BILL NUMBER: AB 2390	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2390, as introduced, Chesbro. Biomass: incentive program.
   Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), in
consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, to authorize electrical corporations to
collect moneys for the self-generation incentive program (SGIP) at
2008 calendar year levels through December 31, 2014. Existing law
requires the PUC to require electrical corporations to administer the
SGIP, until January 1, 2016. Existing law limits eligibility for
SGIP incentives to distributed energy resources that the PUC, in
consultation with the State Air Resources Board, determines will
achieve reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases pursuant to the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
    This bill would state legislative findings and declarations
regarding the use of waste products from forest thinning and fire
prevention activities to generate electricity at biomass facilities.
The bill would state the intent of the legislature to establish an
incentive program to compensate biomass facilities for processing
waste associated with forest thinning and fire prevention activities.

   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.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) Prudent forest thinning and fire prevention activities are
important for protecting public safety.
   (2) The utility of fire prevention activities can be supplemented
by harnessing the energy potential of waste products from those
activities and generating electricity at biomass generation
facilities.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to
establish an incentive program to compensate biomass facilities for
processing waste associated with forest thinning and fire prevention
activities.