Energy: building decarbonization: notice and recordation of a decarbonization charge.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on when the bill will start being enforced or the scope of energy suppliers running decarbonization programs.

Building Decarbonization Charge Notice

AB-737 requires gas companies to follow the same rules as electric companies when recording notices about decarbonization charges with county recorders.

What This Bill Does

• Adds gas corporations to the list of energy suppliers that must record a notice of decarbonization charge within 30 days after funding an upgrade.
• Requires these suppliers to also record a notice when they fully recover costs related to the decarbonization charge and remove it from the property's records.

Who It Names or Affects

• Energy suppliers, including gas corporations and electric companies.
• County recorders who handle property records.
• Property owners whose buildings receive decarbonization upgrades.

Terms To Know

Decarbonization charge

A cost added to a building's property record after an energy upgrade that helps pay for the upgrade.

Energy supplier

Companies or organizations that provide electricity or gas to homes and businesses.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify when it will start being enforced.
• It only applies to energy suppliers who run decarbonization programs, which may be limited in scope.

Official Summary Text

AB 737, Quirk-Silva.
Energy: building decarbonization: notice and recordation of a decarbonization charge.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, or the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility or electrical cooperative, to require an energy supplier, defined as an electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, electric service provider, community choice aggregator, or electrical cooperative, administering a decarbonization upgrade program or initiative, to record, no later than 30 days after funding a decarbonization upgrade, a notice of decarbonization charge, as defined, with the county recorder of the county where the property subject to the decarbonization charge is located, as specified. Existing law requires, among other things, an energy supplier, within 30 days of full cost recovery of the outstanding charges related to the recorded notice of decarbonization charge, to record a notice of the full cost recovery and removal of the
decarbonization charge with the county recorder of the county where the property subject to the decarbonization charge is located.
This bill would add gas corporations to the definition of “energy supplier” for purposes of the above-described provisions and make conforming changes.
Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.
Because a violation of a commission action implementing the above provisions would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.

Current Bill Text

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