AB 966,
as amended, Baker. begin deletePublic works: prevailing wage. end deletebegin insertCalifornia Solar Initiative: ratepayer funded incentives: conditions.end insert
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. A decision of the PUC adopted the California Solar Initiative. Existing law requires the PUC and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to undertake certain steps in implementing the California Solar Initiative. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the PUC, local publicly owned electric utilities, and interested members of the public, to establish and thereafter revise eligibility criteria for solar energy systems and to establish conditions for ratepayer funded incentives that are applicable to the California Solar Initiative.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require, as a condition for ratepayer funded incentives, a ratepayer to submit to the Energy Commission a copy of the building permit required for the installation of the solar energy system, and, if no permit is required, would require the ratepayer to demonstrate that to the Energy Commission.
end insertExisting law requires the body awarding any contract for public work, or otherwise undertaking any public work, to obtain the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the public work is to be performed for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract from the Director of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in accordance with specified standards.
end deleteThis bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the that provision.
end deleteVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 25782 of the end insertbegin insertPublic Resources Codeend insertbegin insert is
2amended to read:end insert
(a) The commission shall, by January 1, 2008, in
4consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, local publicly
5owned electric utilities, and interested members of the public,
6establish eligibility criteria for solar energy systems receiving
7ratepayer funded incentives that include all of the following:
8(1) Design, installation, and electrical output standards or
9incentives.
10(2) The solar energy system is intended primarily to offset part
11or all of the consumer’s own electricity demand.
12(3) All components in the solar energy system are new and
13unused, and have not previously been placed in
service in any
14other location or for any other application.
15(4) The solar energy system has a warranty of not less than 10
16years to protect against defects and undue degradation of electrical
17generation output.
18(5) The solar energy system is located on the same premises of
19the end-use consumer where the consumer’s own electricity
20demand is located.
21(6) The solar energy system is connected to the electrical
22corporation’s electrical distribution system within the state.
23(7) The solar energy system has meters or other devices in place
24to monitor and measure the system’s performance and the quantity
25of electricity generated by the system.
P3 1(8) The solar energy system is installed in conformance
with
2the manufacturer’s specifications and in compliance with all
3applicable electrical and building code standards.
4(b) The commission shall establish conditions on ratepayer
5funded incentives that require all of the following:
6(1) Appropriate siting and high quality installation of the solar
7energy system by developing installation guidelines that maximize
8the performance of the system and prevent qualified systems from
9being inefficiently or inappropriately installed. The conditions
10established by the commission shall not impact housing designs
11or densities presently authorized by a city, county, or city and
12county. The goal of this paragraph is to achieve efficient
13installation of solar energy systems to promote the greatest energy
14production per ratepayer dollar.
15(2) Optimal solar energy system performance
during periods of
16peak electricity demand.
17(3) Appropriate energy efficiency improvements in the new or
18existing home or commercial structure where the solar energy
19system is installed.
20(4) Submission by the ratepayer to the commission of a copy of
21the building permit required for the installation of the solar energy
22system. If no permit is required for the installation, the ratepayer
23shall make a demonstration of that to the commission.
24(c) The commission shall set rating standards for equipment,
25components, and systems to assure reasonable performance and
26shall develop standards that provide for compliance with the
27minimum ratings.
28(d) Upon
establishment of eligibility criteria pursuant to
29subdivision (a), no ratepayer funded incentives shall be made for
30a solar energy system that does not meet the eligibility criteria.
Section 1770 of the Labor Code is amended to
32read:
The Director of Industrial Relations shall determine the
34general prevailing rate of per diem wages in accordance with the
35standards set forth in Section 1773. The director’s determination
36in the matter shall be final except as provided in Section 1773.4.
37However, this article shall not prohibit the payment of more than
38the general prevailing rate of wages to any
worker employed on
39a public work. This act shall not permit any overtime work in
40violation of Article 3 (commencing with Section 1810).
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