AB 1935, as amended, Campos. Electricity: clean distributed energy resources.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, on a biennial basis and in consultation with the Independent System Operator and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to study and submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor on the impacts of distributed energy generation on the state’s distribution and transmission grid.
This bill would instead require the Public Utilities Commission, on a biennial basis, to study and submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor on the impacts of distributed generation, including clean distributed energy resources, as defined, on the state’s distribution and transmission grid.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 321.7 of the Public Utilities Code is
2amended to read:
(a) On or before January 1st of every other year, the
4commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator
5and the Energy Commission, shall study, and submit a report to
6the Legislature and the Governor, on the impacts of
distributed
7generation, including clean distributed energy resourcesbegin insert,end insert on the
8state’s distribution and transmission grid.
9(b) For the purposes of this section, “clean distributed energy
10resource” means any of the following:
11(1) A clean energy generating technology that meets all of the
12following criteria:
13(A) Produces electricity, or electricity and useful heat.
14(B) Has a greenhouse gas emissions factor, including, when
15applicable, credit for waste heat recovery and savings on
16transmission and distribution losses, that is less than or equal to
17an
emissions factor determined by the State Air Resources Board
18that represents the emissions of greenhouse gases that are displaced
19by the electricity generated by the distributed energy resource.
20(C) Has an oxide of nitrogen (NOx) emissions rate, including,
21when applicable, credit for waste heat recovery, that is less than
22or equal to
0.07 pounds per megawatthour, or a lower NOx
23emissions rate that the State Air Resources Board determines
24reflects the best performance achieved in practice by existing
25electrical generation technologies pursuant to Section 41514.9 of
26the Health and Safety Code.
27(D) Has a nameplate rated generation capacity of 20 or less
28megawatts.
29(2) An eligible renewable energy resource, as defined in Section
30399.12, that has a nameplate generation capacity of 20 or less
31megawatts.
32(3) A demandside reduction resource.
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33(3) Demand response that provides reliability benefits to the
34system, complies with local, state, and federal air emission
35regulations, reduces emissions of greenhouse gases, and supports
36the state’s goal of increasing the use of eligible renewable energy
37resources pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio
P3 1Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11)
2of Chapter 2.3).
3(4) An energy storage technology that stores energy from a
4technology or resource specified in paragraphbegin delete (1), (2), or (3).end deletebegin insert (1)
5or (2).end insert
6(c) The study shall evaluate all of the following:
7(1) Reliability and transmission issues related to connecting
8clean distributed energy resources to the local distribution networks
9and regionalbegin insert electricalend insert grid.
10(2) Issues related tobegin insert electricalend insert grid reliability and operation,
11including interconnection, and the position of federal and state
12regulators toward distributed energy accessibility.
13(3) The effect on overallbegin insert electricalend insert grid operation of various
14clean distributed energy resources.
15(4) Barriers affecting the connection of distributed energy to
16the state’sbegin insert electricalend insert grid.
17(5) Emerging technologies related to clean distributed energy
18resources interconnection.
19(6) Interconnection issues that may arise for the Independent
20System Operator and local distribution companies.
21(7) The effect on peak demand for electricity.
22(d) In addition, the commission shall specifically assess the
23impacts of the California Solar Initiative program, specified in
24Section 2851 and Section 25783 of the Public
Resources Code,
25the self-generation incentive program authorized by Section 379.6,
26and the net energy metering pilot program authorized by Section
272827.9.
28(e) The report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to
29subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795
30of the Government Code.
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