BILL NUMBER: AB 904INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 904, as introduced, Skinner. Energy efficiency. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to establish, by March 1, 2010, a regulatory proceeding to develop a comprehensive program to achieve greater energy savings in the state's existing residential and nonresidential building stock. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), by March 1, 2010, to open a new proceeding or amend an existing proceeding to investigate the ability of electrical corporations and gas corporations to provide various energy efficiency financing options to their customers for the purposes of implementing that Energy Commission program. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the PUC to take prescribed actions in its energy efficiency proceedings. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the Public Utilities Commission to do all of the following in its energy efficiency proceedings: (a) Seek to implement programs leading to real reductions in electricity consumption in the next round of energy efficiency funding. (b) Examine alternatives to traditional administration, delivery, and evaluation mechanisms for energy efficiency services, including, but not limited to, the provision of feed-in tariffs to those who can provide for and obtain verifiable consumption reductions. (c) Consult and coordinate with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in complying with subdivisions (a) and (b).