| 1 | 1 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3021Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 21, 2020 An act to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17670) to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3021, as introduced, Ting. School facilities: energy resilient schools: grant program. Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require the administration, until January 1, 2026, of a self-generation incentive program to increase the development of distributed generation resources and energy storage technologies. This bill would appropriate $300,000,000 per fiscal year in the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems. The bill would require the Energy Commission to allocate resiliency grant funding in a specified order of priority. The bill would make a project eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency. The bill would require the Energy Commission to provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17670) is added to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 8. Energy Resilient Schools17670. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) Community school means a school that mitigates the educational disadvantages associated with poverty and improves pupils attendance, behavior, and achievement by operating as a hub of community resources, providing integrated educational, health, and mental health services to pupils with a wide range of needs.(b) Energy Commission means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(c) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(d) Priority development community means any of the following:(1) A disadvantaged community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(2) A low-income community, as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Locations within one-half mile of a low-income community.(4) An enterprise zone.17671. (a) (1) For the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years, the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) is hereby appropriated in each of those fiscal years from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems.(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated in paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and shall not be included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of meeting the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(b) (1) A local educational agency that seeks grant funding pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission shall establish quarterly application deadlines for these purposes.(2) The Energy Commission shall allocate resiliency grant funding to local educational agencies in the following order of priority:(A) Community schools.(B) Projects for school facilities, including school campuses, administrative offices, and operations facilities, in priority development communities that are also in high fire threat districts or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, if funding for the site is not available from the equity resiliency budget of the self generation incentive program established pursuant to Section 379.6 of the Public Utilities Code.(C) Projects for school facilities in priority development communities that are not in high fire threat districts but are in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event.(D) Projects for school facilities in high fire threat districts, or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, but that are not in a priority development community. (E) Projects for school facilities that have existing solar energy systems, or solar-plus-storage systems.(F) Projects for schools that serve as community emergency centers.(G) Projects for a local educational agency that includes an energy resiliency plan in an application for modernization funding to the Office of Public School Construction.(c) A local educational agency shall not use a sole source process to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. A local educational agency may use the best value criteria, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of former Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, as that section read on December 31, 2014, to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter.(d) (1) A grant provided pursuant to this section shall cover 80 percent of the project cost, except for a low-income school, in which case the grant shall cover 95 percent of the project cost.(2) Project cost includes the costs of any of the following:(A) An energy storage system and associated components.(B) Energy controls to operate the energy storage system during an outage of the electric grid.(C) Electrical work and equipment needed to configure the connection of the solar and energy storage systems so that they can operate during an outage of the electric grid.(D) Electrical work to isolate circuits to be served by the energy storage system.(3) A project is eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency.17672. (a) The Energy Commission shall provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance to support development of an application for a resiliency grant pursuant to Section 17671. Eligible technical assistance services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:(1) Analysis of historical energy usage and strategies for using energy storage to reduce utility costs and for using energy storage to provide electricity during an outage for a specified duration.(2) Analysis of schoolsite conditions.(3) Meetings with facility managers to determine resiliency plan objectives.(4) Development of an application for a resiliency grant.(b) A resiliency grant may include funding for additional technical assistance, including any of the following:(1) Preparation of a competitive solicitation proposal for the installation of equipment and electrical work.(2) Review and evaluation of responses to the solicitation.(3) Provide contracting, project management, and commissioning oversight support. |
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| 3 | 3 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3021Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 21, 2020 An act to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17670) to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3021, as introduced, Ting. School facilities: energy resilient schools: grant program. Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require the administration, until January 1, 2026, of a self-generation incentive program to increase the development of distributed generation resources and energy storage technologies. This bill would appropriate $300,000,000 per fiscal year in the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems. The bill would require the Energy Commission to allocate resiliency grant funding in a specified order of priority. The bill would make a project eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency. The bill would require the Energy Commission to provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO |
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| 13 | 13 | | No. 3021 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 21, 2020 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced by Assembly Member Ting |
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| 20 | 20 | | An act to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17670) to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to school facilities, and making an appropriation therefor. |
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| 22 | 22 | | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 24 | 24 | | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 26 | 26 | | AB 3021, as introduced, Ting. School facilities: energy resilient schools: grant program. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require the administration, until January 1, 2026, of a self-generation incentive program to increase the development of distributed generation resources and energy storage technologies. This bill would appropriate $300,000,000 per fiscal year in the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems. The bill would require the Energy Commission to allocate resiliency grant funding in a specified order of priority. The bill would make a project eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency. The bill would require the Energy Commission to provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance, as provided. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require the administration, until January 1, 2026, of a self-generation incentive program to increase the development of distributed generation resources and energy storage technologies. |
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| 34 | 34 | | This bill would appropriate $300,000,000 per fiscal year in the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems. The bill would require the Energy Commission to allocate resiliency grant funding in a specified order of priority. The bill would make a project eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency. The bill would require the Energy Commission to provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance, as provided. |
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| 40 | 40 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17670) is added to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 8. Energy Resilient Schools17670. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) Community school means a school that mitigates the educational disadvantages associated with poverty and improves pupils attendance, behavior, and achievement by operating as a hub of community resources, providing integrated educational, health, and mental health services to pupils with a wide range of needs.(b) Energy Commission means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(c) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(d) Priority development community means any of the following:(1) A disadvantaged community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(2) A low-income community, as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Locations within one-half mile of a low-income community.(4) An enterprise zone.17671. (a) (1) For the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years, the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) is hereby appropriated in each of those fiscal years from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems.(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated in paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and shall not be included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of meeting the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(b) (1) A local educational agency that seeks grant funding pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission shall establish quarterly application deadlines for these purposes.(2) The Energy Commission shall allocate resiliency grant funding to local educational agencies in the following order of priority:(A) Community schools.(B) Projects for school facilities, including school campuses, administrative offices, and operations facilities, in priority development communities that are also in high fire threat districts or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, if funding for the site is not available from the equity resiliency budget of the self generation incentive program established pursuant to Section 379.6 of the Public Utilities Code.(C) Projects for school facilities in priority development communities that are not in high fire threat districts but are in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event.(D) Projects for school facilities in high fire threat districts, or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, but that are not in a priority development community. (E) Projects for school facilities that have existing solar energy systems, or solar-plus-storage systems.(F) Projects for schools that serve as community emergency centers.(G) Projects for a local educational agency that includes an energy resiliency plan in an application for modernization funding to the Office of Public School Construction.(c) A local educational agency shall not use a sole source process to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. A local educational agency may use the best value criteria, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of former Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, as that section read on December 31, 2014, to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter.(d) (1) A grant provided pursuant to this section shall cover 80 percent of the project cost, except for a low-income school, in which case the grant shall cover 95 percent of the project cost.(2) Project cost includes the costs of any of the following:(A) An energy storage system and associated components.(B) Energy controls to operate the energy storage system during an outage of the electric grid.(C) Electrical work and equipment needed to configure the connection of the solar and energy storage systems so that they can operate during an outage of the electric grid.(D) Electrical work to isolate circuits to be served by the energy storage system.(3) A project is eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency.17672. (a) The Energy Commission shall provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance to support development of an application for a resiliency grant pursuant to Section 17671. Eligible technical assistance services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:(1) Analysis of historical energy usage and strategies for using energy storage to reduce utility costs and for using energy storage to provide electricity during an outage for a specified duration.(2) Analysis of schoolsite conditions.(3) Meetings with facility managers to determine resiliency plan objectives.(4) Development of an application for a resiliency grant.(b) A resiliency grant may include funding for additional technical assistance, including any of the following:(1) Preparation of a competitive solicitation proposal for the installation of equipment and electrical work.(2) Review and evaluation of responses to the solicitation.(3) Provide contracting, project management, and commissioning oversight support. |
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| 42 | 42 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: |
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| 44 | 44 | | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17670) is added to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 8. Energy Resilient Schools17670. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) Community school means a school that mitigates the educational disadvantages associated with poverty and improves pupils attendance, behavior, and achievement by operating as a hub of community resources, providing integrated educational, health, and mental health services to pupils with a wide range of needs.(b) Energy Commission means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(c) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(d) Priority development community means any of the following:(1) A disadvantaged community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(2) A low-income community, as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Locations within one-half mile of a low-income community.(4) An enterprise zone.17671. (a) (1) For the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years, the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) is hereby appropriated in each of those fiscal years from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems.(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated in paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and shall not be included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of meeting the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(b) (1) A local educational agency that seeks grant funding pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission shall establish quarterly application deadlines for these purposes.(2) The Energy Commission shall allocate resiliency grant funding to local educational agencies in the following order of priority:(A) Community schools.(B) Projects for school facilities, including school campuses, administrative offices, and operations facilities, in priority development communities that are also in high fire threat districts or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, if funding for the site is not available from the equity resiliency budget of the self generation incentive program established pursuant to Section 379.6 of the Public Utilities Code.(C) Projects for school facilities in priority development communities that are not in high fire threat districts but are in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event.(D) Projects for school facilities in high fire threat districts, or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, but that are not in a priority development community. (E) Projects for school facilities that have existing solar energy systems, or solar-plus-storage systems.(F) Projects for schools that serve as community emergency centers.(G) Projects for a local educational agency that includes an energy resiliency plan in an application for modernization funding to the Office of Public School Construction.(c) A local educational agency shall not use a sole source process to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. A local educational agency may use the best value criteria, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of former Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, as that section read on December 31, 2014, to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter.(d) (1) A grant provided pursuant to this section shall cover 80 percent of the project cost, except for a low-income school, in which case the grant shall cover 95 percent of the project cost.(2) Project cost includes the costs of any of the following:(A) An energy storage system and associated components.(B) Energy controls to operate the energy storage system during an outage of the electric grid.(C) Electrical work and equipment needed to configure the connection of the solar and energy storage systems so that they can operate during an outage of the electric grid.(D) Electrical work to isolate circuits to be served by the energy storage system.(3) A project is eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency.17672. (a) The Energy Commission shall provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance to support development of an application for a resiliency grant pursuant to Section 17671. Eligible technical assistance services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:(1) Analysis of historical energy usage and strategies for using energy storage to reduce utility costs and for using energy storage to provide electricity during an outage for a specified duration.(2) Analysis of schoolsite conditions.(3) Meetings with facility managers to determine resiliency plan objectives.(4) Development of an application for a resiliency grant.(b) A resiliency grant may include funding for additional technical assistance, including any of the following:(1) Preparation of a competitive solicitation proposal for the installation of equipment and electrical work.(2) Review and evaluation of responses to the solicitation.(3) Provide contracting, project management, and commissioning oversight support. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 17670) is added to Part 10.5 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: |
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| 52 | 52 | | CHAPTER 8. Energy Resilient Schools17670. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) Community school means a school that mitigates the educational disadvantages associated with poverty and improves pupils attendance, behavior, and achievement by operating as a hub of community resources, providing integrated educational, health, and mental health services to pupils with a wide range of needs.(b) Energy Commission means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(c) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(d) Priority development community means any of the following:(1) A disadvantaged community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(2) A low-income community, as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Locations within one-half mile of a low-income community.(4) An enterprise zone.17671. (a) (1) For the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years, the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) is hereby appropriated in each of those fiscal years from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems.(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated in paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and shall not be included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of meeting the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(b) (1) A local educational agency that seeks grant funding pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission shall establish quarterly application deadlines for these purposes.(2) The Energy Commission shall allocate resiliency grant funding to local educational agencies in the following order of priority:(A) Community schools.(B) Projects for school facilities, including school campuses, administrative offices, and operations facilities, in priority development communities that are also in high fire threat districts or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, if funding for the site is not available from the equity resiliency budget of the self generation incentive program established pursuant to Section 379.6 of the Public Utilities Code.(C) Projects for school facilities in priority development communities that are not in high fire threat districts but are in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event.(D) Projects for school facilities in high fire threat districts, or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, but that are not in a priority development community. (E) Projects for school facilities that have existing solar energy systems, or solar-plus-storage systems.(F) Projects for schools that serve as community emergency centers.(G) Projects for a local educational agency that includes an energy resiliency plan in an application for modernization funding to the Office of Public School Construction.(c) A local educational agency shall not use a sole source process to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. A local educational agency may use the best value criteria, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of former Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, as that section read on December 31, 2014, to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter.(d) (1) A grant provided pursuant to this section shall cover 80 percent of the project cost, except for a low-income school, in which case the grant shall cover 95 percent of the project cost.(2) Project cost includes the costs of any of the following:(A) An energy storage system and associated components.(B) Energy controls to operate the energy storage system during an outage of the electric grid.(C) Electrical work and equipment needed to configure the connection of the solar and energy storage systems so that they can operate during an outage of the electric grid.(D) Electrical work to isolate circuits to be served by the energy storage system.(3) A project is eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency.17672. (a) The Energy Commission shall provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance to support development of an application for a resiliency grant pursuant to Section 17671. Eligible technical assistance services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:(1) Analysis of historical energy usage and strategies for using energy storage to reduce utility costs and for using energy storage to provide electricity during an outage for a specified duration.(2) Analysis of schoolsite conditions.(3) Meetings with facility managers to determine resiliency plan objectives.(4) Development of an application for a resiliency grant.(b) A resiliency grant may include funding for additional technical assistance, including any of the following:(1) Preparation of a competitive solicitation proposal for the installation of equipment and electrical work.(2) Review and evaluation of responses to the solicitation.(3) Provide contracting, project management, and commissioning oversight support. |
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| 54 | 54 | | CHAPTER 8. Energy Resilient Schools17670. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) Community school means a school that mitigates the educational disadvantages associated with poverty and improves pupils attendance, behavior, and achievement by operating as a hub of community resources, providing integrated educational, health, and mental health services to pupils with a wide range of needs.(b) Energy Commission means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(c) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(d) Priority development community means any of the following:(1) A disadvantaged community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(2) A low-income community, as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(3) Locations within one-half mile of a low-income community.(4) An enterprise zone.17671. (a) (1) For the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years, the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) is hereby appropriated in each of those fiscal years from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems.(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated in paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and shall not be included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of meeting the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(b) (1) A local educational agency that seeks grant funding pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission shall establish quarterly application deadlines for these purposes.(2) The Energy Commission shall allocate resiliency grant funding to local educational agencies in the following order of priority:(A) Community schools.(B) Projects for school facilities, including school campuses, administrative offices, and operations facilities, in priority development communities that are also in high fire threat districts or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, if funding for the site is not available from the equity resiliency budget of the self generation incentive program established pursuant to Section 379.6 of the Public Utilities Code.(C) Projects for school facilities in priority development communities that are not in high fire threat districts but are in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event.(D) Projects for school facilities in high fire threat districts, or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, but that are not in a priority development community. (E) Projects for school facilities that have existing solar energy systems, or solar-plus-storage systems.(F) Projects for schools that serve as community emergency centers.(G) Projects for a local educational agency that includes an energy resiliency plan in an application for modernization funding to the Office of Public School Construction.(c) A local educational agency shall not use a sole source process to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. A local educational agency may use the best value criteria, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of former Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, as that section read on December 31, 2014, to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter.(d) (1) A grant provided pursuant to this section shall cover 80 percent of the project cost, except for a low-income school, in which case the grant shall cover 95 percent of the project cost.(2) Project cost includes the costs of any of the following:(A) An energy storage system and associated components.(B) Energy controls to operate the energy storage system during an outage of the electric grid.(C) Electrical work and equipment needed to configure the connection of the solar and energy storage systems so that they can operate during an outage of the electric grid.(D) Electrical work to isolate circuits to be served by the energy storage system.(3) A project is eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency.17672. (a) The Energy Commission shall provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance to support development of an application for a resiliency grant pursuant to Section 17671. Eligible technical assistance services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:(1) Analysis of historical energy usage and strategies for using energy storage to reduce utility costs and for using energy storage to provide electricity during an outage for a specified duration.(2) Analysis of schoolsite conditions.(3) Meetings with facility managers to determine resiliency plan objectives.(4) Development of an application for a resiliency grant.(b) A resiliency grant may include funding for additional technical assistance, including any of the following:(1) Preparation of a competitive solicitation proposal for the installation of equipment and electrical work.(2) Review and evaluation of responses to the solicitation.(3) Provide contracting, project management, and commissioning oversight support. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 17670. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: |
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| 66 | 66 | | (a) Community school means a school that mitigates the educational disadvantages associated with poverty and improves pupils attendance, behavior, and achievement by operating as a hub of community resources, providing integrated educational, health, and mental health services to pupils with a wide range of needs. |
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| 68 | 68 | | (b) Energy Commission means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. |
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| 70 | 70 | | (c) Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. |
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| 72 | 72 | | (d) Priority development community means any of the following: |
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| 74 | 74 | | (1) A disadvantaged community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code. |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) A low-income community, as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code. |
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| 78 | 78 | | (3) Locations within one-half mile of a low-income community. |
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| 80 | 80 | | (4) An enterprise zone. |
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| 82 | 82 | | 17671. (a) (1) For the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years, the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) is hereby appropriated in each of those fiscal years from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems.(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated in paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and shall not be included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of meeting the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(b) (1) A local educational agency that seeks grant funding pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission shall establish quarterly application deadlines for these purposes.(2) The Energy Commission shall allocate resiliency grant funding to local educational agencies in the following order of priority:(A) Community schools.(B) Projects for school facilities, including school campuses, administrative offices, and operations facilities, in priority development communities that are also in high fire threat districts or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, if funding for the site is not available from the equity resiliency budget of the self generation incentive program established pursuant to Section 379.6 of the Public Utilities Code.(C) Projects for school facilities in priority development communities that are not in high fire threat districts but are in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event.(D) Projects for school facilities in high fire threat districts, or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, but that are not in a priority development community. (E) Projects for school facilities that have existing solar energy systems, or solar-plus-storage systems.(F) Projects for schools that serve as community emergency centers.(G) Projects for a local educational agency that includes an energy resiliency plan in an application for modernization funding to the Office of Public School Construction.(c) A local educational agency shall not use a sole source process to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. A local educational agency may use the best value criteria, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of former Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, as that section read on December 31, 2014, to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter.(d) (1) A grant provided pursuant to this section shall cover 80 percent of the project cost, except for a low-income school, in which case the grant shall cover 95 percent of the project cost.(2) Project cost includes the costs of any of the following:(A) An energy storage system and associated components.(B) Energy controls to operate the energy storage system during an outage of the electric grid.(C) Electrical work and equipment needed to configure the connection of the solar and energy storage systems so that they can operate during an outage of the electric grid.(D) Electrical work to isolate circuits to be served by the energy storage system.(3) A project is eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency. |
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| 86 | 86 | | 17671. (a) (1) For the 202021, 202122, and 202223 fiscal years, the sum of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) is hereby appropriated in each of those fiscal years from the General Fund to the Energy Commission to administer a program to provide resiliency grant funding and technical assistance to local educational agencies for the installation of energy storage systems. |
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| 88 | 88 | | (2) Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated in paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, and shall not be included within the total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of meeting the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. |
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| 90 | 90 | | (b) (1) A local educational agency that seeks grant funding pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the Energy Commission. The Energy Commission shall establish quarterly application deadlines for these purposes. |
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| 92 | 92 | | (2) The Energy Commission shall allocate resiliency grant funding to local educational agencies in the following order of priority: |
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| 94 | 94 | | (A) Community schools. |
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| 96 | 96 | | (B) Projects for school facilities, including school campuses, administrative offices, and operations facilities, in priority development communities that are also in high fire threat districts or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, if funding for the site is not available from the equity resiliency budget of the self generation incentive program established pursuant to Section 379.6 of the Public Utilities Code. |
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| 98 | 98 | | (C) Projects for school facilities in priority development communities that are not in high fire threat districts but are in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event. |
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| 100 | 100 | | (D) Projects for school facilities in high fire threat districts, or in locations that have experienced at least one public safety power shutoff event, but that are not in a priority development community. |
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| 102 | 102 | | (E) Projects for school facilities that have existing solar energy systems, or solar-plus-storage systems. |
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| 104 | 104 | | (F) Projects for schools that serve as community emergency centers. |
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| 106 | 106 | | (G) Projects for a local educational agency that includes an energy resiliency plan in an application for modernization funding to the Office of Public School Construction. |
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| 108 | 108 | | (c) A local educational agency shall not use a sole source process to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. A local educational agency may use the best value criteria, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of former Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, as that section read on December 31, 2014, to award grant funding pursuant to this chapter. |
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| 110 | 110 | | (d) (1) A grant provided pursuant to this section shall cover 80 percent of the project cost, except for a low-income school, in which case the grant shall cover 95 percent of the project cost. |
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| 112 | 112 | | (2) Project cost includes the costs of any of the following: |
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| 114 | 114 | | (A) An energy storage system and associated components. |
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| 116 | 116 | | (B) Energy controls to operate the energy storage system during an outage of the electric grid. |
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| 118 | 118 | | (C) Electrical work and equipment needed to configure the connection of the solar and energy storage systems so that they can operate during an outage of the electric grid. |
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| 120 | 120 | | (D) Electrical work to isolate circuits to be served by the energy storage system. |
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| 122 | 122 | | (3) A project is eligible for funding if it is financed and owned by the local educational agency or financed and owned by a third party that has a power purchase or energy services agreement with the local educational agency. |
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| 124 | 124 | | 17672. (a) The Energy Commission shall provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance to support development of an application for a resiliency grant pursuant to Section 17671. Eligible technical assistance services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:(1) Analysis of historical energy usage and strategies for using energy storage to reduce utility costs and for using energy storage to provide electricity during an outage for a specified duration.(2) Analysis of schoolsite conditions.(3) Meetings with facility managers to determine resiliency plan objectives.(4) Development of an application for a resiliency grant.(b) A resiliency grant may include funding for additional technical assistance, including any of the following:(1) Preparation of a competitive solicitation proposal for the installation of equipment and electrical work.(2) Review and evaluation of responses to the solicitation.(3) Provide contracting, project management, and commissioning oversight support. |
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| 128 | 128 | | 17672. (a) The Energy Commission shall provide local educational agencies with preapplication funding for technical assistance to support development of an application for a resiliency grant pursuant to Section 17671. Eligible technical assistance services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following: |
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| 130 | 130 | | (1) Analysis of historical energy usage and strategies for using energy storage to reduce utility costs and for using energy storage to provide electricity during an outage for a specified duration. |
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| 132 | 132 | | (2) Analysis of schoolsite conditions. |
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| 134 | 134 | | (3) Meetings with facility managers to determine resiliency plan objectives. |
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| 136 | 136 | | (4) Development of an application for a resiliency grant. |
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| 138 | 138 | | (b) A resiliency grant may include funding for additional technical assistance, including any of the following: |
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| 140 | 140 | | (1) Preparation of a competitive solicitation proposal for the installation of equipment and electrical work. |
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| 142 | 142 | | (2) Review and evaluation of responses to the solicitation. |
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| 144 | 144 | | (3) Provide contracting, project management, and commissioning oversight support. |
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