California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 1537 — Energy: rates: net energy metering.

Last action — In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

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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 2011-2012 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, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing board. Existing law, relative to private energy producers, requires every electric utility, as defined, to develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering, as defined, and to make this contract or tariff available to eligible customer generators, as defined, upon request for generation by a renewable electrical generation facility, as defined. An electric utility, upon request, is required to make the contract or tariff for net energy metering available to eligible customer-generators on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. With one exception, existing law requires that each net energy metering contract or tariff be identical with respect to rate structure, all retail rate components, and any monthly charges, to the contract or tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if the customer did not use a renewable electrical generation facility, except that eligible customer-generators shall not be assessed standby charges on the electrical generating capacity or the kilowatthour production of a renewable electrical generation facility. This bill would prohibit the commission from adopting any new demand charge, standby charge, customer charge, minimum monthly charge, interconnection charge, or other fixed charge that applies only to customers receiving electric service pursuant to a net energy metering contract or tariff.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  2. Vetoed by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 6022.) Ordered to the Senate.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 8).

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Referred to Com. on U. & C.

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

  11. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 3650.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3598.) (May 24).

  14. Set for hearing May 24.

  15. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  16. Set for hearing May 14.

  17. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 3304.) (April 24).

  19. Set for hearing April 24.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.

  21. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  22. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  23. Read first time.

  24. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.

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

Sponsors

  • Kehoe · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Kehoe

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

SB 1537 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By SKINNER

Passed 52 Yea · 23 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 512105
Democratic 1000
Total 522305
% of votes cast 65%29%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Fuentes — Nay
Fong — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Butler — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Halderman — Nay
Fletcher — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Campos — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Huber — Yea
Carter — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Nay
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Lara — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Yea
Norby — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Valadao — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Cook — Not Voting
Monning — Not Voting
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Nay
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Furutani — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10501
Democratic 1000
Total 11501
% of votes cast 65%29%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Campos — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Norby — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Not Voting
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 10 Yea · 2 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10203
Total 10203
% of votes cast 67%13%0%20%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Fuentes — Nay
Furutani — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Nay
Nestande — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Valadao — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Ma — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 32 Yea · 6 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29602
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 32602
% of votes cast 80%15%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Yea
Huff — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Price — Yea
Walters — Nay
Steinberg — Yea

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Steinberg — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 10 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9101
Democratic 1000
Republican 0001
Total 10102
% of votes cast 77%8%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wright — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Emmerson — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1537 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing board. Existing law, relative to private energy producers, requires every electric utility, as defined, to develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering, as defined, and to make this contract or tariff available to eligible customer generators, as defined, upon request for generation by a renewable electrical generation facility, as defined. An electric utility, upon request, is required to make the contract or tariff for net energy metering available to eligible customer-generators on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. With one exception, existing law requires that each net energy metering contract or tariff be identical with respect to rate structure, all retail rate components, and any monthly charges, to the contract or tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if the customer did not use a renewable electrical generation facility, except that eligible customer-generators shall not be assessed standby charges on the electrical generating capacity or the kilowatthour production of a renewable electrical generation facility. This bill would prohibit the commission from adopting any new demand charge, standby charge, customer charge, minimum monthly charge, interconnection charge, or other fixed charge that applies only to customers receiving electric service pursuant to a net energy metering contract or tariff.
Who sponsors SB 1537?
SB 1537 is sponsored by Kehoe.
What is the current status of SB 1537?
This bill died with 2011-2012 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 1537?
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