California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 581 — Hetch Hetchy Water and Power: renewable generation.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 598, Statutes of 2009.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities meeting specified conditions as Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (HHWP) at-site solar generation, as defined, and HHWP remote solar generation, as defined. Existing law requires that upon election and the filing and acceptance of an advice letter with the commission establishing rates, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is required on a monthly basis, to credit the City and County of San Francisco for certain electricity generated and delivered to the electric grid by HHWP at-site solar generation in accordance with specified rate criteria. Existing law additionally authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities as HHWP remote solar generation to supply electricity to qualifying remote load by designating those facilities to be served by HHWP remote solar generation. Existing law requires that PG&E accept any electricity exported to the grid by HHWP remote solar generation, up to the amount of electricity contemporaneously being used by the qualifying remote load, and treat the electricity accepted as behind the meter generation that offsets the electrical usage of qualifying remote load. Existing law requires that where the separate or remote sites are outside the City and County of San Francisco, they be located within 20 miles of the City and County of San Francisco or within 20 miles of an HHWP remote solar generation facility. This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific renewable electricity generation facilities, as defined, as HHWP at-site renewable generation and HHWP remote renewable generation. The bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific renewable electricity generation facilities or a portion of specific renewable electricity generation facilities as HHWP remote renewable generation to supply electricity to qualifying remote load by designating those facilities to be served by HHWP remote renewable generation. The bill would require that PG&E accept any electricity exported to the grid by HHWP remote renewable generation, up to the amount of electricity being used during the corresponding time period by the qualifying remote load, and to treat the electricity accepted as behind the meter generation that offsets the electrical usage of qualifying remote load. The bill would declare that, due to the special circumstances applicable only to HHWP renewable generation facilities, a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution, and the enactment of a special statute is therefore necessary.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 598, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by Governor.

  3. Enrolled. To Governor at 1 p.m.

  4. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2282.) To enrollment.

  5. In Senate. To unfinished business.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 2851.) To Senate.

  7. Read third time. Amended. (Page 2756.) To third reading.

  8. Read second time. To third reading.

  9. (Heard in committee on July 6.)

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.)

  11. (Corrected July 2.)

  12. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  13. (Heard in committee on June 22.)

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.)

  15. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  16. To Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES.

  17. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  18. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 1007.) To Assembly.

  19. Read second time. Amended. To third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 914.)

  21. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

  22. Set for hearing May 5.

  23. Hearing postponed by committee.

  24. Set for hearing April 21.

  25. To Com. on E., U. & C.

  26. Read first time.

  27. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 30.

  28. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Leno · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Leno

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB581 Leno

Passed 30 Yea · 9 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28802
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 30902
% of votes cast 73%22%0%5%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Leno — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Harman — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Runner — Nay
Negrete — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Nay
Huff — Nay
McLeod — Not Voting
Oropeza — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wright — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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SB 581 Leno Senate Third Reading By BERRYHILL, T.

Passed 86 Yea · 1 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 80104
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 86104
% of votes cast 95%1%0%4%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Audra — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Bass — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Not Voting
Harkey — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Not Voting
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Tran — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10000
Total 10000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Chesbro — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Hill — Yea
Logue — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Gilmore — Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14002
Total 14002
% of votes cast 88%0%0%13%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Carter — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Buchanan — Not Voting
Huffman — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Tom — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea

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Senate 3rd Reading SB581 Leno

Passed 26 Yea · 14 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241200
Democratic 2100
Republican 0100
Total 261400
% of votes cast 65%35%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
Negrete — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Huff — Nay
Runner — Nay
Ducheny — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Benoit — Nay
Dutton — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Cogdill — Nay
Correa — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Nay
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 581 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities meeting specified conditions as Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (HHWP) at-site solar generation, as defined, and HHWP remote solar generation, as defined. Existing law requires that upon election and the filing and acceptance of an advice letter with the commission establishing rates, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is required on a monthly basis, to credit the City and County of San Francisco for certain electricity generated and delivered to the electric grid by HHWP at-site solar generation in accordance with specified rate criteria. Existing law additionally authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities as HHWP remote solar generation to supply electricity to qualifying remote load by designating those facilities to be served by HHWP remote solar generation. Existing law requires that PG&E accept any electricity exported to the grid by HHWP remote solar generation, up to the amount of electricity contemporaneously being used by the qualifying remote load, and treat the electricity accepted as behind the meter generation that offsets the electrical usage of qualifying remote load. Existing law requires that where the separate or remote sites are outside the City and County of San Francisco, they be located within 20 miles of the City and County of San Francisco or within 20 miles of an HHWP remote solar generation facility. This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific renewable electricity generation facilities, as defined, as HHWP at-site renewable generation and HHWP remote renewable generation. The bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific renewable electricity generation facilities or a portion of specific renewable electricity generation facilities as HHWP remote renewable generation to supply electricity to qualifying remote load by designating those facilities to be served by HHWP remote renewable generation. The bill would require that PG&E accept any electricity exported to the grid by HHWP remote renewable generation, up to the amount of electricity being used during the corresponding time period by the qualifying remote load, and to treat the electricity accepted as behind the meter generation that offsets the electrical usage of qualifying remote load. The bill would declare that, due to the special circumstances applicable only to HHWP renewable generation facilities, a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution, and the enactment of a special statute is therefore necessary.
Who sponsors SB 581?
SB 581 is sponsored by Leno.
What is the current status of SB 581?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 581?
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