Electricity: renewable energy subscription programs.
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to strengthen California’s community renewable energy programs by revising the requirements for customer subscription programs. It specifies that avoided costs include certain values, imposes capacity and duration limits on participating facilities (5 megawatts generation/storage and 7-year subscription limit), and requires the PUC to evaluate and potentially modify the program to ensure consistency with its goals. The bill also directs the Energy Commission to evaluate community solar and storage projects as load-modifying resources.
Key provisions
- Specifies avoided costs for customer renewable energy subscription programs to include certain values.
- Limits generation and storage capacity for participating facilities to 5 megawatts each.
- Caps total program capacity at 5 gigawatts or ends subscriptions after 7 years.
- Requires the PUC to evaluate and modify the community renewable energy program annually.
- Mandates notification to the PUC regarding participation in the program.
- Requires the Energy Commission to evaluate community solar and storage projects as load-modifying resources.
- Establishes requirements for construction workers’ wages and contractor compliance.
- Requires bill credits to subscribers based on avoided costs.
Who is affected
- Electric Utilities
- Consumers
- Renewable Energy Developers
- California Public Utilities Commission
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