AB 2584, as introduced, Nestande. Energy: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and adopt a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation, as defined, pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
This bill would make technical and nonsubstantive changes to the program’s legislative findings and declarations.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 399.11 of the Public Utilities Code is
2amended to read:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
4(a) begin deleteIn order to end deletebegin insertTo end insertattain a target of generating 20 percent of total
5retail sales of electricity in California from eligible renewable
6energy resources by December 31, 2013, and 33 percent by
7December 31, 2020, it is the intent of the Legislature that the
P2 1commission and the Energy Commission implement the California
2Renewables Portfolio Standard Program described in this article.
3(b) Achieving the renewables portfolio standard through the
4procurement of various electricity
products from eligible renewable
5energy resources is intended to provide unique benefits to
6California, including all of the following, each of which
7independently justifies the program:
8(1) Displacing fossil fuel consumption within the state.
9(2) Adding new electrical generating facilities in the
10transmission network within the Western Electricity Coordinating
11Council service area.
12(3) Reducing air pollution in the state.
13(4) Meeting the state’s climate change goals by reducing
14emissions of greenhouse gases associated with electrical generation.
15(5) Promoting stable retail rates for electric service.
16(6) Meeting the state’s
need for a diversified and balanced
17energy generation portfolio.
18(7) Assistance with meeting the state’s resource adequacy
19requirements.
20(8) Contributing to the safe and reliable operation of the
21electrical grid, including providing predictable electrical supply,
22voltage support, lower line losses, and congestion relief.
23(9) Implementing the state’s transmission and land use planning
24activities related to development of eligible renewable energy
25resources.
26(c) The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program is
27intended to complement the Renewable Energy Resources Program
28administered by the Energy Commission and established pursuant
29to Chapter 8.6 (commencing with Section 25740) of Division 15
30of the Public Resources Code.
31(d) New and modified electric transmission facilities may be
32necessary to facilitate the state achieving its renewables portfolio
33standard targets.
34(e) (1) Supplying electricity to California end-use customers
35that is generated by eligible renewable energy resources is
36necessary to improve California’s air quality and public health,
37and the commission shall ensure rates are just and reasonable, and
38are not significantly affected by the procurement requirements of
39this article. This electricity may be generated anywhere in the
P3 1interconnected grid that includes many states, and areas of both
2Canada and Mexico.
3(2) This article requires generating resources located outside of
4California that are able to supply that electricity to California
5end-use customers to be treated identically to generating
resources
6located within the state, without discrimination.
7(3) California electrical corporations have already executed,
8and the commission has approved, power purchase agreements
9with eligible renewable energy resources located outside of
10California that will supply electricity to California end-use
11customers. These resources will fully count toward meeting the
12renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements. In
13addition, there are nearly 7,000 megawatts of additional proposed
14renewable energy resources located outside of California that are
15awaiting interconnection approval from the Independent System
16Operator. All of these resources, if procured, will count as eligible
17renewable energy resources that satisfy the portfolio content
18requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 399.16.
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