BILL NUMBER: AB 2271	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 388 of the Public Utilities Code, relating
to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2271, as introduced, Quirk. Energy efficiency.
   Existing law authorizes any state agency to enter into an energy
savings contract with a qualified energy service company for the
purchase or exchange of thermal or electrical energy or water, or to
acquire energy efficiency services, water conservation services, or
both, for a term not exceeding 35 years, at those rates and upon
those terms that are approved by the agency.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive revisions to this
authorization.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 388 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   388.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  any
  a  state agency may enter into an energy savings
contract with a qualified energy service company for the purchase or
exchange of thermal or electrical energy or water, or to acquire
energy efficiency  and/or   services, 
water conservation services, or both,  for a term not
exceeding 35 years, at those rates and upon those terms that are
approved by the agency.
   (b) The Department of General Services or any other state or local
agency intending to enter into an energy savings contract may
establish a pool of qualified energy service companies based on
qualifications, experience,  pricing   pricing,
 or other pertinent factors. Energy service contracts for
individual projects undertaken by any state or local agency may be
awarded through a competitive selection process to individuals or
firms identified in such a pool. The pool of qualified energy service
companies and contractors shall be reestablished at least every two
years or shall expire.
   (c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

   (1) "Energy savings" means a measured and verified reduction in
fuel,  energy   energy,  or water
consumption when compared to an established baseline of consumption.
   (2) "Qualified energy service company" means a company with a
demonstrated ability to provide or arrange for building or facility
energy auditors, selection and design of appropriate energy savings
measures, project financing, implementation of these measures, and
maintenance and ongoing measurement of these measures as to ensure
and verify energy savings.