California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 1144 — California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: renewable energy credits.

Last action — From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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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 2015-2016 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. The existing definition of an electrical corporation excludes from that definition a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology or digester gas technology for the generation of electricity for (1) its own use or the use of not more than 2 of its tenants located on the real property on which the electricity is generated, (2) the use of or sale to not more than 2 other corporations or persons solely for use on the real property on which the electricity is generated, or (3) the sale or transmission to an electrical corporation or state or local public agency, if the sale or transmission of the electricity service to a retail customer is provided through the transmission system of the existing local publicly owned electric utility or electrical corporation of that retail customer. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, at specified percentages of the total kilowatthours sold to their retail end-customers during specified compliance periods. The program additionally requires each local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources to achieve the targets established by the program. The program, consistent with the goals of procuring the least-cost and best-fit eligible renewable energy resources that meet project viability principles, requires that all retail sellers procure a balanced portfolio of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as specified, referred to as the portfolio content requirements. 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. This tariff requirement is known as the renewable feed-in tariff program. The program additionally requires the commission, by June 1, 2013, 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. Pursuant to this requirement, the commission has established the small-scale bioenergy feed-in tariff program. This bill would provide that renewable energy credits may be used to meet the first category of the portfolio content requirements if (1) the credits are earned by electricity that is generated by an entity that, if it were a person or corporation, would be excluded from the definition of an electrical corporation by operation of the exclusions for a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology or digester gas technology, (2) the entity employing the landfill gas technology or digester gas technology has a first point of interconnection with a California balancing authority, a first point of interconnection with distribution facilities used to serve end users within a California balancing authority area, or is scheduled from the eligible renewable energy resource into a California balancing authority without substituting electricity from another source, (3) where the electricity generated that earned the credit is used at a wastewater treatment facility that is owned by a public entity, (4) the generating capability, as specified, of the wastewater treatment facility that earned the renewable energy credit is first put into service on or after January 1, 2016, and (5) the wastewater treatment facility does not participate in the small-scale bioenergy feed-in tariff program. The bill would prohibit a public entity, selling renewable energy that is eligible to meet the first category of the portfolio content requirements pursuant to the bill's provisions, from making any marketing or advertising claims regarding the renewable attributes of the electricity that earned the renewable energy credit. The bill would require that the electricity generated that earned the renewable energy credit that is sold by the public entity be added to the total retail sales of the retail seller or local publicly owned electric utility purchasing the renewable energy credit for purposes of determining their renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  5. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  6. Referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

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

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1547.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  13. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.

  15. Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES.

  16. Read first time.

  17. From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.

  18. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Rendon · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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Sponsors (1)

  • Rendon

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 1144 RENDON Assembly Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 64006
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 73007
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Perea — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Gray — Yea
Campos — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Chau — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Kim — Yea
Baker — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Olsen — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Weber — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 2000
Democratic 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10002
Republican 2001
Total 12003
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Burke — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Hadley — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1144 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The existing definition of an electrical corporation excludes from that definition a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology or digester gas technology for the generation of electricity for (1) its own use or the use of not more than 2 of its tenants located on the real property on which the electricity is generated, (2) the use of or sale to not more than 2 other corporations or persons solely for use on the real property on which the electricity is generated, or (3) the sale or transmission to an electrical corporation or state or local public agency, if the sale or transmission of the electricity service to a retail customer is provided through the transmission system of the existing local publicly owned electric utility or electrical corporation of that retail customer. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, at specified percentages of the total kilowatthours sold to their retail end-customers during specified compliance periods. The program additionally requires each local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources to achieve the targets established by the program. The program, consistent with the goals of procuring the least-cost and best-fit eligible renewable energy resources that meet project viability principles, requires that all retail sellers procure a balanced portfolio of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as specified, referred to as the portfolio content requirements. 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. This tariff requirement is known as the renewable feed-in tariff program. The program additionally requires the commission, by June 1, 2013, 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. Pursuant to this requirement, the commission has established the small-scale bioenergy feed-in tariff program. This bill would provide that renewable energy credits may be used to meet the first category of the portfolio content requirements if (1) the credits are earned by electricity that is generated by an entity that, if it were a person or corporation, would be excluded from the definition of an electrical corporation by operation of the exclusions for a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology or digester gas technology, (2) the entity employing the landfill gas technology or digester gas technology has a first point of interconnection with a California balancing authority, a first point of interconnection with distribution facilities used to serve end users within a California balancing authority area, or is scheduled from the eligible renewable energy resource into a California balancing authority without substituting electricity from another source, (3) where the electricity generated that earned the credit is used at a wastewater treatment facility that is owned by a public entity, (4) the generating capability, as specified, of the wastewater treatment facility that earned the renewable energy credit is first put into service on or after January 1, 2016, and (5) the wastewater treatment facility does not participate in the small-scale bioenergy feed-in tariff program. The bill would prohibit a public entity, selling renewable energy that is eligible to meet the first category of the portfolio content requirements pursuant to the bill's provisions, from making any marketing or advertising claims regarding the renewable attributes of the electricity that earned the renewable energy credit. The bill would require that the electricity generated that earned the renewable energy credit that is sold by the public entity be added to the total retail sales of the retail seller or local publicly owned electric utility purchasing the renewable energy credit for purposes of determining their renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements.
Who sponsors AB 1144?
AB 1144 is sponsored by Rendon.
What is the current status of AB 1144?
This bill died with 2015-2016 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 1144?
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