Bill Text: CA SB58 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Antelope Valley Fairgrounds EE and PV Synergy
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-02 - Referred to Com. on U. & C. [SB58 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB58-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 58 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Runner
( Coauthor: Assembly Member
Knight )
DECEMBER 21, 2010
An act to amend Section 379.7 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to electricity.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 58, as amended, Runner. Antelope Valley Fairgrounds EE and PV
Synergy Demonstration Project.
(1) Existing law authorizes the establishment of the Antelope
Valley Fairgrounds EE and PV Synergy Demonstration Project, a project
that would include the installation of cost-effective
energy-efficient equipment and fixtures, and a photovoltaic solar
energy system of up to 630 kilowatts. Existing law requires an
electrical corporation providing electrical service to the Antelope
Valley Fairgrounds to file a tariff with the Public Utilities
Commission meeting certain criteria. A violation of these provisions
is a crime. These provisions will be repealed on January 1, 2017.
This bill would extend these provisions relating to the Antelope
Valley Fairgrounds EE and PV Synergy Demonstration Project until
January 1, 2018. Because the bill would extend the operation of
provisions, a violation of which would be a crime, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) 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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 379.7 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
379.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the
demonstration project authorized pursuant to this section, at the
Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, to determine actual energy and cost
savings that may be achieved when investments are made onsite to both
reduce overall electricity demand and to offset peak electricity
demand through the installation of (1) cost-effective energy
efficient equipment and fixtures, and (2) a photovoltaic solar energy
system, will provide valuable empirical data upon which to optimize
future ratepayer investments in cost-effective energy efficiency and
photovoltaic solar systems.
(b) (1) The demonstration project authorized pursuant to this
section shall be referred to as the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds EE
and PV Synergy Demonstration Project.
(2) To ensure that potential energy and cost savings from
cost-effective energy efficient equipment and fixtures are achieved,
the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds shall do both of the following:
(A) Implement the recommendations of the energy audit performed on
July 27, 2004.
(B) Include cost-effective energy efficient equipment and fixtures
in all future expansions of the fairgrounds.
(3) To ensure that potential energy and cost savings are achieved
from a photovoltaic solar energy system of up to 630 kilowatts
installed at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, the photovoltaic solar
energy system shall meet both of the following criteria:
(A) Be installed in a manner that optimizes operating efficiency,
including appropriate siting.
(B) Consist of components that are new and unused and have a
warranty of not less than 10 years to protect against defects and
undue degradation of electrical generation output.
(c) An electrical corporation providing electrical service to the
Antelope Valley Fairgrounds shall, by February 1, 2006, file with the
commission a tariff providing for an incentive rate consistent with
this section. The incentive rate shall provide stability and
certainty over a 10-year period in an amount and in a timely
manner to support investment in, and to test the durability of,
the photovoltaic solar energy system installed at the fairgrounds.
The incentive rate, together with an incentive from the
self-generation incentive program that recognizes the energy
efficiency investments made at the fairgrounds as authorized pursuant
to Section 379.6, shall provide for a 10-year payback period for the
photovoltaic solar energy system. The incentive rate shall not
result in any cost shifting among customer classes of the electrical
corporation.
(d) Actual energy and cost savings shall be determined through
annual energy audits and ongoing metering of electricity used and
electricity produced on a time-of-use basis.
(e) The demonstration project will be complete 10 years from the
date the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds first takes electrical service
pursuant to the incentive rate required by this section.
(f) Biennial reports shall be submitted to the commission and to
the Legislature by the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. The reports shall
include actual recorded electricity usage by the fairgrounds and
electricity produced by the photovoltaic solar energy system at the
fairgrounds, on a time-of-use basis. A final report shall be
submitted to the commission and to the Legislature within six months
of the conclusion of the demonstration project. The final report
shall include an analysis of the energy and cost savings achieved at
the fairgrounds, the effectiveness of combining investment in energy
efficiency and a photovoltaic solar energy system on the same site,
the performance and durability of the photovoltaic solar energy
system over the life of the demonstration project, and
recommendations for optimizing ratepayer investment in energy
efficiency and photovoltaic solar energy systems.
(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.
