BILL ANALYSIS �
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( Without Reference to File )
CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1478 (Budget Committee)
As Amended August 29, 2014
Majority vote
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(vote not relevant) (vote not available)
Original Committee Reference: BUDGET
SUMMARY : Makes various technical adjustments to the resources,
environmental protection, energy, and agriculture 2014 budget
actions. Specifically, this bill :
1)Corrects various technical statutory references related to the
drinking water program and provides appropriate liquidation
periods as intended by the budget actions.
2)Clarifies that specified water and wastewater projects are
eligible to receive funding from the State Water Pollution
Control Revolving Fund.
3)Clarifies that $10 million, previously appropriated to the
Department of Housing and Community Development for
housing-related drought relief, continues to be appropriated
as provided in SB 104 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee),
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2014.
4)Provides a subaccount for greenhouse gas emission funding
through the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account for
purposes of tracking and provides that the loans within this
new subaccount may be used by state agencies, including the
University of California and California State University.
5)Includes an appropriation to the Natural Resources Agency for
the purpose of implementing elements of the scoping plan
adopted by the State Air Resources Board that was
inadvertently omitted from the budget act.
6)Increases the state expenditure cap from $25 million to $30
million for the removal of San Clemente Dam in Monterey
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County.
7)Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter
into a restoration agreement with Stanford Mansion Foundation,
a nonprofit organization, for the purpose of repairing and
restoring the front stairs of Leland Stanford Mansion State
Historical Park.
8)Modifies eligibility requirements for incentives under the
self-generation incentive program (SGIP) to clarify
eligibility for technologies that shift electricity load off
peak and make technical changes that clarify performance
measures under the program.
9)Narrows further the small hydroelectric generation unit
exemption from the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) as
follows: disqualifies from eligibility a 40 Megawatt (MW) or
less water supply or conveyance system (WSCS) unit that was
not procured prior to December 31, 2005; restricts ownership
of a procurement from a qualified 40 MW or less WSCS unit
procured prior to December 31, 2005, to one retail seller or
local publicly owned utility; disqualifies an application to
certify a WSCS unit of 40 MW or less from RPS certification if
an application was received by the California Energy
Commission after January 1, 2013; and allows the City and
County of San Francisco to sell 100,000 new MW-hours of
compliance credits from WSCS units and restricts those sales
to only local publicly owned utilities.
FISCAL EFFECT : This bill should not result in any substantive
changes to the budget act or related budget actions.
COMMENTS : This bill provides the necessary statutory references
and technical changes to the omnibus resources trailer bill, SB
861 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 35, Statutes
of 2014, to enact the 2014-15 budget related to resources,
environmental protection, energy, and agriculture.
Analysis Prepared by : Gabrielle Meindl / BUDGET / (916)
319-2099
FN: 0005602
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