BILL NUMBER: AB 904	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 381.3 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 904, as amended, Skinner. Energy efficiency.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission (Energy Commission) to establish, by March 1,
2010, a regulatory proceeding to develop a comprehensive program to
achieve greater energy savings in the state's existing residential
and nonresidential building stock.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), by
March 1, 2010, to open a new proceeding or amend an existing
proceeding to investigate the ability of electrical corporations and
gas corporations to provide various energy efficiency financing
options to their customers for the purposes of implementing that
Energy Commission program.
   This bill would require the PUC to ensure that  electrical
corporation and gas corporation  energy efficiency programs
(1) result in real reductions in energy consumption, (2) examine
alternatives to traditional administration, delivery, and evaluation
mechanisms for energy efficiency services, and (3) examine the
establishment of a program for on-bill financing for residential
retrofit and improvement of heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning. The bill would require the PUC to consult and
coordinate with the Energy Commission in achieving these results.
   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 381.3 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   381.3.  (a) The commission shall ensure that  electrical
corporation and gas corporation  energy efficiency programs
do all the following:
   (1) Result in real reductions in energy consumption.
   (2) Examine alternatives to traditional administration, delivery,
and evaluation mechanisms for energy efficiency services, including,
but not limited to, the provision of feed-in tariffs to those who can
provide for and obtain verifiable consumption reductions.
   (3) Examine the establishment of a program for on-bill financing
for residential retrofit and improvement of heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning. The commission shall examine options for providing
ready access to financing from various potential sources and
mechanisms that can be collected and repaid through utility bills.
   (b) The commission shall consult and coordinate with the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in complying
with subdivision (a).