AB 2163,
as amended, begin deleteLowend delete begin insertWilliamsend insert. begin deleteCalifornia State University: appointment of campus presidents. end deletebegin insertNet energy metering: Imperial Irrigation District.end insert
Existing law requires every electric utility, defined to include an electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or an electrical cooperative, to develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering, as defined, and to make this contract or tariff available to eligible customer-generators upon request for generation by a renewable electrical generation facility. An electric utility, upon request, is required to make available to eligible customer-generators contracts or tariffs for net energy metering, on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility’s aggregate customer peak demand. Existing law provides that an electric utility that is not a large electrical corporation is not obligated to provide net energy metering to customers in its service area once the above level is reached.
end insertbegin insertThe bill would require the Imperial Irrigation District to provide net metering service to eligible customer-generators that meet certain requirements, as specified. Because this bill would increase the level of service provided by a local publicly owned utility, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Imperial Irrigation District.
end insertbegin insertThe California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
end insertExisting law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education, each of which is headed by a president who is appointed by the trustees.
end deleteThis bill would require the trustees, in exercising its authority to appoint presidents, to require a person appointed as president of a campus of the California State University to participate in at least one public forum on that campus within 15 working days after the trustees make that appointment.
end deleteVote: begin deletemajority end deletebegin insert2⁄3end insert.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 2827.5 is added to the end insertbegin insertPublic Utilities
2Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert
(a) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (4) of
4subdivision (c) of Section 2827, for the Imperial Irrigation District,
5net energy metering pursuant to Section 2827 shall be made
6available, continuously and without interruption, to an eligible
7customer-generator, as defined in Section 2827, who performed
8any of the following acts prior to July 19, 2016:
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(1) Submitted a complete net energy metering application to,
2or applied for a solar rebate from, the district.
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(2) Executed a contract for a renewable electrical generation
4facility to be located within the district’s service territory.
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(3) Contracted to purchase a new solar home located or to be
6located in the district’s service territory.
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(b) Notwithstanding the net energy metering program limit of
8paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 2827 or any
9other law, net energy metering pursuant to Section 2827 shall be
10made available and without interruption to the Department of
11Corrections and Rehabilitation as an eligible customer-generator
12pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b)
13of Section 2827 for facilities within the service territory of the
14Imperial Irrigation District for eligible renewable electric
15generation facilities developed pursuant to bids awarded on or
16before July 19, 2016.
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(c) (1) Eligible customer-generators taking service under a net
18energy metering
tariff or contract required by this section and
19Section 2827 with the Imperial Irrigation District shall be eligible
20to continue service under the net energy metering tariff under the
21same terms and conditions as eligible customer-generators who
22enrolled in net energy metering pursuant to paragraph (1) of
23subdivision (c) of Section 2827.
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(2) The Imperial Irrigation District shall develop a contract or
25tariff for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as an
26eligible customer-generator pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
27paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 2827, consistent with
28the requirements of Section 2827.
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(d) The Imperial Irrigation District shall send written
30notification to all customers eligible for net energy metering or
31net surplus compensation pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and
32shall make available all forms required by subdivision (d) of
33Section 2827
within 15 days of the effective date of this section.
34Enrollment in net energy metering and interconnection of an
35eligible customer-generator who has submitted a complete net
36energy metering application on or before July 19, 2016, shall
37occur consistent with the requirements of subdivision (e) of Section
382827 but shall occur no later than 60 days from the date the
39Imperial Irrigation District receives the completed application
40form or the effective date of this section, whichever is later.
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(e) This section does not require Imperial Irrigation District to
2interconnect an eligible customer-generator unless that eligible
3customer-generator is the owner or occupant of the premises
4served by a renewable electrical generation facility.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special law
6is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable
7within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
8Constitution because of the unique circumstances of the Imperial
9Irrigation District.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
11Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
12a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service
13charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or
14level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section
1517556 of the Government Code.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
17immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
18the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
19immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
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To ensure that eligible customer-generators described in
21subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 2827.5 of the Public Utilities Code
22located in the service territory of the Imperial Irrigation District
23are provided with net energy metering service in an expeditious
24manner, it is necessary for this measure to take effect
immediately.
Section 89500.3 is added to the Education Code,
26to read:
In exercising its authority to appoint campus
28presidents, the trustees shall require a person appointed as president
29of a campus of the California State University to participate in at
30least one public forum on that campus within 15 working days
31after the trustees make that appointment.
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