Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires every electrical corporation to file with the commission a standard tariff for electricity generated by an electric generation facility, as defined, that qualifies for the tariff, is owned and operated by a retail customer of the electrical corporation, and is located within the service territory of, and developed to sell electricity to, the electrical corporation. The commission refers to this requirement as the renewable feed-in tariff. Existing law requires that, in order to qualify for the tariff, the electric generation facility: (1) have an effective capacity of not more than 3 megawatts, subject to the authority of the commission to reduce this megawatt limitation, (2) be interconnected and operate in parallel with the electric transmission and distribution grid, (3) be strategically located and interconnected to the electrical transmission and distribution system in a manner that optimizes the deliverability of electricity generated at the facility to load centers, and (4) meet the definition of an eligible renewable energy resource under the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. Existing law requires an electrical corporation to make the tariff available to the owner or operator of an electric generation facility within the service territory of the electrical corporation, upon request, on a first-come-first-served basis, until the electrical corporation meets its proportionate share of a statewide cap of 750 megawatts cumulative rated generation capacity served under the renewable feed-in tariff and a renewable feed-in tariff that is applicable to a local publicly owned electric utility. In addition to the 750 megawatt limitation, the renewable feed-in tariff requires the commission to direct the electrical corporations to collectively procure at least 250 megawatts of cumulative rated generating capacity from developers of bioenergy projects that commence operation on or after June 1, 2013 (bioenergy feed-in tariff) . The commission is required to undertake specific steps to implement the bioenergy feed-in tariff requirement.
California AB 1923 (20152016) — Bioenergy feed-in tariff.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires every electrical corporation to file with the commission a standard tariff for electricity generated by an electric generation facility, as defined, that qualifies for the tariff, is owned and operated by a retail customer of the electrical corporation, and is located within the service territory of, and developed to sell electricity to, the electrical corporation. The commission refers to this requirement as the renewable feed-in tariff. Existing law requires that, in order to qualify for the tariff, the electric generation facility: (1) have an effective capacity of not more than 3 megawatts, subject to the authority of the commission to reduce this megawatt limitation, (2) be interconnected and operate in parallel with the electric transmission and distribution grid, (3) be strategically located and interconnected to the electrical transmission and distribution system in a manner that optimizes the deliverability of electricity generated at the facility to load centers, and (4) meet the definition of an eligible renewable energy resource under the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. Existing law requires an electrical corporation to make the tariff available to the owner or operator of an electric generation facility within the service territory of the electrical corporation, upon request, on a first-come-first-served basis, until the electrical corporation meets its proportionate share of a statewide cap of 750 megawatts cumulative rated generation capacity served under the renewable feed-in tariff and a renewable feed-in tariff that is applicable to a local publicly owned electric utility. In addition to the 750 megawatt limitation, the renewable feed-in tariff requires the commission to direct the electrical corporations to collectively procure at least 250 megawatts of cumulative rated generating capacity from developers of bioenergy projects that commence operation on or after June 1, 2013 (bioenergy feed-in tariff) . The commission is required to undertake specific steps to implement the bioenergy feed-in tariff requirement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
2016-03-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 30). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2016-04-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-04-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4684.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
2016-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5297.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6341.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 663, Statutes of 2016.
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