Amended in Senate August 31, 2015

Amended in Senate July 9, 2015

Amended in Assembly May 14, 2015

Amended in Assembly May 5, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1150


Introduced by Assembly Member Levine

February 27, 2015


An act to addbegin delete Section 25404.5end deletebegin insert Article 10 (commencing with Section 66090) of Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3end insert to thebegin delete Public Resourcesend deletebegin insert Educationend insert Code, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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,begin delete 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.end deletebegin insert to consider aligning their greenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the statewide institutional partnership between the California State University, the University of California, and investor-owned energy utilities and with those of the state, as specified.end insert 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:

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SECTION 1.  

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
P3    1emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases at
2University of California facilities.

3(c) Collectively, the University of California has substantially
4contributed to the state’s energy efficiency goals by saving 373
5million kilowatthours per year and 18,700,000 therms per year
6through 2014 as part of an institutional statewide partnership with
7investor-owned energy utilities established in 2004.

8(d) Additional deep energy efficiency potential exists at
9University of California facilities. The identified potential deep
10energy efficiency projects could produce savings of 426,000,000
11kilowatthours per year and 15,700,000 therms per year, equating
12to $59 million per year in utility cost savings.

13(e) There is a need to expand the existing University of
14California institutional statewide partnership to capture carbon
15and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to ensure meaningful
16and reliable energy assessments, cost-effective energy efficiency
17improvements, and the incorporation of projects that are
18demonstrated to be cost effective on a carbon basis.

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SEC. 2.  

begin insertArticle 10 (commencing withend insert Sectionbegin delete 25404.5end deletebegin insert 66090)end insert
20 is added to begin insertChapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 ofend insert thebegin delete end delete21begin deletePublic Resourcesend deletebegin insert Educationend insert Code, to read:

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begin insert
23Article begin insert10.end insert  University Energy Efficiency Partnership
end insert
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begin delete25404.5.end delete
26begin insert66090.end insert  

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
27have the following meanings:

28(1) “Investor-owned energy utilities” means the state’s three
29largest electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the
30Public Utilities Code, and each gas corporation, as defined in
31Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, of the state.

32(2) “Local publicly owned energy utility” means a local publicly
33owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public
34Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned gas utility.

35(3) “Partnership” means the statewide institutional partnership
36between the California State University, the University of
37California, and investor-owned energy utilities.

begin insert

38(4) “University” means the University of California and the
39California State University.

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P4    1(b) The Regents of the University of California are requested
2to, and the California State University shall,begin delete in consultation with
3the commission and the Public Utilities Commission, expand the
4statewide institutional partnership with investor-owned energy
5utilities to create an integrated and flexible program across all the
6California State University and University of California facilities,
7that accomplishesend delete
begin insert consider aligning their greenhouse gas reduction
8goals with those of the partnership and the state by doingend insert
all of
9the following:

10(1) begin deleteParticipation end deletebegin insertExpanding participation end insertin the partnership begin delete is
11 extended to California State University and University of Californiaend delete

12begin insert to include the universityend insert facilities served by local publicly owned
13energy utilities that choose tobegin delete participate. Theend deletebegin insert participate, and
14seeking the assistance of theend insert
commissionbegin delete shall requestend deletebegin insert in requestingend insert
15 the participation of those local publicly owned energybegin delete utilities
16serving the California State University and the University of
17California.end delete
begin insert utilities.end insert

18(2) begin deleteA project is evaluated end deletebegin insertEvaluating activities that reduce
19greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency end insert
based
20uponbegin delete the project’send delete adherence to the Public Utilities Commission’s
21energy efficiency and savings protocols,begin delete and, secondarily, upon
22the project’s effect in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and
23the cost effectiveness in achieving those reductions,end delete
begin insert if applicable,end insert
24 including, but not limited to, deep energy efficiency and eligible
25renewable energy resources, subject to applicable funding.

26(3) Wherever feasible,begin delete the partnership utilizesend deletebegin insert utilizingend insert
27 whole-building, or whole-campus,begin delete meter based verification in
28order to reduce costs associated with traditional field verification
29and engineering hand calculations.end delete
begin insert meter-based verification.end insert

begin insert

30(4) Developing an administrative framework that can be utilized
31by the partnership, to the extent allowable by the funding source,
32to allocate any future funding from the state or other sources for
33energy projects or projects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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34(c) The Public Utilities Commission and the commission shall
35 authorize the existing partnership to accommodate the potential
36for multiple funding sources, and the partnership’s existing
37administrative framework shall, subject to subdivision (e), be
38utilized to allocate any future funding from the state for energy
39projects or projects for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

40(d)

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P5    1begin insert(c)end insert This section does not affect the eligibility ofbegin delete the California
2State University and the University of Californiaend delete
begin insert a universityend insert to
3receive resources from federal, state, and local government, or
4from public utilities or other sources through the partnership, and
5to leverage those resources.

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6(e)

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7begin insert(d)end insert Funds associated with an investor-owned energy utility shall
8be usedbegin delete only for projects that areend delete in compliance with Public
9Utilities Commission requirements at the begin delete California State
10University and University of Californiaend delete
begin insert universityend insert facilities within
11the service territory of the investor-owned energy utility.

begin delete

12(f)

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13begin insert(e)end insert As a condition to participation in the expanded partnership,
14begin delete the California State University and the University of Californiaend deletebegin insert a
15universityend insert
shall report to each investor-owned energy utility or
16local publicly owned energy utility the annual reduction in
17emissions of greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at
18allbegin delete California State University and University of Californiaend delete
19begin insert universityend insert facilities within that utility’s service territory, by a
20mutually agreed upon date.begin delete When reporting the results of
21partnership projects, all savings calculations shall utilize a baseline
22reflecting the existing conditions prior to the upgrade.end delete



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