BILL NUMBER: AB 33	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  680
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 6, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Jones, and Weber)
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Hueso)

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act relating to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 33, Quirk. Electrical corporations: energy storage systems:
long duration bulk energy storage resources.
    Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations, as defined. Existing law requires the commission to
open a proceeding to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each
load-serving entity, as defined, to procure viable and cost-effective
energy storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2020.
   This bill would require the commission to evaluate and analyze the
potential for all types of long duration bulk energy storage
resources to help integrate renewable generation into the electrical
grid, as specified.



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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) According to the California Independent System Operator (ISO),
the state is experiencing unprecedented changes in the generation,
delivery, and consumption of electricity. Along with these changes
come challenges for operating the state's electrical grid and
resources in the most efficient manner, particularly in terms of
timing of generation in relation to the demand for electricity.
   (b) As part of the long-term procurement planning process at the
Public Utilities Commission, the ISO has identified a need for
fast-ramping and flexible resources to balance the electrical grid
and mitigate the effects of over-generation from renewable energy
resources.
   (c) The ISO has identified energy storage, with its unique ability
to both utilize excess electricity generated by renewable energy
resources and to quickly inject that electricity back onto the
electrical grid to meet ramping and peak demand needs, as a part of
the new strategy for efficiently operating the electrical grid in a
manner that best protects the environment.
   (d) Long duration bulk energy storage and pumped hydroelectric
storage, in particular, when constructed in a sufficiently large
scale, possesses the characteristics to meet our electrical grid's
need for rapid ramping capability and the capacity to utilize
over-generation from renewable energy resources.
  SEC. 2.  The commission, in coordination with the Energy
Commission, shall, as part of a new or existing proceeding, evaluate
and analyze the potential for all types of long duration bulk energy
storage resources to help integrate renewable generation into the
electrical grid. As part of the evaluation, the commission shall
assess the potential costs and benefits of all types of long duration
bulk energy storage resources, including impacts to the transmission
and distribution systems of location-specific long duration bulk
energy storage resources.