California Assembly Bill AB1132 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1132AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ting FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section  26001   321.7  of the Public  Resources   Utilities  Code, relating  to alternative energy and advanced transportation.  to energy.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1132, as amended, Ting.  Alternative energy and advanced transportation: financing.   Distributed generation: report: green workforce training programs.   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before January 1, 2010, and biennially thereafter, in consultation with the Independent System Operator and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to study, and submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor on, the impacts of distributed energy generation on the state's distribution and transmission grid.   This bill would instead require the report to be submitted annually to the Legislature. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with the California Workforce Investment Board and the Employment Training Panel, to include in the report an evaluation of the current use of, and opportunities for, green workforce training programs relating to the deployment of distributed energy resources.   The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to provide financial assistance for projects that promote the use of alternative energies. The act makes various findings and declarations.   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 321.7 of the   Public Utilities Code   is amended to read:  321.7. (a) On or before January 1, 2010, and  biennially   annually  thereafter, the commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall study, and submit a report to the Legislature and the  Governor, on   Governor on,  the impacts of distributed energy generation on the state's distribution and transmission grid. The study shall evaluate all of the following: (1) Reliability and transmission issues related to connecting distributed energy generation to the local distribution networks and regional grid. (2) Issues related to grid reliability and operation, including interconnection, and the position of federal and state regulators toward distributed energy accessibility. (3) The effect on overall grid operation of various distributed energy generation sources. (4) Barriers affecting the connection of distributed energy to the state's grid. (5) Emerging technologies related to distributed energy generation interconnection. (6) Interconnection issues that may arise for the Independent System Operator and local distribution companies. (7) The effect on peak demand for electricity. (b) In addition, the commission shall specifically assess the impacts of the California Solar Initiative program, specified in Section 2851 and Section 25783 of the Public Resources Code, the self-generation incentive program authorized by Section 379.6, and the net energy metering pilot program authorized by Section 2827.9.  (c) The commission shall, in consultation with the California Workforce Investment Board and the Employment Training Panel, include in the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) an evaluation of the current use of, and opportunities for, green workforce training programs relating to the deployment of distributed energy resources.   SECTION 1.   Section 26001 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 26001. The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the following: (a) It is essential that California, in cooperation with the federal government, use all practical and commercially feasible means to promote the prompt and efficient development of energy sources that are renewable or that more efficiently utilize and conserve scarce energy resources. (b) The promotion of sustainable and renewable energy sources, implementation of measures that increase the efficiency of the use of energy, and advanced transportation technologies that reduce the degradation of the environment, lessen the state's dependence on fossil fuels, and protect the health, welfare, and safety of the people of California are in the public interest and serve a public purpose.