BILL NUMBER: AB 904	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2011
	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.
    Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations and gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the PUC to
establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the
Legislature. Pursuant to existing law, the PUC has opened Rulemaking
09-11-014 (Order Instituting Rulemaking to Examine the Commission's
Post-2008 Energy Efficiency Policies, Programs, Evaluation,
Measurement and Verification, and Related Issues, filed November 20,
2009).  Existing law requires the  Public Utilities
Commission (PUC)  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   the
above-described  Energy Commission program.
   This bill would require the PUC  , as part of Rulemaking
09-11-014,  to ensure that energy efficiency programs (1) result
in real  , absolute  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   evaluate all reasonable
alternatives for financing residential energy efficiency retrofits,
including efficiency  improvement of heating, ventilation, and
 air conditioning   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   As part of Rulemaking
09-11-014 (Order Instituting Rulemaking to Examine the Commission's
Post-2008 Energy Efficiency Policies, Programs, Evaluation,
Measurement and Verification, and Related Issues, filed November 20,
2009), the  commission shall ensure that energy efficiency
programs  that are under review in that proceeding  do all
the following:
   (1) Result in real  ,   absolute  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.
 
   (3) Evaluate all reasonable alternatives for financing residential
energy efficiency retrofits, including efficiency improvements of
heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. 
   (b) The commission shall consult and coordinate with the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in complying
with subdivision (a).