Bill Text: CA AB140 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Distributed generation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB140 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB140-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 140	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        JANUARY 9, 2015

   An act to amend Section 321.7 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 140, as introduced, Travis Allen. Distributed generation.
   Existing law require the Public Utilities Commission, on or before
January 1, 2010, and biennially thereafter, 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 make a technical, nonsubstantive revision to this
requirement.
   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.  Section 321.7 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   321.7.  (a) On or before January 1, 2010, and biennially
thereafter, the commission, in consultation with the Independent
System Operator and the  State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development   Energy  Commission, shall 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. The study shall evaluate all of the following:

   (1) Reliability and transmission issues related to connecting
distributed energy generation to the local distribution networks and
regional grid.
   (2) Issues related to grid reliability and operation, including
interconnection, and the position of federal and state regulators
toward distributed energy accessibility.
   (3) The effect on overall grid operation of various distributed
energy generation sources.
   (4) Barriers affecting the connection of distributed energy to the
state's grid.
   (5) Emerging technologies related to distributed energy generation
interconnection.
   (6) Interconnection issues that may arise for the Independent
System Operator and local distribution companies.
   (7) The effect on peak demand for electricity.
   (b) In addition, the commission shall specifically assess the
impacts of the California Solar Initiative program, specified in
Section 2851 and Section 25783 of the Public Resources Code, the
self-generation incentive program authorized by Section 379.6, and
the net energy metering pilot program authorized by Section 2827.9.