BILL NUMBER: AB 1132	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 321.7 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1132, as amended, Ting. 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: 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 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, 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,
  Code and  the self-generation incentive program
authorized by Section  379.6, and the net energy metering
pilot program authorized by Section 2827.9.   379.6.

   (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.
   The evaluation shall include, but not be limited to,
the following data about distributed generation employment
disaggregated by technology and region within California:  
   (1) The number of full-time and part-time employees and the number
of contract personnel.  
   (2) The number of direct and indirect jobs.  
   (3) The inventory of distributed generation training programs
available in California, focusing on construction, finance, legal,
management, sales, or other employment areas within the field. 

   (4) The number of students enrolled in distributed generation
training programs and the rate of employment for graduates from each
of these training programs.