Bill Text: CA AB850 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State buildings: efficiency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB850 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB850-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 850 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gordon
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
An act to add Section 15814.50 to the Government Code,
and to amend Section 25401 of the Public Resources Code, relating to
energy efficiency. An act to amend Sections 15814.22
and 15814 .28 of the Government Code, relating to state
buildings.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 850, as amended, Gordon. Energy efficiency.
State buildings: efficiency.
Existing law requires the Department of General Services, in
consultation with other state entities, to develop a plan to exploit
cost-effective energy efficiency measures in state facilities.
Existing law requires the department to update the plan biennially,
coordinate implementation efforts, and make recommendations to the
Governor and the Legislature to achieve energy goals for state
facilities. Existing law requires the department to make these
recommendations no later than March 1, 2009, and biennially
thereafter. Existing law also requires the department to report on
projects under its jurisdiction, as specified.
This bill would instead require the California Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission to develop a plan to exploit
cost-effective energy efficiency and water conservation measures in
state facilities. This bill would require the department to
coordinate plan implementation efforts, and to submit recommendations
on energy efficiency and water conservation goals to the Governor
and the Legislature. This bill would require the department, in
consultation with the commission, to make these recommendations no
later than January 1, 2013.
(1) Existing law requires all new public buildings to be models of
energy efficiency, according to specified criteria, and requires the
Department of General Services to consult with the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission with respect to
these criteria.
This bill would require the department, in partnership with the
commission, to develop and adopt, on or before January 1, 2013, a
state plan to include energy efficient technology in public
buildings, according to specified criteria. It would require the
department, with the cooperation of the commission, to begin
implementation of the state plan upon its adoption. The bill would
also require the department, in conjunction with the commission, to
report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2014, on the
progress of the implementation of the state plan and its
effectiveness in improving the energy efficiency of public buildings.
(2) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission to carry out studies, technical
assessments, research projects, and data collection directed to
reducing wasteful, inefficient, unnecessary, or uneconomic uses of
energy, including specified components.
This bill would add improved electrical device design to those
components to be included in the studies, technical assessments,
research projects, and data collection to be carried out by the
commission.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) In enacting this act, the Legislature recognizes
the following:
(1) The significant energy savings and greenhouse gas emission
reductions inherent in the state's existing state-owned building
stock.
(2) It is the policy of the state to promote conservation and
efficient use of water.
(2)
(3) The need to establish a comprehensive energy
efficiency program to capture these reductions.
(b) The Legislature further recognizes that state government
should lead by example and demonstrate to the public the cost and
environmental benefits of implementing energy efficient technology
into daily life.
SEC. 2. Section 15814.22 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
15814.22. (a) The Department of
General Services, in consultation with the California
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission , in
consultation with the Department of General Services and other
state agencies and departments, shall develop a multiyear plan, to be
updated biennially, with the goal of exploiting all practicable and
cost-effective energy efficiency and water conservation
measures in state facilities. The commission shall solicit input
from both public and private entities. The department shall
coordinate plan implementation efforts, and make recommendations to
the Governor and the Legislature to achieve energy efficiency
and water conservation goals for state facilities.
(b) The plan shall not prohibit, limit, or supersede more
stringent green building requirements for public buildings.
(c) As used in this section, "state facilities" means any public
building as defined in Section 15802, but does not include any
building leased by the state, unless that building is financed
through the issuance of lease-revenue bonds.
SEC. 3. Section 15814.28 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
15814.28. The department Department of
General Services, in consultation with the California Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall, no
later than March 1, 2009 January 1, 2013
, and biennially thereafter, make the recommendations required in
Section 15814.22, and report on all of the following for projects
under its jurisdiction:
(a) The progress made toward implementing energy efficiency
measures in state facilities.
(b) The most common energy efficiency measures being implemented.
(c) The obstacles preventing further implementation of energy
efficiency measures.
(d) How current efforts and ideas can be incorporated into the
Governor's five-year infrastructure plan described in Section 13102.
SEC. 2. Section 15814.50 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
15814.50. (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2013, the Department of
General Services, in partnership with the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, shall develop and adopt a
state plan to include energy efficient technology in public
buildings. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the
implementation of new emerging technologies identified through the
research conducted and successfully completed through the Public
Interest Energy Research Program administered by the commission. In
identifying the technology to be included in the plan, the department
shall solicit input from both public and private entities.
(2) Upon the adoption of the state plan described in paragraph
(1), the Department of General Services, with the cooperation of the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall
begin implementation of the state plan.
(3) The state plan shall not prohibit, limit, or supersede more
stringent green building requirements for public buildings.
(4) The state plan may be included in the multiyear plan required
pursuant to Section 15814.22.
(b) On or before January 1, 2014, the Department of General
Services, in conjunction with the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission, shall report to the Legislature on the
progress of the implementation of the state plan and its
effectiveness in improving the energy efficiency of public buildings.
(c) This section shall not be construed to limit the plan to
technology developed through publicly funded programs.
(d) This section shall not apply to any building leased by the
state, except in the case of a building financed through the issuance
of lease-revenue bonds.
SEC. 3. Section 25401 of the Public Resources
Code is amended to read:
25401. The commission shall continuously carry out studies,
research projects, data collection, and other activities required to
assess the nature, extent, and distribution of energy resources to
meet the needs of the state, including, but not limited to, fossil
fuels and solar, nuclear, and geothermal energy resources. It shall
also carry out studies, technical assessments, research projects, and
data collection directed to reducing wasteful, inefficient,
unnecessary, or uneconomic uses of energy, including, but not limited
to, all of the following:
(a) Pricing of electricity and other forms of energy.
(b) Improved building design and insulation.
(c) Restriction of promotional activities designed to increase the
use of electrical energy by consumers.
(d) (1) Improved appliance efficiency and electrical device
design.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "electrical device" means
any unit of a system intended to carry electrical energy, including
raceways, conductors, conduit, wires, switches, and other devices.
(e) Advances in power generation and transmission technology.
(f) Comparisons in the efficiencies of alternative methods of
energy utilization.
The commission shall survey pursuant to this section all forms of
energy on which to base its recommendations to the Governor and
Legislature for elimination of waste or increases in efficiency for
sources or uses of energy. The commission shall transmit to the
Governor and the Legislature, as part of the biennial report
specified in Section 25309, recommendations for state policy and
actions for the orderly development of all potential sources of
energy to meet the state's needs, including, but not limited to,
fossil fuels and solar, nuclear, and geothermal energy resources, and
to reduce wasteful and inefficient uses of energy.
