BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 20, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
1150 (Levine) - As Amended May 14, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the University of California (UC) and the
California State University (CSU), in consultation with the
California Energy Commission (CEC) and the Public Utilities
Commission (PUC), to expand their partnership with the
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investor-owned utilities and to include those publicly-owned
utilities requested by the CEC to participate and choose to
participate.
The bill also requires UC and CSU to report to the applicable
utilities the annual reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases
as a result project undertaken under the expanded partnership.
FISCAL EFFECT:
To the extent expansion of these partnerships provides
opportunities for UC and CSU campuses to undertake energy
efficiency measures in the territories of the publicly-owned
utilities, the segments will realize ongoing cost savings. Any
administrative costs to UC or CSU and to the CEC will be minor
and absorbable.
COMMENTS:
Background and Purpose. According to the author, UC and CSU
currently participate in the Energy Efficiency Partnership with
California's large investor-owned utilities (IOUs). This
Partnership was established in 2004 as a framework for providing
energy efficiency resources for UC and CSU campuses. UC has
received a total of $63.6 million in incentives from utilities
as part of the program, and has saved more than 265 million
kilowatt-hours/year and 14.4 million therms/year.
This bill will allow those UC and CSU campuses not located
within the territories of the IOUs-UCLA, UC Riverside, and the
UC Davis Medical Center and the CSUs in Los Angeles, Northridge,
Sacramento, and Stanislaus-to participate in this program.
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Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081