Energy: reliability planning assessment.

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Energy Reliability Planning Assessment

This law requires energy and utility commissions to include more detailed information about power grid improvements and fossil fuel use in their reports.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Energy Commission and Public Utilities Commission to include updates on transmission upgrades and electrical grid capacity in their quarterly reports.
• Includes expected completion dates for both system-wide and local energy resources in the reports.
• Adds information about approvals given by the PUC for building new utility projects.
• Reports on fossil fuel use at facilities built, bought, or contracted by the Department of Water Resources.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
• The Public Utilities Commission
• The Independent System Operator
• The Department of Water Resources

Terms To Know

Reliability Planning Assessment

A report that looks at the current and future state of California's energy resources to ensure there is enough power for everyone.

Public Convenience and Necessity

A legal term used when deciding if a project should be allowed because it benefits the public.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much funding will be provided for these additional reporting requirements.
• It is unclear what specific actions will be taken based on the information in the reports.
• There are no details about penalties if the commissions do not follow this new requirement.

Official Summary Text

SB 1158, as introduced, Stern.
Energy: reliability planning assessment.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), on or before December 15, 2022, and quarterly thereafter, to submit to the Legislature a joint Reliability Planning Assessment that, among other things, includes prospective information on existing and expected resources, including updates on the interconnection status for renewable projects and any delays in interconnection, and expected retirements for both system and local resources. Existing law requires the Energy Commission to report in the energy almanac on California energy resources that serve load in California.
This bill would require that the assessment also include the status of utility transmission upgrades and electrical grid infrastructure capacity, PUC approvals of applications for
certificates of public convenience and necessity and permits to construct utility and independent projects, and applications for permits for projects from the Energy Commission and the queue of projects from the Independent System Operator, include the expected completion dates for both system and local resources, and report on the use of fossil fuel by certain facilities constructed by, purchased by, or under contract with, the Department of Water Resources, as specified.

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