BILL NUMBER: AB 2514	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Section 2827.1 of the Public Utilities
Code, relating to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2514, as introduced, Bradford. Net energy metering.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations.
Existing law, relative to private energy producers, requires every
electric utility, as defined, to make available to an eligible
customer-generator, as defined, a standard contract or tariff for net
energy metering on a first-come-first-served basis until the time
that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible
customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate
customer peak demand. Electrical corporations are an electric utility
for these purposes.
   This bill would require the commission to complete a study by June
30, 2013, to determine the extent to which each class of ratepayers
receiving service under the net energy metering tariff is paying the
full cost of the services provided to them by electrical corporations
and the extent to which those customers pay their share of the costs
of public purpose programs. The bill would require the commission to
report the results of the study to the Legislature within 30 days of
its completion.
   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 2827.1 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   2827.1.  (a) By June 30, 2013, the commission shall complete a
study to determine the extent to which each class of ratepayers
receiving service under the net energy metering tariff authorized
pursuant to Section 2827 is paying the full cost of the services
provided to them by electrical corporations and the extent to which
those customers pay their share of the costs of public purpose
programs.
   (b) (1) The commission shall report the results of the study to
the Legislature within 30 days of its completion.
   (2) The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795
of the Government Code.
   (3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on July 1, 2017.