BILL NUMBER: AB 1923	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  663
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wood

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2016

   An act to amend Section 399.20 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1923, Wood. Bioenergy feed-in tariff.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations.
Existing law requires every electrical corporation to file with the
commission a standard tariff for electricity generated by an electric
generation facility, as defined, that qualifies for the tariff, is
owned and operated by a retail customer of the electrical
corporation, and is located within the service territory of, and
developed to sell electricity to, the electrical corporation. The
commission refers to this requirement as the renewable feed-in
tariff. Existing law requires that, in order to qualify for the
tariff, the electric generation facility: (1) have an effective
capacity of not more than 3 megawatts, subject to the authority of
the commission to reduce this megawatt limitation, (2) be
interconnected and operate in parallel with the electric transmission
and distribution grid, (3) be strategically located and
interconnected to the electrical transmission and distribution system
in a manner that optimizes the deliverability of electricity
generated at the facility to load centers, and (4) meet the
definition of an eligible renewable energy resource under the
California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. Existing law
requires an electrical corporation to make the tariff available to
the owner or operator of an electric generation facility within the
service territory of the electrical corporation, upon request, on a
first-come-first-served basis, until the electrical corporation meets
its proportionate share of a statewide cap of 750 megawatts
cumulative rated generation capacity served under the renewable
feed-in tariff and a renewable feed-in tariff that is applicable to a
local publicly owned electric utility. In addition to the 750
megawatt limitation, the renewable feed-in tariff requires the
commission to direct the electrical corporations to collectively
procure at least 250 megawatts of cumulative rated generating
capacity from developers of bioenergy projects that commence
operation on or after June 1, 2013 (bioenergy feed-in tariff). The
commission is required to undertake specific steps to implement the
bioenergy feed-in tariff requirement.
   This bill would, for the purposes of the bioenergy feed-in tariff,
revise a generally applicable interconnection requirement for
electric generation facilities, as specified. The bill would also
require the commission to direct the electrical corporations to
authorize a bioenergy electric generation facility with an effective
capacity of up to 5 megawatts to participate in the bioenergy feed-in
tariff if the facility delivers no more than 3 megawatts to the grid
at any time and complies with specified interconnection
requirements.
   This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 399.20
of the Public Utilities Code proposed by AB 1612 and SB 840 that
would become operative if this bill and one or both of those bills
are enacted and this bill is chaptered last.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 399.20 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   399.20.  (a) It is the policy of this state and the intent of the
Legislature to encourage electrical generation from eligible
renewable energy resources.
   (b) As used in this section, "electric generation facility" means
an electric generation facility located within the service territory
of, and developed to sell electricity to, an electrical corporation
that meets all of the following criteria:
   (1) Has an effective capacity of not more than three megawatts,
with the exception of those facilities participating in a tariff made
available pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f).
   (2) Is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electrical
transmission and distribution grid.
   (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), is strategically
located and interconnected to the electrical transmission and
distribution grid in a manner that optimizes the deliverability of
electricity generated at the facility to load centers.
   (B) For purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (f), is
strategically located and interconnected to the electrical
transmission and distribution grid in a manner that optimizes the
deliverability of electricity generated at the facility to load
centers or that is interconnected to an existing transmission line.
   (4) Is an eligible renewable energy resource.
   (c) Every electrical corporation shall file with the commission a
standard tariff for electricity purchased from an electric generation
facility. The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of
this section for any electrical corporation with less than 100,000
service connections, as individual circumstances merit.
   (d) (1) The tariff shall provide for payment for every
kilowatthour of electricity purchased from an electric generation
facility for a period of 10, 15, or 20 years, as authorized by the
commission. The payment shall be the market price determined by the
commission pursuant to paragraph (2) and shall include all current
and anticipated environmental compliance costs, including, but not
limited to, mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases and air
pollution offsets associated with the operation of new generating
facilities in the local air pollution control or air quality
management district where the electric generation facility is
located.
   (2) The commission shall establish a methodology to determine the
market price of electricity for terms corresponding to the length of
contracts with an electric generation facility, in consideration of
the following:
   (A) The long-term market price of electricity for fixed price
contracts, determined pursuant to an electrical corporation's general
procurement activities as authorized by the commission.
   (B) The long-term ownership, operating, and fixed-price fuel costs
associated with fixed-price electricity from new generating
facilities.
   (C) The value of different electricity products including
baseload, peaking, and as-available electricity.
   (3) The commission may adjust the payment rate to reflect the
value of every kilowatthour of electricity generated on a
time-of-delivery basis.
   (4) The commission shall ensure, with respect to rates and
charges, that ratepayers that do not receive service pursuant to the
tariff are indifferent to whether a ratepayer with an electric
generation facility receives service pursuant to the tariff.
   (e) An electrical corporation shall provide expedited
interconnection procedures to an electric generation facility located
on a distribution circuit that generates electricity at a time and
in a manner so as to offset the peak demand on the distribution
circuit, if the electrical corporation determines that the electric
generation facility will not adversely affect the distribution grid.
The commission shall consider and may establish a value for an
electric generation facility located on a distribution circuit that
generates electricity at a time and in a manner so as to offset the
peak demand on the distribution circuit.
   (f) (1) An electrical corporation shall make the tariff available
to the owner or operator of an electric generation facility within
the service territory of the electrical corporation, upon request, on
a first-come-first-served basis, until the electrical corporation
meets its proportionate share of a statewide cap of 750 megawatts
cumulative rated generation capacity served under this section and
Section 399.32. The proportionate share shall be calculated based on
the ratio of the electrical corporation's peak demand compared to the
total statewide peak demand.
   (2) By June 1, 2013, the commission shall, in addition to the 750
megawatts identified in paragraph (1), direct the electrical
corporations to collectively procure at least 250 megawatts of
cumulative rated generating capacity from developers of bioenergy
projects that commence operation on or after June 1, 2013. The
commission shall, for each electrical corporation, allocate shares of
the additional 250 megawatts based on the ratio of each electrical
corporation's peak demand compared to the total statewide peak
demand. In implementing this paragraph, the commission shall do all
of the following:
   (A) Allocate the 250 megawatts identified in this paragraph among
the electrical corporations based on the following categories:
   (i) For biogas from wastewater treatment, municipal organic waste
diversion, food processing, and codigestion, 110 megawatts.
   (ii) For dairy and other agricultural bioenergy, 90 megawatts.
   (iii) For bioenergy using byproducts of sustainable forest
management, 50 megawatts. Allocations under this category shall be
determined based on the proportion of bioenergy that sustainable
forest management providers derive from sustainable forest management
in fire threat treatment areas, as designated by the Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection.
   (B) Direct the electrical corporations to develop standard
contract terms and conditions that reflect the operational
characteristics of the projects, and to provide a streamlined
contracting process.
   (C) Coordinate, to the maximum extent feasible, any incentive or
subsidy programs for bioenergy with the agencies listed in
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) in order to provide maximum
benefits to ratepayers and to ensure that incentives are used to
reduce contract prices.
   (D) The commission shall encourage gas and electrical corporations
to develop and offer programs and services to facilitate development
of in-state biogas for a broad range of purposes.
   (E) Direct the electrical corporations to authorize a bioenergy
electric generation facility with an effective capacity of up to five
megawatts to participate in the tariff made available pursuant to
this paragraph, if it meets the following conditions:
   (i) It delivers no more than three megawatts to the grid at any
time.
   (ii) It complies with the electrical corporation's Electric Rule
21 tariff or other distribution access tariff.
   (F) Payment is made pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d)
and no payment is made for any electricity delivered to the grid in
excess of three megawatts at any time.
   (3) (A) The commission, in consultation with the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the State Air
Resources Board, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the
Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery, may review the allocations of the 250
additional megawatts identified in paragraph (2) to determine if
those allocations are appropriate.
   (B) If the commission finds that the allocations of the 250
additional megawatts identified in paragraph (2) are not appropriate,
the commission may reallocate the 250 megawatts among the categories
established in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2).
   (4) For the purposes of this subdivision, "bioenergy" means biogas
and biomass.
   (g) The electrical corporation may make the terms of the tariff
available to owners and operators of an electric generation facility
in the form of a standard contract subject to commission approval.
   (h) Every kilowatthour of electricity purchased from an electric
generation facility shall count toward meeting the electrical
corporation's renewables portfolio standard annual procurement
targets for purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section
399.15.
   (i) The physical generating capacity of an electric generation
facility shall count toward the electrical corporation's resource
adequacy requirement for purposes of Section 380.
   (j) (1) The commission shall establish performance standards for
any electric generation facility that has a capacity greater than one
megawatt to ensure that those facilities are constructed, operated,
and maintained to generate the expected annual net production of
electricity and do not impact system reliability.
   (2) The commission may reduce the three megawatt capacity
limitation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) if the commission
finds that a reduced capacity limitation is necessary to maintain
system reliability within that electrical corporation's service
territory.
   (k) (1) Any owner or operator of an electric generation facility
that received ratepayer-funded incentives in accordance with Section
379.6 of this code, or with Section 25782 of the Public Resources
Code, and participated in a net metering program pursuant to Sections
2827, 2827.9, and 2827.10 of this code prior to January 1, 2010,
shall be eligible for a tariff or standard contract filed by an
electrical corporation pursuant to this section.
   (2) In establishing the tariffs or standard contracts pursuant to
this section, the commission shall consider ratepayer-funded
incentive payments previously received by the generation facility
pursuant to Section 379.6 of this code or Section 25782 of the Public
Resources Code. The commission shall require reimbursement of any
funds received from these incentive programs to an electric
generation facility, in order for that facility to be eligible for a
tariff or standard contract filed by an electrical corporation
pursuant to this section, unless the commission determines ratepayers
have received sufficient value from the incentives provided to the
facility based on how long the project has been in operation and the
amount of renewable electricity previously generated by the facility.

   (3) A customer that receives service under a tariff or contract
approved by the commission pursuant to this section is not eligible
to participate in any net metering program.
   (l) An owner or operator of an electric generation facility
electing to receive service under a tariff or contract approved by
the commission shall continue to receive service under the tariff or
contract until either of the following occurs:
   (1) The owner or operator of an electric generation facility no
longer meets the eligibility requirements for receiving service
pursuant to the tariff or contract.
   (2) The period of service established by the commission pursuant
to subdivision (d) is completed.
   (m) Within 10 days of receipt of a request for a tariff pursuant
to this section from an owner or operator of an electric generation
facility, the electrical corporation that receives the request shall
post a copy of the request on its Internet Web site. The information
posted on the Internet Web site shall include the name of the city in
which the facility is located, but information that is proprietary
and confidential, including, but not limited to, address information
beyond the name of the city in which the facility is located, shall
be redacted.
   (n) An electrical corporation may deny a tariff request pursuant
to this section if the electrical corporation makes any of the
following findings:
   (1) The electric generation facility does not meet the
requirements of this section.
   (2) The transmission or distribution grid that would serve as the
point of interconnection is inadequate.
   (3) The electric generation facility does not meet all applicable
state and local laws and building standards and utility
interconnection requirements.
   (4) The aggregate of all electric generating facilities on a
distribution circuit would adversely impact utility operation and
load restoration efforts of the distribution system.
   (o) Upon receiving a notice of denial from an electrical
corporation, the owner or operator of the electric generation
facility denied a tariff pursuant to this section shall have the
right to appeal that decision to the commission.
   (p) In order to ensure the safety and reliability of electric
generation facilities, the owner of an electric generation facility
receiving a tariff pursuant to this section shall provide an
inspection and maintenance report to the electrical corporation at
least once every other year. The inspection and maintenance report
shall be prepared at the owner's or operator's expense by a
California-licensed contractor who is not the owner or operator of
the electric generation facility. A California-licensed electrician
shall perform the inspection of the electrical portion of the
generation facility.
   (q) The contract between the electric generation facility
receiving the tariff and the electrical corporation shall contain
provisions that ensure that construction of the electric generating
facility complies with all applicable state and local laws and
building standards, and utility interconnection requirements.
   (r) (1) All construction and installation of facilities of the
electrical corporation, including at the point of the output meter or
at the transmission or distribution grid, shall be performed only by
that electrical corporation.
   (2) All interconnection facilities installed on the electrical
corporation's side of the transfer point for electricity between the
electrical corporation and the electrical conductors of the electric
generation facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained only by
the electrical corporation. The ownership, installation, operation,
reading, and testing of revenue metering equipment for electric
generating facilities shall only be performed by the electrical
corporation.
  SEC. 1.5.  Section 399.20 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   399.20.  (a) It is the policy of this state and the intent of the
Legislature to encourage electrical generation from eligible
renewable energy resources.
   (b) As used in this section, "electric generation facility" means
an electric generation facility located within the service territory
of, and developed to sell electricity to, an electrical corporation
that meets all of the following criteria:
   (1) Has an effective capacity of not more than three megawatts,
with the exception of those facilities participating in a tariff made
available pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f).
   (2) Is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electrical
transmission and distribution grid.
   (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), is strategically
located and interconnected to the electrical transmission and
distribution grid in a manner that optimizes the deliverability of
electricity generated at the facility to load centers.
   (B) For purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (f), is
strategically located and interconnected to the electrical
transmission and distribution grid in a manner that optimizes the
deliverability of electricity generated at the facility to load
centers or is interconnected to an existing transmission line.
   (4) Is an eligible renewable energy resource.
   (c) Every electrical corporation shall file with the commission a
standard tariff for electricity purchased from an electric generation
facility. The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of
this section for any electrical corporation with less than 100,000
service connections, as individual circumstances merit.
   (d) (1) The tariff shall provide for payment for every
kilowatthour of electricity purchased from an electric generation
facility for a period of 10, 15, or 20 years, as authorized by the
commission. The payment shall be the market price determined by the
commission pursuant to paragraph (2) and shall include all current
and anticipated environmental compliance costs, including, but not
limited to, mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases and air
pollution offsets associated with the operation of new generating
facilities in the local air pollution control or air quality
management district where the electric generation facility is
located.
   (2) The commission shall establish a methodology to determine the
market price of electricity for terms corresponding to the length of
contracts with an electric generation facility, in consideration of
the following:
   (A) The long-term market price of electricity for fixed price
contracts, determined pursuant to an electrical corporation's general
procurement activities as authorized by the commission.
   (B) The long-term ownership, operating, and fixed-price fuel costs
associated with fixed-price electricity from new generating
facilities.
   (C) The value of different electricity products including
baseload, peaking, and as-available electricity.
   (3) The commission may adjust the payment rate to reflect the
value of every kilowatthour of electricity generated on a
time-of-delivery basis.
   (4) The commission shall ensure, with respect to rates and
charges, that ratepayers that do not receive service pursuant to the
tariff are indifferent to whether a ratepayer with an electric
generation facility receives service pursuant to the tariff.
   (e) An electrical corporation shall provide expedited
interconnection procedures to an electric generation facility located
on a distribution circuit that generates electricity at a time and
in a manner so as to offset the peak demand on the distribution
circuit, if the electrical corporation determines that the electric
generation facility will not adversely affect the distribution grid.
The commission shall consider and may establish a value for an
electric generation facility located on a distribution circuit that
generates electricity at a time and in a manner so as to offset the
peak demand on the distribution circuit.
   (f) (1) An electrical corporation shall make the tariff available
to the owner or operator of an electric generation facility within
the service territory of the electrical corporation, upon request, on
a first-come-first-served basis, until the electrical corporation
meets its proportionate share of a statewide cap of 750 megawatts
cumulative rated generation capacity served under this section and
Section 399.32. The proportionate share shall be calculated based on
the ratio of the electrical corporation's peak demand compared to the
total statewide peak demand.
   (2) By June 1, 2013, the commission shall, in addition to the 750
megawatts identified in paragraph (1), direct the electrical
corporations to collectively procure at least 250 megawatts of
cumulative rated generating capacity from developers of bioenergy
projects that commence operation on or after June 1, 2013. The
commission shall, for each electrical corporation, allocate shares of
the additional 250 megawatts based on the ratio of each electrical
corporation's peak demand compared to the total statewide peak
demand. In implementing this paragraph, the commission shall do all
of the following:
   (A) Allocate the 250 megawatts identified in this paragraph among
the electrical corporations based on the following categories:
   (i) For biogas from wastewater treatment, municipal organic waste
diversion, food processing, and codigestion, 110 megawatts.
   (ii) For dairy and other agricultural bioenergy, 90 megawatts.
   (iii) For bioenergy using byproducts of sustainable forest
management, 50 megawatts. Allocations under this category shall be
determined based on the proportion of bioenergy that sustainable
forest management providers derive from sustainable forest management
in fire threat treatment areas, as designated by the Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection.
   (B) Direct the electrical corporations to develop standard
contract terms and conditions that reflect the operational
characteristics of the projects, and to provide a streamlined
contracting process.
   (C) Coordinate, to the maximum extent feasible, any incentive or
subsidy programs for bioenergy with the agencies listed in
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) in order to provide maximum
benefits to ratepayers and to ensure that incentives are used to
reduce contract prices.
   (D) The commission shall encourage gas and electrical corporations
to develop and offer programs and services to facilitate development
of in-state biogas for a broad range of purposes.
   (E) Direct the electrical corporations to authorize a bioenergy
electric generation facility with an effective capacity of up to five
megawatts to participate in the tariff made available pursuant to
this paragraph, if it meets the following conditions:
   (i) It delivers no more than three megawatts to the grid at any
time.
   (ii) It complies with the electrical corporation's Electric Rule
21 tariff or other distribution access tariff.
   (F) Payment is made pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d)
and no payment is made for any electricity delivered to the grid in
excess of three megawatts at any time.
   (3) (A) The commission, in consultation with the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the State Air
Resources Board, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the
Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery, may review the allocations of the 250
additional megawatts identified in paragraph (2) to determine if
those allocations are appropriate.
   (B) If the commission finds that the allocations of the 250
additional megawatts identified in paragraph (2) are not appropriate,
the commission may reallocate the 250 megawatts among the categories
established in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2).
   (4) (A) A project identified in clause (iii) of subparagraph (A)
of paragraph (2) is eligible, in regards to interconnection, for the
tariff established to implement paragraph (2) or to participate in
any program or auction established to implement paragraph (2), if it
meets at least one of the following requirements:
   (i) The project is already interconnected.
   (ii) The project has been found to be eligible for interconnection
pursuant to the fast track process under the relevant tariff.
   (iii) A system impact study or other interconnection study has
been completed for the project under the relevant tariff, and there
was no determination in the study that, with the identified
interconnection upgrades, if any, a condition specified in paragraph
(2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (n) would exist. Such a project is
not required to have a pending, active interconnection application to
be eligible.
   (B) For a project meeting the eligibility requirements pursuant to
clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, both of the
following apply:
   (i) The project is hereby deemed to be able to interconnect within
the required time limits for the purpose of determining eligibility
for the tariff.
   (ii) The project shall submit a new application for
interconnection within 30 days of execution of a standard contract
pursuant to the tariff if it does not have a pending, active
interconnection application or a completed interconnection. For those
projects, the time to achieve commercial operation shall begin to
run from the date when the new system impact study or other
interconnection study is completed rather than from the date of
execution of the standard contract.
   (5) For the purposes of this subdivision, "bioenergy" means biogas
and biomass.
   (g) The electrical corporation may make the terms of the tariff
available to owners and operators of an electric generation facility
in the form of a standard contract subject to commission approval.
   (h) Every kilowatthour of electricity purchased from an electric
generation facility shall count toward meeting the electrical
corporation's renewables portfolio standard annual procurement
targets for purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section
399.15.
   (i) The physical generating capacity of an electric generation
facility shall count toward the electrical corporation's resource
adequacy requirement for purposes of Section 380.
   (j) (1) The commission shall establish performance standards for
any electric generation facility that has a capacity greater than one
megawatt to ensure that those facilities are constructed, operated,
and maintained to generate the expected annual net production of
electricity and do not impact system reliability.
   (2) The commission may reduce the three megawatt capacity
limitation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) if the commission
finds that a reduced capacity limitation is necessary to maintain
system reliability within that electrical corporation's service
territory.
   (k) (1) Any owner or operator of an electric generation facility
that received ratepayer-funded incentives in accordance with Section
379.6 of this code, or with Section 25782 of the Public Resources
Code, and participated in a net metering program pursuant to Sections
2827, 2827.9, and 2827.10 of this code prior to January 1, 2010,
shall be eligible for a tariff or standard contract filed by an
electrical corporation pursuant to this section.
   (2) In establishing the tariffs or standard contracts pursuant to
this section, the commission shall consider ratepayer-funded
incentive payments previously received by the generation facility
pursuant to Section 379.6 of this code or Section 25782 of the Public
Resources Code. The commission shall require reimbursement of any
funds received from these incentive programs to an electric
generation facility, in order for that facility to be eligible for a
tariff or standard contract filed by an electrical corporation
pursuant to this section, unless the commission determines ratepayers
have received sufficient value from the incentives provided to the
facility based on how long the project has been in operation and the
amount of renewable electricity previously generated by the facility.

   (3) A customer that receives service under a tariff or contract
approved by the commission pursuant to this section is not eligible
to participate in any net metering program.
   (l) An owner or operator of an electric generation facility
electing to receive service under a tariff or contract approved by
the commission shall continue to receive service under the tariff
                                          or contract until either of
the following occurs:
   (1) The owner or operator of an electric generation facility no
longer meets the eligibility requirements for receiving service
pursuant to the tariff or contract.
   (2) The period of service established by the commission pursuant
to subdivision (d) is completed.
   (m) Within 10 days of receipt of a request for a tariff pursuant
to this section from an owner or operator of an electric generation
facility, the electrical corporation that receives the request shall
post a copy of the request on its Internet Web site. The information
posted on the Internet Web site shall include the name of the city in
which the facility is located, but information that is proprietary
and confidential, including, but not limited to, address information
beyond the name of the city in which the facility is located, shall
be redacted.
   (n) An electrical corporation may deny a tariff request pursuant
to this section if the electrical corporation makes any of the
following findings:
   (1) The electric generation facility does not meet the
requirements of this section.
   (2) The transmission or distribution grid that would serve as the
point of interconnection is inadequate.
   (3) The electric generation facility does not meet all applicable
state and local laws and building standards and utility
interconnection requirements.
   (4) The aggregate of all electric generating facilities on a
distribution circuit would adversely impact utility operation and
load restoration efforts of the distribution system.
   (o) Upon receiving a notice of denial from an electrical
corporation, the owner or operator of the electric generation
facility denied a tariff pursuant to this section shall have the
right to appeal that decision to the commission.
   (p) In order to ensure the safety and reliability of electric
generation facilities, the owner of an electric generation facility
receiving a tariff pursuant to this section shall provide an
inspection and maintenance report to the electrical corporation at
least once every other year. The inspection and maintenance report
shall be prepared at the owner's or operator's expense by a
California-licensed contractor who is not the owner or operator of
the electric generation facility. A California-licensed electrician
shall perform the inspection of the electrical portion of the
generation facility.
   (q) The contract between the electric generation facility
receiving the tariff and the electrical corporation shall contain
provisions that ensure that construction of the electric generating
facility complies with all applicable state and local laws and
building standards, and utility interconnection requirements.
   (r) (1) All construction and installation of facilities of the
electrical corporation, including at the point of the output meter or
at the transmission or distribution grid, shall be performed only by
that electrical corporation.
   (2) All interconnection facilities installed on the electrical
corporation's side of the transfer point for electricity between the
electrical corporation and the electrical conductors of the electric
generation facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained only by
the electrical corporation. The ownership, installation, operation,
reading, and testing of revenue metering equipment for electric
generating facilities shall only be performed by the electrical
corporation.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 399.20 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by this bill,
Assembly Bill 1612, and Senate Bill 840. It shall only become
operative if (1) this bill and Assembly Bill 1612 or Senate Bill 840,
or both of those bills, are enacted and become effective on or
before January 1, 2017, (2) Assembly Bill 1612, Senate Bill 840, or
both, as enacted, amend Section 399.20 of the Public Utilities Code,
and (3) this bill is enacted last of these bills that amend Section
399.20 of the Public Utilities Code, in which case Section 399.20 of
the Public Utilities Code, as amended by Assembly Bill 1612 or Senate
Bill 840, shall remain operative only until the operative date of
this bill, at which time Section 1.5 of this bill shall become
operative, and Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.