Bill Text: CA AB2163 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Net energy metering: Imperial Irrigation District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB2163 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2163-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2163	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member  Low   Williams


                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

    An act to add Section 89500.3 to the Education Code,
relating to the California State University.   An act to
add Section 2827.5 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to
electricity, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2163, as amended,  Low   Williams  .
 California State University: appointment of campus
presidents.   Net energy metering: Imperial Irrigation
District.  
   Existing law requires every electric utility, defined to include
an electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or
an electrical cooperative, to develop a standard contract or tariff
providing for net energy metering, as defined, and to make this
contract or tariff available to eligible customer-generators upon
request for generation by a renewable electrical generation facility.
An electric utility, upon request, is required to make available to
eligible customer-generators contracts or tariffs 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.
Existing law provides that an electric utility that is not a large
electrical corporation is not obligated to provide net energy
metering to customers in its service area once the above level is
reached.  
   The bill would require the Imperial Irrigation District to provide
net metering service to eligible customer-generators that meet
certain requirements, as specified. Because this bill would increase
the level of service provided by a local publicly owned utility, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.  
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Imperial Irrigation
District.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.  
   Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education
in this state. The California State University comprises 23
institutions of higher education, each of which is headed by a
president who is appointed by the trustees.  
   This bill would require the trustees, in exercising its authority
to appoint presidents, to require a person appointed as president of
a campus of the California State University to participate in at
least one public forum on that campus within 15 working days after
the trustees make that appointment.
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 2827.5 is added to the 
 Public Utilities Code   , to read:  
   2827.5.  (a) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision
(c) of Section 2827, for the Imperial Irrigation District, net
energy metering pursuant to Section 2827 shall be made available,
continuously and without interruption, to an eligible
customer-generator, as defined in Section 2827, who performed any of
the following acts prior to July 19, 2016:
   (1) Submitted a complete net energy metering application to, or
applied for a solar rebate from, the district.
   (2) Executed a contract for a renewable electrical generation
facility to be located within the district's service territory.
   (3) Contracted to purchase a new solar home located or to be
located in the district's service territory.
   (b) Notwithstanding the net energy metering program limit of
paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 2827 or any
other law, net energy metering pursuant to Section 2827 shall be made
available and without interruption to the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation as an eligible customer-generator pursuant to
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 2827
for facilities within the service territory of the Imperial
Irrigation District for eligible renewable electric generation
facilities developed pursuant to bids awarded on or before July 19,
2016.
   (c) (1) Eligible customer-generators taking service under a net
energy metering tariff or contract required by this section and
Section 2827 with the Imperial Irrigation District shall be eligible
to continue service under the net energy metering tariff under the
same terms and conditions as eligible customer-generators who
enrolled in net energy metering pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (c) of Section 2827.
   (2) The Imperial Irrigation District shall develop a contract or
tariff for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as an
eligible customer-generator pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(4) of subdivision (b) of Section 2827, consistent with the
requirements of Section 2827.
   (d) The Imperial Irrigation District shall send written
notification to all customers eligible for net energy metering or net
surplus compensation pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and shall
make available all forms required by subdivision (d) of Section 2827
within 15 days of the effective date of this section. Enrollment in
net energy metering and interconnection of an eligible
customer-generator who has submitted a complete net energy metering
application on or before July 19, 2016, shall occur consistent with
the requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 2827 but shall occur
no later than 60 days from the date the Imperial Irrigation District
receives the completed application form or the effective date of this
section, whichever is later.
   (e) This section does not require Imperial Irrigation District to
interconnect an eligible customer-generator unless that eligible
customer-generator is the owner or occupant of the premises served by
a renewable electrical generation facility. 
   SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique circumstances of the
Imperial Irrigation District. 
   SEC. 3.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because a local agency or school district has the
authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to
pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code. 
   SEC. 4.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   To ensure that eligible customer-generators described in
subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 2827.5 of the Public Utilities Code
located in the service territory of the Imperial Irrigation District
are provided with net energy metering service in an expeditious
manner, it is necessary for this measure to take effect immediately.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 89500.3 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   89500.3.  In exercising its authority to appoint campus
presidents, the trustees shall require a person appointed as
president of a campus of the California State University to
participate in at least one public forum on that campus within 15
working days after the trustees make that appointment.