BILL NUMBER: AB 1330 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 9, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 15, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 18, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 30, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 2, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 27, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bloom
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to amend Sections 454.55 and 454.56 of the Public Utilities
Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1330, as amended, Bloom. Energy efficiency.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and
gas corporations. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, on or before November 1,
2017, and every third 3rd year
thereafter, in collaboration with the PUC and local publicly owned
electric utilities, to establish annual targets for statewide energy
efficiency savings and demand reduction that will achieve a
cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings in
electricity and natural gas final end uses of retail customers by
January 1, 2030. Existing law requires the PUC to identify all
potentially achievable cost-effective electricity and natural gas
efficiency savings and to establish efficiency targets for electrical
and gas corporations to achieve.
This bill would require the PUC to ensure that there are
sufficient moneys available for electrical and gas corporations to
meet those efficiency targets, and, if the PUC finds that
additional moneys are necessary to meet those targets, to increase
available moneys up to 20% per year until the moneys available for
energy efficiency savings and demand reduction doubles from the
amount authorized on January 1, 2016. targets.
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 454.55 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
454.55. (a) The commission, in consultation with the Energy
Commission, shall identify all potentially achievable cost-effective
electricity efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for
an electrical corporation to achieve, pursuant to Section 454.5,
consistent with the targets established pursuant to subdivision (c)
of Section 25310 of the Public Resources Code.
(1) By July 1, 2018, and every four years thereafter, each
electrical corporation shall report on its progress toward achieving
the targets established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(2) By July 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter, the
commission shall, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code,
report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the
targets established pursuant to subdivision (a). The commission shall
include specific strategies for, and an update on, progress toward
maximizing the contribution of electricity efficiency savings in
disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the
Health and Safety Code.
(b) (1) By December 31, 2023, the commission shall, in a new or
existing proceeding, undertake a comprehensive review of the
feasibility, costs, barriers, and benefits of achieving a cumulative
doubling of energy efficiency savings and demand reduction by 2030
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public Resources
Code.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public
Resources Code, if the commission concludes the targets established
for electrical corporations to achieve pursuant to subdivision (a)
are not cost effective, feasible, or pose potential adverse impacts
to public health and safety, the commission shall revise the targets
to the level that optimizes the amount of energy efficiency savings
and demand reduction and shall modify, revise, or update its policies
as needed to address barriers preventing achievement of those
targets.
(c) The commission shall ensure that there are sufficient moneys
available to electrical corporations to meet the efficiency targets
established pursuant to subdivision (a). If the commission
finds that additional moneys are necessary to meet those targets, the
commission shall increase available moneys up to 20 percent per year
until the moneys available for energy efficiency savings and demand
reduction doubles from the amount authorized on January 1, 2016.
This subdivision shall not be construed to authorize the
commission to impose or increase any tax.
SEC. 2. Section 454.56 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
454.56. (a) The commission, in consultation with the Energy
Commission, shall identify all potentially achievable cost-effective
natural gas efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for
the gas corporation to achieve, consistent with the targets
established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the
Public Resources Code.
(b) A gas corporation shall first meet its unmet resource needs
through all available natural gas efficiency and demand reduction
resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible.
(c) By July 1, 2018, and every four years thereafter, each gas
corporation shall report on its progress toward achieving the targets
established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) By July 1, 2019, and every four years thereafter, the
commission shall, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code,
report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the
targets establish established pursuant
to subdivision (a). The commission shall include specific strategies
for, and an update on, progress toward maximizing the contribution of
energy efficiency savings in disadvantaged communities identified
pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public
Resources Code, if the commission concludes in its review pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 454.55 that the
targets established for gas corporations to achieve pursuant to
subdivision (a) are not cost effective, feasible, or pose potential
adverse impacts to public health and safety, the commission shall
revise the targets to the level that maximizes the amount of energy
efficiency savings and demand reduction and shall modify, revise, or
update its policies as needed to address barriers preventing
achievement of those targets.
(f) The commission shall ensure that there are sufficient moneys
available to gas corporations to meet the efficiency targets
established pursuant to subdivision (a). If the commission
finds that additional moneys are necessary to meet those targets, the
commission shall increase available moneys up to 20 percent per year
until the moneys available for energy efficiency savings and demand
reduction doubles from the amount authorized on January 1, 2016.
This subdivision shall not be construed to authorize the
commission to impose or increase any tax.