BILL NUMBER: AB 1132	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


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

   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and
declarations. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 321.7 of the   Public
Utilities Code   is amended to read: 
   321.7.  (a) On or before January 1, 2010, and  biennially
  annually  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 
Governor, on   Governor on,  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.

   (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.
 
  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.