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, 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. 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) Collectively, the University of California has substantially
11contributed
to the state’s energy efficiency goals by saving 373
12million kilowatthours per year and 18,700,000 therms per year
P3 1through 2014 as part of an institutional statewide partnership with
2investor-owned energy utilities established in 2004.
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.
Article 10 (commencing with Section 66090) is added
15to Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education
16Code, to read:
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
21have the following meanings:
22(1) “Investor-owned energy utilities” means the state’s three
23largest electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the
24Public Utilities Code, and each gas corporation, as defined in
25Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, of the state.
26(2) “Local publicly owned energy utility” means a local publicly
27owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public
28Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned gas utility.
29(3) “Partnership” means the statewide
institutional partnership
30between the California State University, the University of
31California, and investor-owned energy utilities.
32(4) “University” means the University of California and the
33California State University.
34(b) The Regents of the University of California are requested
35to, and the California State University shall,
consider aligning their
36greenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the partnership and
37the state by doing all of the following:
38(1) Expanding participation in the partnership to include the
39university facilities served by local publicly owned energy utilities
40that choose to participate, and seeking the assistance of the
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2Development Commissionend insert in requesting the participation of those
3local publicly owned energy
utilities.
4(2) Evaluating activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions
5and improve energy efficiency based upon adherence to the Public
6Utilities Commission’s energy efficiency and savings protocols,
7if applicable,
including, but not limited to, deep energy efficiency
8and eligible renewable energy resources, subject to applicable
9funding.
10(3) Wherever feasible, utilizing
whole-building, or
11whole-campus, meter-based verification.
12(4) Developing an administrative framework that can be utilized
13by the partnership, to the extent allowable by the funding source,
14to allocate any future funding from the state or other sources for
15energy projects or projects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
16(c) This section does not affect the eligibility of a university to
17receive resources from federal, state, and local government, or
18from public utilities or other sources through the partnership, and
19to leverage those resources.
20(d) Funds associated with an investor-owned energy utility shall
21be used in compliance with Public Utilities Commission
22requirements at the
university facilities within the service territory
23of the investor-owned energy utility.
24(e) As a condition to participation in the expanded partnership,
25a university shall report to each investor-owned energy utility or
26local publicly owned energy utility the annual reduction in
27emissions of greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at
28all university facilities within that utility’s service territory, by a
29mutually agreed upon date.
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