Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1132

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

February 27, 2015

An act to amend Section begin delete 26001 end delete begin insert 321.7 end insert of the Public begin delete Resources end delete begin insert Utilities end insert Code, relating begin delete to alternative energy and advanced transportation. end delete begin insert to energy. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1132, as amended, Ting. begin delete Alternative energy and advanced transportation: financing. end delete begin insert Distributed generation: report: green workforce training programs. end insert

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Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before January 1, 2010, and biennially thereafter, in consultation with the Independent System Operator and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to study, and submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor on, the impacts of distributed energy generation on the state’s distribution and transmission grid.

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This bill would instead require the report to be submitted annually to the Legislature. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with the California Workforce Investment Board and the Employment Training Panel, to include in the report an evaluation of the current use of, and opportunities for, green workforce training programs relating to the deployment of distributed energy resources.

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The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to provide financial assistance for projects that promote the use of alternative energies. The act makes various findings and declarations.

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This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 321.7 of the end insert begin insert Public Utilities Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

321.7.  

(a) On or before January 1, 2010, and begin delete biennially end delete
begin insert annually end insert thereafter, the commission, in consultation with the
Independent System Operator and the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, shall study, and
submit a report to the Legislature and the begin delete Governor, on end delete begin insert Governor
on, end insert the impacts of distributed energy generation on the state’s
distribution and transmission grid. The study shall evaluate all of
the following:

(1) Reliability and transmission issues related to connecting
distributed energy generation to the local distribution networks
and regional grid.

(2) Issues related to grid reliability and operation, including
interconnection, and the position of federal and state regulators
toward distributed energy accessibility.

(3) The effect on overall grid operation of various distributed
energy generation sources.

(4) Barriers affecting the connection of distributed energy to
the state’s grid.

(5) Emerging technologies related to distributed energy
generation interconnection.

(6) Interconnection issues that may arise for the Independent
System Operator and local distribution companies.

(7) The effect on peak demand for electricity.

(b) In addition, the commission shall specifically assess the
impacts of the California Solar Initiative program, specified in
Section 2851 and Section 25783 of the Public Resources Code,
the self-generation incentive program authorized by Section 379.6,
and the net energy metering pilot program authorized by Section
2827.9.

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(c) The commission shall, in consultation with the California
Workforce Investment Board and the Employment Training Panel,
include in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) an
evaluation of the current use of, and opportunities for, green
workforce training programs relating to the deployment of
distributed energy resources.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 26001 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:

26001.  

The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the
following:

(a) It is essential that California, in cooperation with the federal
government, use all practical and commercially feasible means to
promote the prompt and efficient development of energy sources
that are renewable or that more efficiently utilize and conserve
scarce energy resources.

(b) The promotion of sustainable and renewable energy sources,
implementation of measures that increase the efficiency of the use
of energy, and advanced transportation technologies that reduce
the degradation of the environment, lessen the state’s dependence
on fossil fuels, and protect the health, welfare, and safety of the
people of California are in the public interest and serve a public
purpose.

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