BILL NUMBER: AB 1073	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 2864 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to solar energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1073, as introduced, Fuentes. Solar Water Heating and
Efficiency Act of 2007.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including gas corporations.
Existing law establishes the Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act
of 2007 (the act), which requires the commission to evaluate the data
available from a specified pilot project, and, if, after a public
hearing, the commission determines that a solar water heating program
is cost effective for ratepayers and in the public interest,
requires the commission to design and implement a program applicable
to the service territories of a gas corporation, to achieve the goal
of installing 200,000 solar water heating systems in homes and
businesses throughout the state by 2017. Existing law requires the
commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission and interested
members of the public, to establish eligibility criteria for solar
water heating systems receiving gas customer funded incentives
pursuant to the act.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
eligibility criteria provisions.
   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 2864 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   2864.  (a)  The commission, in   In 
consultation with the Energy Commission and interested members of the
public,  the commission  shall establish eligibility
criteria for solar water heating systems receiving gas customer
funded incentives pursuant to this article. The criteria should
specify and include all of the following:
   (1) Design, installation, and energy output or displacement
standards. To be eligible for rebate funding, a residential solar
water heating system shall, at a minimum, have a SRCC OG-300 Solar
Water Heating System Certification. Solar collectors used in systems
for multifamily residential, commercial, or industrial water heating
shall, at a minimum, have a SRCC OG-100 Solar Water Heating System
Certification.
   (2) Require that solar water heating system components are new and
unused, and have not previously been placed in service in any other
location or for any other application.
   (3) Require that solar water heating collectors have a warranty of
not less than 10 years to protect against defects and undue
degradation.
   (4) Require that solar water heating systems are in buildings
connected to a natural gas utility's distribution system within the
state.
   (5) Require that solar water heating systems have meters or other
kWhth measuring devices in place to monitor and measure the system's
performance and the quantity of energy generated or displaced by the
system. The criteria shall require meters for systems with a capacity
for displacing over 30 kWth. The criteria may require meters for
systems with a capacity of 30 kWth or smaller.
   (6) Require that solar water heating systems are installed in
conformity with the manufacturer's specifications and all applicable
codes and standards.
   (b)  No gas   Gas  customer funded
incentives shall  not  be made for a solar water heating
system that does not meet the eligibility criteria.