California Assembly Bill AB1150 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1150AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 31, 2015 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 9, 2015 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 14, 2015 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 5, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Levine FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to add  Section 25404.5   Article 10 (commencing with Section 66090) of Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3  to the  Public Resources   Education  Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1150, as amended, Levine. Energy: University of California and California State University partnership. The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and by November 1 of every odd year thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report which includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, an assessment and forecast of system reliability, and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, and local publicly owned gas utilities are under the direction of their governing board. Existing law establishes the system of public postsecondary education in the state, which includes the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University. This bill would request the Regents of the University of California, and require the California State University,  in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and Public Utilities Commission, to expand the existing statewide institutional partnership with investor-owned energy utilities, as defined, to create an integrated and flexible program across all the California State University and University of California facilities, that accomplishes specified matter, including extending participation to the California State University and University of California facilities served by local publicly owned energy utilities that choose to participate.   to consider aligning their greenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the statewide institutional partnership between the California State University, the University of California, and investor-owned energy utilities and with those of the state, as specified.  As a condition for participation in the expanded partnership, the bill would require the California State University and the University of California to report to each investor-owned energy utility or local publicly owned energy utility the annual reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at all California State University and University of California facilities within that utility's service territory. 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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The University of California has committed to achieving carbon neutrality through aggressive measures to increase energy efficiency and develop renewable energy resources. (b) Because of its size and subsequent required energy consumption, there are significant opportunities for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases at University of California facilities. (c) Collectively, the University of California has substantially contributed to the state's energy efficiency goals by saving 373 million kilowatthours per year and 18,700,000 therms per year through 2014 as part of an institutional statewide partnership with investor-owned energy utilities established in 2004. (d) Additional deep energy efficiency potential exists at University of California facilities. The identified potential deep energy efficiency projects could produce savings of 426,000,000 kilowatthours per year and 15,700,000 therms per year, equating to $59 million per year in utility cost savings. (e) There is a need to expand the existing University of California institutional statewide partnership to capture carbon and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to ensure meaningful and reliable energy assessments, cost-effective energy efficiency improvements, and the incorporation of projects that are demonstrated to be cost effective on a carbon basis. SEC. 2.  Article 10 (commencing with  Section  25404.5   66090)  is added to  Chapter   2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of  the  Public Resources   Education  Code, to read: Article  10.   University Energy Efficiency Partnership   25404.5.   66090.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Investor-owned energy utilities" means the state's three largest electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, and each gas corporation, as defined in Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, of the state. (2) "Local publicly owned energy utility" means a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned gas utility. (3) "Partnership" means the statewide institutional partnership between the California State University, the University of California, and investor-owned energy utilities.  (4) "University" means the University of California and the California State University.  (b) The Regents of the University of California are requested to, and the California State University shall,  in consultation with the commission and the Public Utilities Commission, expand the statewide institutional partnership with investor-owned energy utilities to create an integrated and flexible program across all the California State University and University of California facilities, that accomplishes   consider aligning their greenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the partnership and the state by doing  all of the following: (1)  Participation  Expanding participation  in the partnership  is extended to California State University and University of California   to include the university  facilities served by local publicly owned energy utilities that choose to  participate. The   participate, and seeking the assistance of the  commission  shall request   in requesting  the participation of those local publicly owned energy  utilities serving the California State University and the University of California.   utilities.  (2)  A project is evaluated   Evaluating activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency  based upon  the project's  adherence to the Public Utilities Commission's energy efficiency and savings protocols,  and, secondarily, upon the project's effect in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and the cost effectiveness in achieving those reductions,   if applicable,  including, but not limited to, deep energy efficiency and eligible renewable energy resources, subject to applicable funding. (3) Wherever feasible,  the partnership utilizes   utilizing  whole-building, or whole-campus,  meter based verification in order to reduce costs associated with traditional field verification and engineering hand calculations.   meter-based verification.   (4) Developing an administrative framework that can be utilized by the partnership, to the extent allowable by the funding source, to allocate any future funding from the state or other sources for energy projects or projects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.   (c) The Public Utilities Commission and the commission shall authorize the existing partnership to accommodate the potential for multiple funding sources, and the partnership's existing administrative framework shall, subject to subdivision (e), be utilized to allocate any future funding from the state for energy projects or projects for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.   (d)   (c)  This section does not affect the eligibility of  the California State University and the University of California   a university  to receive resources from federal, state, and local government, or from public utilities or other sources through the partnership, and to leverage those resources.  (e)   (d)  Funds associated with an investor-owned energy utility shall be used  only for projects that are  in compliance with Public Utilities Commission requirements at the  California State University and University of California   university  facilities within the service territory of the investor-owned energy utility.  (f)   (e)  As a condition to participation in the expanded partnership,  the California State University and the University of California   a university  shall report to each investor-owned energy utility or local publicly owned energy utility the annual reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at all  California State University and University of California   university  facilities within that utility's service territory, by a mutually agreed upon date.  When reporting the results of partnership projects, all savings calculations shall utilize a baseline reflecting the existing conditions prior to the upgrade.