BILL NUMBER: AB 2498INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 2840.6 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2498, as introduced, Skinner. Combined heat and power systems. The existing Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to require an electrical corporation to purchase excess electricity, as defined, from an eligible customer, as defined, of the electrical corporation that is delivered by a combined heat and power system, as defined, that complies with the sizing, energy efficiency, and air pollution control requirements of the act. The act states the intent of the Legislature that state policies dramatically advance the efficiency of the state's use of natural gas by capturing unused waste heat, and in so doing, help offset the growing crisis in electricity supply and transmission congestion in the state. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive revision to these provisions. 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 2840.6 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 2840.6. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that state policies dramatically advance the efficiency of the state's use of natural gas by capturing unused waste heat, and in so doing, help offset the growing crisis in electricity supply and to relieve transmission congestion in the state. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce wasteful consumption of energy through improved residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and manufacturer utilization of waste heat whenever it is cost effective, technologically feasible, and environmentally beneficial, particularly when this reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other carbon-based greenhouse gases. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature to support and facilitate both customer- and utility-owned combined heat and power systems. (d) This article does not apply to, and shall not impact, combined heat and power systems in operation prior to January 1, 2008, or combined heat and power systems with a generating capacity greater than 20 megawatts.