Bill Text: CA AB850 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 850	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 850, as introduced, Gordon. Energy efficiency.
   (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) 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 15814.50 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.