BILL NUMBER: AB 1915	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to add Section 2853 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to solar energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1915, as introduced, Davis. Solar energy projects: rental
properties.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations. A decision of the PUC adopted the California Solar
Initiative. Existing law requires the PUC to undertake certain steps
in implementing the California Solar Initiative.
   This bill would require the commission to implement a strategy to
expand the participation rates of multiunit residential and
commercial rental properties in utility energy efficiency and solar
energy programs in accordance with prescribed program requirements.
The commission would be required to prepare and submit a report on
that program to the Legislature.
   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 2853 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   2853.  (a) The commission shall do both of the following:
   (1) Implement a strategy to expand the participation rates of
multiunit residential and commercial rental properties in utility
energy efficiency and solar energy programs.
   (2) Prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the program
developed pursuant to paragraph (1).
   (b) The commission shall ensure that the program complies with all
of the following:
   (1) Does not result in any additional ratepayer surcharges.
   (2) Is funded through existing utility energy efficiency programs
and the California Solar Initiative, as defined in subdivision (a) of
Section 2852.
   (3) Is cost effective for utility customers.
   (c) The commission shall consider, in developing the program,
whether synergies exist between its energy efficiency program and the
solar energy programs of the California Solar Initiative, including,
but not limited to, the low-income provisions of the California
Solar Initiative, that, in the determination of the commission, can
make energy efficiency and solar investments cost effective for
utility customers in multiunit residential or commercial rental
properties.