California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 2441 — Electricity: distributed generation.

Last action — From Senate committee without further action.

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

This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to require each electrical corporation under the operational control of the Independent System Operator as of January 1, 2001, to modify tariffs so that all customers that install new distributed energy resources, as defined, in accordance with specified criteria are served under rates, rules, and requirements identical to those of a customer within the same rate schedule that does not use distributed energy resources, and to withdraw any provisions in otherwise applicable tariffs that activate other tariffs, rates, or rules if a customer uses distributed energy resources. Existing law provides, notwithstanding these requirements, that a customer that installs new distributed energy resources not be exempted from (1) reasonable interconnection charges, (2) charges imposed pursuant to the Reliable Electric Service Investment Act, and (3) charges imposed to repay the Department of Water Resources for electricity procurement expenses incurred in response to the electricity crisis of 2000–01. Existing law requires the commission, in establishing the rates applicable to customers that install new distributed energy resources, to create a firewall that segregates distribution cost recovery so that any net costs, taking into account the actual costs and benefits of distributed energy resources, proportional to each customer class, as determined by the commission, resulting from the tariff modifications granted to members of each customer class may be recovered only from that class. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to clean onsite electricity generation and nonbypassable charges. The bill would, to the extent authorized by federal law, require the commission, by July 1, 2015, to establish a pilot program to do both of the following for those electrical corporation customers that have operational clean distributed energy resources, as defined: (1) require each electrical corporation to collect all applicable nonbypassable charges fixed or imposed by the commission based only on the actual metered consumption of electricity delivered to the customer through the electrical corporation's transmission or distribution system, and (2) calculate a reservation capacity for standby service, if applicable, based on the capacity needed by an electrical corporation to serve a customer's electrical demand during an outage of the clean distributed energy resource providing electric service for that customer. The bill would require the commission to suspend the eligibility of additional customers to participate in the pilot program when 500 megawatts of nameplate generating capacity from clean distributed energy resources has become operational statewide pursuant to the pilot program. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to report to the Legislature on the impact of the pilot program upon specified matter by July 1, 2020, or when 450 megawatts of nameplate generating capacity from clean distributed energy resources has become operational pursuant to the pilot program, whichever comes sooner. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of an order or decision of the commission implementing its requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Senate committee without further action.

  2. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).

  3. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  4. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  9. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  10. Referred to Com. on T. & H.

  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 4750.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 9).

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  17. Read first time.

  18. From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.

  19. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Mullin · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Mullin

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 2441 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 70 Yea · 4 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 64305
Democratic 4000
Republican 2100
Total 70405
% of votes cast 89%5%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Not Voting
Mansoor — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Campos — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Fox — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Olsen — Nay
Garcia — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Medina — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Salas — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15100
Democratic 1000
Total 16100
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Linder — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Allen — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 17 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17100
Republican 0001
Total 17101
% of votes cast 89%5%0%5%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Salas — Yea
Hall — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Perea — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Campos — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2441 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to require each electrical corporation under the operational control of the Independent System Operator as of January 1, 2001, to modify tariffs so that all customers that install new distributed energy resources, as defined, in accordance with specified criteria are served under rates, rules, and requirements identical to those of a customer within the same rate schedule that does not use distributed energy resources, and to withdraw any provisions in otherwise applicable tariffs that activate other tariffs, rates, or rules if a customer uses distributed energy resources. Existing law provides, notwithstanding these requirements, that a customer that installs new distributed energy resources not be exempted from (1) reasonable interconnection charges, (2) charges imposed pursuant to the Reliable Electric Service Investment Act, and (3) charges imposed to repay the Department of Water Resources for electricity procurement expenses incurred in response to the electricity crisis of 2000–01. Existing law requires the commission, in establishing the rates applicable to customers that install new distributed energy resources, to create a firewall that segregates distribution cost recovery so that any net costs, taking into account the actual costs and benefits of distributed energy resources, proportional to each customer class, as determined by the commission, resulting from the tariff modifications granted to members of each customer class may be recovered only from that class. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to clean onsite electricity generation and nonbypassable charges. The bill would, to the extent authorized by federal law, require the commission, by July 1, 2015, to establish a pilot program to do both of the following for those electrical corporation customers that have operational clean distributed energy resources, as defined: (1) require each electrical corporation to collect all applicable nonbypassable charges fixed or imposed by the commission based only on the actual metered consumption of electricity delivered to the customer through the electrical corporation's transmission or distribution system, and (2) calculate a reservation capacity for standby service, if applicable, based on the capacity needed by an electrical corporation to serve a customer's electrical demand during an outage of the clean distributed energy resource providing electric service for that customer. The bill would require the commission to suspend the eligibility of additional customers to participate in the pilot program when 500 megawatts of nameplate generating capacity from clean distributed energy resources has become operational statewide pursuant to the pilot program. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to report to the Legislature on the impact of the pilot program upon specified matter by July 1, 2020, or when 450 megawatts of nameplate generating capacity from clean distributed energy resources has become operational pursuant to the pilot program, whichever comes sooner. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of an order or decision of the commission implementing its requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 2441?
AB 2441 is sponsored by Mullin.
What is the current status of AB 2441?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 AB 2441?
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