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AB-1260: Rules for Renewable Energy Subscription Programs
This law updates the rules for community renewable energy programs by setting size limits, defining cost calculations, and requiring state agencies to review participation.
What This Bill Does
- Sets a limit of no more than 5 megawatts for generation capacity and storage at each facility in the program.
- Caps total program capacity at 5 gigawatts or ends subscriptions after 7 years, whichever happens first.
- Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt or modify the community renewable energy program by September 1, 2026.
- Mandates that electric providers and community choice aggregators notify the commission within 180 days if they will join the program.
- Directs the Energy Commission to evaluate solar and storage projects as load-modifying resources by September 1, 2026.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
- Community choice aggregators
- Electric service providers
- The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
Terms To Know
- Avoided costs
- Cost values used to calculate bill credits for subscribers based on the program's facilities.
- Community choice aggregator
- A local public agency that can choose to participate in or leave the renewable energy subscription program by notifying the PUC.
- Load-modifying resource
- Energy projects, like solar and storage, that are evaluated so they may be counted as resources that help manage grid demand.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not state a specific effective date for when these rules begin.
- No reimbursement is required by this act, but the text only states it is for a specified reason without detailing what that reason is.