
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 26205. Eligible
facilities may include, but are not limited to, hospitals and
wastewater treatment facilities. Eligible facilities shall 
not   also  include  school 
facilities  in public school districts with kindergarten or grade
1 to 12, inclusive, for clean energy onsite generation projects
 .
   (b) In addition to the criteria specified in Section 26206, the
guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Establish audit standards and procedures.
   (2) Ensure that the projects receiving financial assistance are
consistent with the state's loading order, as described in the Energy
Plan II jointly adopted by the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission and the Public Utilities Commission.
   (3) Ensure that the projects are reliable and feasible with total
energy savings benefits exceeding project costs.
   (4) Establish energy savings measurement and verification
standards.
   (5) If the project is for clean energy onsite generation, require
that the energy cost savings over 75 percent of the expected life of
the project will exceed the initial investment.
   (6) Give priority to projects that have the highest energy savings
relative to the amount of public moneys used to finance the project.

   (c) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission may use its existing grant and financing programs to
minimize administrative costs associated with the program, including
the program developed pursuant to the Energy Conservation Assistance
Act of 1979 (Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 25410) of Division
15).
   26251.  The sum of ____ dollars ($____) is hereby appropriated for
the 2013-14 fiscal year from the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund to
the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
for the purposes of this chapter.