AB 1150, as amended, Levine. Energy: University of California and California State University partnership.
The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and by November 1 of every odd year thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report which includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, an assessment and forecast of system reliability, and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, and local publicly owned gas utilities are under the direction of their governing board.
Existing law establishes the system of public postsecondary education in the state, which includes the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University.
This bill would request the Regents of the University of California, and require the California State University, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and Public Utilities Commission, to expand the existing statewide institutional partnership with investor-owned energy utilities, as defined, to create an integrated and flexible program across all the California State University and University of California facilities, that accomplishes specified matter, including extending participation to the California State University and University of California facilities served by local publicly owned energy utilities that choose to participate. As a condition for participation in the expanded partnership, the bill would require the California State University and the University of California to report to each investor-owned energy utility or local publicly owned energy utility the annual reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at all California State University and University of California facilities within that utility’s service territory.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) The University of California has committed to achieving
4carbon neutrality through aggressive measures to increase energy
5efficiency and develop renewable energy resources.
6(b) Because of its size and subsequent required energy
7consumption, there are significant opportunities for reducing
8emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases at
9University of California facilities.
10(c) begin deleteCollectively end deletebegin insertCollectively,
end insertthe University of California has
11substantially contributed to the state’s energy efficiency goals by
12saving 373 million kilowatthours per year and 18,700,000 therms
13per year through 2014 as part of an institutional statewide
P3 1partnership with investor-owned energy utilities established in
22004.
3(d) Additional deep energy efficiency potential exists at
4University of California facilities. The identified potential deep
5energy efficiency projects could produce savings of 426,000,000
6kilowatthours per year and 15,700,000 therms per year, equating
7to $59 million per year in utility cost savings.
8(e) There is a need to expand the existing University of
9California institutional statewide partnership to capture carbon
10and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to ensure
meaningful
11and reliable energy assessments, cost-effective energy efficiency
12improvements, and the incorporation of projects that are
13demonstrated to be cost effective on a carbon basis.
Section 25404.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
15to read:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
17have the following meanings:
18(1) “Investor-owned energy utilities” means the state’s three
19largest electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the
20Public Utilities Code, and each gas corporation, as defined in
21Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, of the state.
22(2) “Local publicly owned energy utility” means a local publicly
23owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public
24Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned gas utility.
25(3) “Partnership” means the statewide
institutional partnership
26between the California State University, the University of
27California, and investor-owned energy utilities.
28(b) The Regents of the University of California are requested
29to, and the California State University shall, in consultation with
30the commission and the Public Utilities Commission, expand the
31statewide institutional partnership
with investor-owned energy
32utilities to create an integrated and flexible program across all the
33California State University and University of California facilities,
34that accomplishes all of the following:
35(1) Participation in the partnership is extended to California
36State University and University of California facilities served by
37local publicly owned energy utilities that choose to participate.
38The commission shall request the participation of those local
39publicly owned energy utilities serving the California State
40University and the University of
California.
P4 1(2) A project is evaluated based upon the project’sbegin insert adherence
2to the Public Utilities Commission’s energy efficiency and savings
3protocols, and, secondarily, upon the project’send insert effect in reducing
4emissions of greenhouse gases and the cost effectiveness in
5achieving those reductions, including, but not limited to, deep
6energy efficiency and eligible renewable energy resources, subject
7to applicable funding.
8(3) Wherever feasible, the partnership utilizes whole-building,
9or whole-campus, meter based verification in order to reduce costs
10associated with traditional field verification and engineering hand
11calculations.
12(c) The Public Utilities Commission and the commission shall
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authorize the existing partnership to accommodate the potential
14for multiple funding sources, and the partnership’s existing
15administrative framework shall, subject to subdivision (e), be
16utilized to allocate any future funding from the state for energy
17projects or projects for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
18(d) This section does not affect the eligibility of the California
19State University and the University of California to receive
20resources from federal, state, and local government, or from public
21utilities or other sources through the partnership, and to leverage
22those resources.
23(e) Funds associated with an investor-owned energy utility shall
24be used only for projects that are in compliance with Public
25Utilities Commission requirements at the
California State
26University and University of California facilities within the service
27territory of the investor-owned energy utility.
28(f) As a condition to participation in the expanded partnership,
29the California State University and the University of California
30shall report to each investor-owned energy utility or local publicly
31owned energy utility the annual reduction in emissions of
32greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at all California
33State University and University of California facilities within that
34utility’s service territory, by a mutually agreed upon date. When
35reporting the results of partnership projects, all savings calculations
36shall utilize a baseline reflecting the existing conditions prior to
37the upgrade.
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