BILL NUMBER: AB 1124 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 12, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 13, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 11, 2012 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 10, 2011 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 7, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner(Coauthors:SenatorsDeSaulnierand Hancock)FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amendSection 381.2 of the Public Utilities CodeSection 1941.1 of the Civil Code , relating toenergylandlord and tenant . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1124, as amended, Skinner.Energy: energy efficiency.Landlord and tenant. Existing law requires that any building with a dwelling unit maintain certain characteristics in order to be tenantable, including the maintenance of adequate heating and hot water systems that conform to the standard of quality set by applicable law. This bill would require that these provisions would not be interpreted to prohibit a tenant or owner from qualifying for energy savings assistance programs for repair or replacement of heating or hot water systems.Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to order certain electrical corporations to collect and spend certain funds for public benefit programs, including cost-effective energy efficiency and conservation programs. Existing law requires the PUC, by March 1, 2010, to have opened a new proceeding or amended an existing proceeding to investigate the ability of electrical corporations and gas corporations to provide energy efficiency financing options to their customers to implement the comprehensive energy efficiency program for certain residential and nonresidential buildings developed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission pursuant to a specified provision of law. Existing law also requires the PUC to include an assessment of each electrical corporation's and each gas corporation's implementation of that program in a specified triennial report required under existing law.This bill would require the PUC, in its review of the energy efficiency programs of electrical corporations and gas corporations, to ensure compliance with specified principles.Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:yesno . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1941.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read: 1941.1. (a) A dwelling shall be deemed untenantable for purposes of Section 1941 if it substantially lacks any of the following affirmative standard characteristics or is a residential unit described in Section 17920.3 or 17920.10 of the Health and Safety Code:(a)(1) Effective waterproofing and weather protection of roof and exterior walls, including unbroken windows and doors.(b)(2) Plumbing or gas facilities that conformed to applicable law in effect at the time of installation, maintained in good working order.(c)( 3) A water supply approved under applicable law that is under the control of the tenant, capable of producing hot and cold running water, or a system that is under the control of the landlord, that produces hot and cold running water, furnished to appropriate fixtures, and connected to a sewage disposal system approved under applicable law.(d)(4) Heating facilities that conformed with applicable law at the time of installation, maintained in good working order.(e)(5) Electrical lighting, with wiring and electrical equipment that conformed with applicable law at the time of installation, maintained in good working order.(f)( 6) Building, grounds, and appurtenances at the time of the commencement of the lease or rental agreement, and all areas under control of the landlord, kept in every part clean, sanitary, and free from all accumulations of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, rodents, and vermin.(g)( 7) An adequate number of appropriate receptacles for garbage and rubbish, in clean condition and good repair at the time of the commencement of the lease or rental agreement, with the landlord providing appropriate serviceable receptacles thereafter and being responsible for the clean condition and good repair of the receptacles under his or her control.(h)( 8) Floors, stairways, and railings maintained in good repair.(i)(9) A locking mail receptacle for each residential unit in a residential hotel, as required by Section 17958.3 of the Health and Safety Code. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2008. (b) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit a tenant or owner of rental properties from qualifying for a utility energy savings assistance program, or any other program assistance, for heating or hot water system repairs or replacement, or a combination of heating and hot water system repairs or replacements, that would achieve energy savings.SECTION 1.Section 381.2 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 381.2. (a) By March 1, 2010, the commission, by opening a new proceeding or amending an existing proceeding, shall investigate the ability of electrical corporations and gas corporations to provide various energy efficiency financing options to their customers for the purposes of implementing the program developed pursuant to Section 25943 of the Public Resources Code. (b) In the report prepared pursuant to Section 384.2, the commission shall include an assessment of each electrical corporation' s and each gas corporation's implementation of the program developed pursuant to Section 25943 of the Public Resources Code. (c) In its review of the energy efficiency programs of electrical corporations and gas corporations, the commission shall ensure compliance with the following principles. (1) Achieve maximum energy savings for all customer classes by adopting whole building, performance-based approaches. (2) Maximize opportunities of leveraging private capital by increasing and streamlining access to on-bill repayment programs without increasing utility costs. (3) Encourage job creation and training opportunities, with an emphasis on skilled occupations necessary for installation of highly efficient energy savings measures. (4) Create a single point of contact to coordinate access to energy efficiency programs for prospective customers using approaches that streamline and simplify procedures for determining property-level program enrollment and customer eligibility as well as encourage customer participation. (5) Provide equivalent funding and comparable measures for all eligible customers within the energy efficiency programs, particularly those customers that are more difficult to reach and have not yet been served by the programs, including small businesses, renters, multifamily renters, persons with disabilities, and those located in remote areas.