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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 3 - Rights, Obligations, and Charges › Section 2822.

2822. The commission shall approve and establish standby charges for electrical corporations. The commission may act in this regard on its own motion or on application of an electrical corporation or a private energy producer.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 3 - Rights, Obligations, and Charges › Section 2823.

2823. The commission shall approve and establish charges for transmission service. The commission may act in this regard on its own motion or on application of an electrical corporation or a private energy producer.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 3 - Rights, Obligations, and Charges › Section 2824.

2824. (a) The commission shall conduct a review of the charges paid by electrical corporations for electricity generated from other than conventional power sources and furnished to such corporations. Following such review, the commission shall consider adjustments in such charges to encourage the generation of electricity from other than conventional power sources.
(b) The commission shall conduct a review of standby charges charged by electrical corporations. Following such review, the commission shall consider adjustments in such charges to encourage the utilization of electricity generated from other than conventional power sources and to enable electrical corporations to review the costs of providing standby service.
(c) The commission shall conduct a review of charges for transmission service made by electrical corporations for the transmission of electricity generated from other than conventional power sources. Following such review, the commission shall consider adjustments in such charges to encourage the generation of electricity from other than conventional power sources.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 3 - Rights, Obligations, and Charges › Section 2826.

2826. (a) The commission shall establish requirements for the administration of power purchase contracts between electrical corporations and private energy producers. For any project which has not received all regulatory permits at the time of the commission’s review of a proposed project deferral agreement, the commission shall, at a minimum, apply both of the following requirements:
(1) Prohibit payments by an electrical corporation to a private energy producer to defer the construction of a private energy project unless the private energy producer agrees to repay all deferral payments charged to ratepayers in the event the project is not constructed and operating by the time the deferral period expires.
(2) Require the private energy producer to provide adequate security to ensure repayment of those ratepayer charges.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a power purchase contract between an electrical corporation and a private energy producer which is a major customer of the electrical corporation, if the contract is negotiated pursuant to procedures prescribed by the commission and for the purpose of retaining that customer.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 666, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 3 - Rights, Obligations, and Charges › Section 2827.7.

2827.7. Generation eligible for net energy metering that has all local and state permits required to commence construction on or before December 31, 2002, and has completed construction on or before September 30, 2003, shall be entitled, regardless of any change in customer or ownership of the energy system, for the life of the installation, to the net energy metering terms in effect on the date the local and state permits were acquired.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 836, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 3 - Rights, Obligations, and Charges › Section 2827.8.

2827.8. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the following provisions apply to an eligible customer-generator utilizing wind energy co-metering with a capacity of more than 50 kilowatts, but not exceeding one megawatt, unless approved by the electric service provider.
(a) The eligible customer-generator shall be required to utilize a meter, or multiple meters, capable of separately measuring electricity flow in both directions. Nothing in this section precludes the use of advanced metering infrastructure devices. All meters shall provide “time-of-use” measurements of electricity flow, and the customer shall take service on a time-of-use rate schedule. If the existing meter of the eligible customer-generator is not a time-of-use meter or is not capable of measuring total flow of energy in both directions, the eligible customer-generator is responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is both time-of-use and able to measure total electricity flow in both directions. This subdivision shall not restrict the ability of an eligible customer-generator to utilize any economic incentives provided by a government agency or the electric service provider to reduce its costs for purchasing and installing a time-of-use meter.
(b) The consumption of electricity from the electric service provider for wind energy co-metering by an eligible customer-generator shall be priced in accordance with the standard rate charged to the eligible customer-generator in accordance with the rate structure to which the customer would be assigned if the customer did not use an eligible wind electrical generating facility. The generation of electricity provided to the electric service provider shall result in a credit to the eligible customer-generator and shall be priced in accordance with the generation component, excluding surcharges to cover the purchase of power by the Department of Water Resources, established under the applicable structure to which the customer would be assigned if the customer did not use an eligible wind electrical generating facility.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 609, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.6 - Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program › Section 2831.

2831. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Building operational generating facilities that utilize sources of renewable energy within California, to supply the state’s demand for electricity, provides significant financial, health, environmental, and workforce benefits to the State of California.
(b) The California Solar Initiative will achieve its goals, resulting in over 150,000 residential and commercial onsite installations of solar energy systems. However, the California Solar Initiative cannot reach all residents and businesses that want to participate and is limited to only solar energy systems and not other eligible renewable energy resources. A green tariff shared renewables program seeks to build on the success of the California Solar Initiative by expanding access to all eligible renewable energy resources to all ratepayers who are currently unable to access the benefits of onsite generation.
(c) There is widespread interest from many large institutional customers, including schools, colleges, universities, local governments, businesses, and the military, for the development of generation facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources to serve more than 33 percent of their energy needs.
(d) Public institutions will benefit from a green tariff shared renewables program’s enhanced flexibility to participate in shared generation facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources.
(e) Building operational generating facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources creates jobs, reduces emissions of greenhouse gases, and promotes energy independence.
(f) Many large energy users in California have pursued onsite electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources, but cannot achieve their goals due to rooftop or land space limitations, or size limits on net energy metering. The enactment of this chapter will create a mechanism whereby institutional customers, such as military installations, universities, and local governments, as well as commercial customers and groups of individuals, can meet their needs with electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources.
(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that a green tariff shared renewables program be implemented in such a manner that facilitates a large, sustainable market for offsite electrical generation from facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources, while fairly compensating electrical corporations for the services they provide, without affecting nonparticipating ratepayers.
(h) It is the further intent of the Legislature that a green tariff shared renewables program be implemented in a manner that ensures nonparticipating ratepayer indifference for the remaining bundled service, direct access, and community choice aggregation customers.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 413, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.6 - Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program › Section 2831.5.

2831.5. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Eligible renewable energy resource,” “renewable energy credit,” and “renewables portfolio standard” have the same meaning as those terms have for the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1).
(2) “Participating utility” means an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customer accounts in California.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 413, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.6 - Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program › Section 2832.

2832. (a) On or before March 1, 2014, a participating utility shall file with the commission an application requesting approval of a green tariff shared renewables program to implement a program that the utility determines is consistent with the legislative findings and statements of intent of Section 2831. Nothing in this chapter limits an electrical corporation with less than 100,000 customer accounts in California from filing an application with the commission to administer a green tariff shared renewables program that is consistent with the legislative findings and statements of intent of Section 2831.
(b) On or before July 1, 2014, the commission shall issue a decision on the participating utility’s application for a green tariff shared renewables program, determining whether to approve or disapprove it, with or without modifications.
(c) After notice and an opportunity for public comment, the commission shall approve an application by a participating utility for a green tariff shared renewables program if the commission determines that the program is reasonable and consistent with the legislative findings and statements of intent of Section 2831.
(d) The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to an electrical corporation that, prior to May 1, 2013, filed an application with the commission to have a green tariff shared renewables program, or an equivalent program of whatever name, provided the commission approves the application with a determination that the program does not shift costs to nonparticipating customers and the application is consistent with this chapter. If the commission has approved a settlement agreement relative to parties contesting an application filed prior to May 1, 2013, the requirements of this section shall not apply if the commission, within a reasonable period of time, requires revisions to the previously approved settlement agreement that requires the program to be consistent with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 413, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2836.

2836. (a) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the commission shall open a proceeding to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each load-serving entity to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2015, and December 31, 2020. As part of this proceeding, the commission may consider a variety of possible policies to encourage the cost-effective deployment of energy storage systems, including refinement of existing procurement methods to properly value energy storage systems.
(2) The commission shall adopt the procurement targets, if determined to be appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1), by October 1, 2013.
(3) The commission shall reevaluate the determinations made pursuant to this subdivision not less than once every three years.
(4) Nothing in this section prohibits the commission’s evaluation and approval of any application for funding or recovery of costs of any ongoing or new development, trialing, and testing of energy storage projects or technologies outside of the proceeding required by this chapter.
(b) (1) On or before March 1, 2012, the governing board of each local publicly owned electric utility shall initiate a process to determine appropriate targets, if any, for the utility to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2020. As part of this proceeding, the governing board may consider a variety of possible policies to encourage the cost-effective deployment of energy storage systems, including refinement of existing procurement methods to properly value energy storage systems.
(2) The governing board shall adopt the procurement targets, if determined to be appropriate pursuant to paragraph (1), by October 1, 2014.
(3) The governing board shall reevaluate the determinations made pursuant to this subdivision not less than once every three years.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 9. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2836.2.

2836.2. In adopting and reevaluating appropriate energy storage system procurement targets and policies pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2836, the commission shall do all of the following:
(a) Consider existing operational data and results of testing and trial pilot projects from existing energy storage facilities.
(b) Consider available information from the California Independent System Operator derived from California Independent System Operator testing and evaluation procedures.
(c) Consider the integration of energy storage technologies with other programs, including demand-side management or other means of achieving the purposes identified in Section 2837 that will result in the most efficient use of generation resources and cost-effective energy efficient grid integration and management.
(d) Ensure that the energy storage system procurement targets and policies that are established are technologically viable and cost effective.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2836.4.

2836.4. (a) An energy storage system may be used to meet the resource adequacy requirements established for a load-serving entity pursuant to Section 380 if it meets applicable standards.
(b) An energy storage system may be used to meet the resource adequacy requirements established by a local publicly owned electric utility pursuant to Section 9620 if it meets applicable standards.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2836.6.

2836.6. All procurement of energy storage systems by a load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility shall be cost effective.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2837.

2837. Each electrical corporation’s renewable energy procurement plan, prepared and approved pursuant to Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1, shall require the utility to procure new energy storage systems that are appropriate to allow the electrical corporation to comply with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted pursuant to Section 2836. The plan shall address the acquisition and use of energy storage systems in order to achieve the following purposes:
(a) Integrate intermittent generation from eligible renewable energy resources into the reliable operation of the transmission and distribution grid.
(b) Allow intermittent generation from eligible renewable energy resources to operate at or near full capacity.
(c) Reduce the need for new fossil-fuel powered peaking generation facilities by using stored electricity to meet peak demand.
(d) Reduce purchases of electricity generation sources with higher emissions of greenhouse gases.
(e) Eliminate or reduce transmission and distribution losses, including increased losses during periods of congestion on the grid.
(f) Reduce the demand for electricity during peak periods and achieve permanent load-shifting by using thermal storage to meet air-conditioning needs.
(g) Avoid or delay investments in transmission and distribution system upgrades.
(h) Use energy storage systems to provide the ancillary services otherwise provided by fossil-fueled generating facilities.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2838.

2838. (a) (1) By January 1, 2016, each load-serving entity shall submit a report to the commission demonstrating that it has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2836.
(2) By January 1, 2021, each load-serving entity shall submit a report to the commission demonstrating that it has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2836.
(b) The commission shall ensure that a copy of each report required by subdivision (a), with any confidential information redacted, is available on the commission’s Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2838.2.

2838.2. (a) The following definitions apply to this section:
(1) “Distributed energy storage system” means an energy storage system with a useful life of at least 10 years that is connected to the distribution system or is located on the customer side of the meter.
(2) “Energy storage management system” means a system by which an electrical corporation can manage the charging and discharging of the distributed energy storage system in a manner that provides benefits to ratepayers.
(b) The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board and the Energy Commission, shall direct the state’s three largest electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread deployment of distributed energy storage systems to achieve ratepayer benefits, reduce dependence on petroleum, meet air quality standards, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Programs and investments proposed by the state’s three largest electrical corporations shall seek to minimize overall costs and maximize overall benefits.
(c) (1) The commission may approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments of an electrical corporation in distributed energy storage systems with appropriate energy storage management systems and reasonable mechanisms for cost recovery, if they are consistent with the requirements of this section and do not unreasonably limit or impair the ability of nonutility enterprises to market and deploy energy storage systems. The total capacity of the programs and investments in distributed energy storage systems approved by the commission pursuant to this section shall not exceed 500 megawatts, divided equally among the state’s three largest electrical corporations.
(2) No more than 25 percent of the capacity of distributed energy storage systems approved for programs and investments pursuant to this section shall be provided by behind-the-meter systems.
(3) The capacity authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) is in addition to any investments authorized pursuant to Section 2836.
(d) (1) The commission shall resolve each application filed by an electrical corporation pursuant to this section within 12 months of the date of filing of the completed application.
(2) The commission shall prioritize those programs and investments that provide distributed energy storage systems to public sector and low-income customers.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 681, Sec. 2. (AB 2868) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2838.3.

2838.3. It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission, in authorizing an electrical corporation to recover the costs of approved energy storage programs and investments from all customers pursuant to Section 2838.2, shall ensure that the costs for the programs and investments are recovered in proportion to the benefits received, consistent with Section 451.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 681, Sec. 3. (AB 2868) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2838.5.

2838.5. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the requirements of this chapter do not apply to either of the following:
(a) An electrical corporation that has 60,000 or fewer customer accounts within California.
(b) A public utility district that receives all of its electricity pursuant to a preference right adopted and authorized by the United States Congress pursuant to Section 4 of the Trinity River Division Act of August 12, 1955 (Public Law 84-386).
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (AB 2514) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems › Section 2839.

2839. The commission does not have authority or jurisdiction to enforce any of the requirements of this chapter against a local publicly owned electric utility.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 11. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2840.

2840. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2840.2.

2840.2. For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Combined heat and power system” means a system that produces both electricity and thermal energy for heating or cooling from a single fuel input that meets all of the following:
(1) Is interconnected to, and operates in parallel with, the electrical transmission and distribution grid.
(2) Is sized to meet the eligible customer-generator’s onsite thermal demand.
(3) Meets the efficiency standards of subdivisions (a) and (d) of, and the greenhouse gases emissions performance standard of subdivision (f) of, Section 2843.
(b) “Eligible customer-generator” means a customer of an electrical corporation that meets both of the following requirements:
(1) Uses a combined heat and power system with a generating capacity of not more than 20 megawatts, that first commences operation on or after January 1, 2008.
(2) Uses a time-of-use meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in two directions. If the existing electrical meter of an eligible customer-generator is not capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions, the eligible customer-generator shall be responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is able to measure electricity flow in two directions. If an additional meter or meters are installed, the electricity flow calculations shall yield a result identical to that of a time-of-use meter.
(c) “Excess electricity” means the net electricity exported to the electrical grid, generated by a combined heat and power system that is in compliance with Section 2843.
(d) “Greenhouse gas” or “greenhouse gases” includes all of the following gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 36. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2840.4.

2840.4. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Combined heat and power systems produce both electricity and thermal energy from a single fuel input, thus achieving much greater efficiency than the usual separate systems for producing these forms of energy, and reducing consumption of fuel.
(b) Combined heat and power systems recover heat that would otherwise be wasted in separate energy applications, and use this heat to avoid consumption of fuel that would otherwise be required to produce heat.
(c) Gigawatthours of potential useful electricity and millions of British thermal units of thermal energy could be derived from unused waste heat that is currently being vented into the atmosphere.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2840.6.

2840.6. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that state policies dramatically advance the efficiency of the state’s use of natural gas by capturing unused waste heat, and in so doing, help offset the growing crisis in electricity supply and transmission congestion in the state.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce wasteful consumption of energy through improved residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and manufacturer utilization of waste heat whenever it is cost effective, technologically feasible, and environmentally beneficial, particularly when this reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other carbon-based greenhouse gases.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to support and facilitate both customer- and utility-owned combined heat and power systems.
(d) This article does not apply to, and shall not impact, combined heat and power systems in operation prior to January 1, 2008, or combined heat and power systems with a generating capacity greater than 20 megawatts.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2841.5.

2841.5. A local publicly owned electric utility serving retail end-use customers shall establish a program that does both of the following:
(a) Allows retail end-use customers to utilize combined heat and power systems that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by achieving improved efficiencies utilizing heat that would otherwise be wasted in separate energy applications.
(b) Provides a market for the purchase of excess electricity generated by a combined heat and power system, at a just and reasonable rate, to be determined by the governing body of the utility.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2842.

2842. The commission, in approving a procurement plan for an electrical corporation pursuant to Section 454.5, shall require that the electrical corporation’s procurement plan incorporate combined heat and power solutions to the extent that it is cost effective compared to other competing forms of wholesale generation, technologically feasible, and environmentally beneficial, particularly as it pertains to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2842.2.

2842.2. The commission shall ensure that an electrical corporation utilizes long-term planning and a reliability assessment for upgrades to its transmission and distribution systems and that any upgrades are not inconsistent with promoting combined heat and power systems that are cost effective, technologically feasible, and environmentally beneficial, particularly as those combined heat and power systems reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2842.4.

2842.4. (a) The commission shall, for each electrical corporation, establish a pay-as-you-save pilot program for eligible customers.
(b) For the purposes of this section, an “eligible customer” means a customer of an electrical corporation that meets the following criteria:
(1) The customer uses a combined heat and power system with a generating capacity of not more than 20 megawatts that is in compliance with Section 2843.
(2) The customer is any of the following:
(A) A nonprofit organization described in Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c) (3)), that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of that code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(a)).
(B) A federal, state, or local government facility.
(c) The pilot program shall enable an eligible customer to finance all of the upfront costs for the purchase and installation of a combined heat and power system by repaying those costs over time through on-bill financing at the difference between what an eligible customer would have paid for electricity and the actual savings derived for a period of up to 10 years.
(d) The commission shall ensure that the reasonable costs of the electrical corporation associated with the pilot program are recovered.
(e) All costs of the pay-as-you-save program or financing mechanisms shall be borne solely by the combined heat and power generators that use the program or financing mechanisms, and the commission shall ensure that the costs of the program are not shifted to the other customers or classes of customers of the electrical corporation.
(f) Each electric corporation shall make on-bill financing available to eligible customers until the statewide cumulative rated generating capacity from pilot program combined heat and power systems in the service territories of the three largest electrical corporations in the state reaches 100 megawatts. An electrical corporation shall only be required to participate in the pilot program until it meets its proportionate share of the 100-megawatt limitation, based on the percentage of its peak demand to the total statewide peak demand within the service territories of all electrical corporations.
(g) An approval made by the Department of Finance for a state agency to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire a combined heat and power facility that would be financed through the pay-as-you-save pilot program, may not be made sooner than 30 days after written notification thereof is provided to the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Budget, and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or not sooner than whatever lesser time the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee may determine.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 253, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act › Section 2843.

2843. (a) The Energy Commission shall, by January 1, 2010, adopt guidelines that combined heat and power systems subject to this chapter shall meet, and shall accomplish all of the following:
(1) Reduce waste energy.
(2) Be sized to meet the eligible customer-generator’s thermal load.
(3) Operate continuously in a manner that meets the expected thermal load and optimizes the efficient use of waste heat.
(4) Are cost effective, technologically feasible, and environmentally beneficial.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the guidelines do not permit customers to operate as de facto wholesale generators with guaranteed purchasers for their electricity.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the guidelines required by this section shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The guidelines shall be adopted at a publicly noticed meeting offering all interested parties an opportunity to comment. At least 30 days’ public notice shall be given of the meeting required by this section, before the Energy Commission initially adopts guidelines. Substantive changes to the guidelines shall not be adopted without at least 10 days’ written notice to the public.
(d) Prior to January 1, 2010, the Energy Commission may adopt temporary guidelines for combined heat and power systems that comply with the parameters set forth in subdivision (a).
(e) (1) An eligible customer-generator’s combined heat and power system shall meet an oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions rate standard of 0.07 pounds per megawatthour and a minimum efficiency of 60 percent. A minimum efficiency of 60 percent shall be measured as useful energy output divided by fuel input. The efficiency determination shall be based on 100-percent load.
(2) An eligible customer-generator’s combined heat and power system that meets the 60-percent efficiency standard may take a credit to meet the applicable NOx emissions standard of 0.07 pounds per megawatthour. Credit shall be at the rate of one megawatthour for each 3.4 million British thermal units of heat recovered.
(f) An eligible customer-generator’s combined heat and power system shall comply with the greenhouse gases emission performance standard established by the commission pursuant to Section 8341.
(g) An eligible customer-generator shall adequately maintain and service the combined heat and power system so that during operation, the system continues to meet or exceed the efficiency and emissions standards established pursuant to subdivisions (a), (d), and (f).
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 713, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 9 - Solar Energy Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Solar Energy Systems › Section 2851.1.

2851.1. (a) As used in this section,“discount rate” means a financial mechanism that provides a given amount of interest as an offset to the loss of the time value of money on solar projects that receive performance-based incentives under Section 2851.
(b) Before collecting additional ratepayer funds to fund program shortfalls identified for incentive step levels 8, 9, and 10 for nonresidential solar photovoltaic systems, the commission shall first allocate interest accumulated from customer collections and, for the remainder of the shortfall, increase collections from customers of San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company for programs described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 2851.
(c) The discount rate shall be set at 4 percent, unless the commission determines the rate should be reduced.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 312, Sec. 2. (SB 585) Effective September 22, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 9 - Solar Energy Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Solar Energy Systems › Section 2851.5.

2851.5. (a) A school district or community college district may request an extension of a reservation expiration date for monetary incentives for a solar energy system. The commission may grant a maximum of three extensions of 180 calendar days for each extension.
(b) An extension request pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be made in writing, submitted to the program administrators, and shall include a written explanation of the need for the extension and the amount of additional time needed. In describing the need for the time extension request, the school district or community college district shall provide information on the circumstances, that are beyond the control of the district, that prevent the solar energy system from being installed as previously described in the initial reservation request. A failure to submit the incentive claim form package by the original or extended reservation expiration date shall result in the cancellation of the request.
(c) An approval of a request for a change in the reservation expiration date for monetary incentives for a solar energy system shall not modify any other condition of a reservation for incentives.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 542, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 9 - Solar Energy Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Solar Energy Systems › Section 2854.5.

2854.5. Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (5) of subdivision (d) of Section 2854, a local publicly owned electric utility may adopt, implement, and finance a solar initiative program otherwise in accordance with that section, using monetary incentives authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 2854, to residential and business consumers where consumers offset part or all of their electricity demand with electricity generated by a solar energy system not located on the premises of the consumer, if all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The solar energy system meets all of the following conditions:
(1) It is located within the service territory of the local publicly owned electric utility.
(2) It has a capacity of no more than five megawatts.
(3) It is interconnected to the local publicly owned electric utility’s system at the distribution level.
(b) The local publicly owned electric utility meets all of the following conditions:
(1) It provides monetary incentives authorized by Section 2854 for not more than the first megawatt of generating capacity of each solar energy system.
(2) It has contracted to purchase the total electricity produced by the solar energy system or owns the solar energy system.
(3) It provides no greater incentive per watt for the solar energy system than provided for by systems that participate in the applicable solar initiative program established under Section 2854.
(4) It has received approval for the solar energy system from its governing board at a publicly noticed and held meeting.
(c) The total megawatt capacity of solar energy systems eligible for a local publicly owned electric utility program under this section is both of the following:
(1) Not more than the total megawatt capacity of the combined residential and commercial solar energy systems installed in the service area of the local publicly owned electric utility after July 1, 2010, that participate in the applicable solar initiative programs established under Section 2854.
(2) Not more than 20 percent of the proportionate amount for the local publicly owned electric utility of the overall 3,000 megawatt state goal set forth in Section 2854, based on the percentage of the total statewide load served by that entity.
(Added by renumbering Section 387.8 by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 263. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 9 - Solar Energy Systems › ARTICLE 1 - Solar Energy Systems › Section 2854.6.

2854.6. (a) On or before July 1, 2019, the commission shall develop standardized inputs and assumptions to be used in the calculation and presentation of electric utility bill savings to a consumer that can be expected by using a solar energy system by vendors, installers, or financing entities, and the commission and each electrical corporation shall post these standardized inputs and assumptions on their Internet Web sites.
(b) For purposes of this section, “solar energy system” means a solar energy device to be installed on a residential building that has the primary purpose of providing for the collection and distribution of solar energy for the generation of electricity, that produces at least one kW, and not more than five MW, alternating current rated peak electricity, and that meets or exceeds the eligibility criteria established pursuant to Section 25782 of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 662, Sec. 3. (AB 1070) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 9 - Solar Energy Systems › ARTICLE 3 - Independent Solar Energy Producers › Section 2868.

2868. The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this article:
(a) “Electric utility” means an electrical corporation as defined in Section 218, a local publicly owned electric utility as defined in Section 9604, or an electrical cooperative as defined in Section 2776.
(b) “Independent solar energy producer” means a corporation or person employing one or more solar energy systems for the generation of electricity for any one or more of the following purposes:
(1) Its own use or the use of its tenants.
(2) The use of, or sale to, not more than two other entities or persons per generation system solely for use on the real property on which the electricity is generated, or on real property immediately adjacent thereto.
(c) “Real property” means a single parcel of land.
(d) “Solar energy system” means any configuration of solar energy devices that collects and distributes solar energy for the purpose of generating electricity and that has a single interconnection with the electric utility transmission or distribution network.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 535, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations › ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices › Section 2871.

2871. As used in this article, “automatic dialing-announcing device” means any automatic equipment which incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a random or sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be called and the capability, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, to disseminate a prerecorded message to the telephone number called.
(Added by renumbering Section 2821 by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations › ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices › Section 2872.5.

2872.5. The commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall open an investigative proceeding to determine whether standardized notification systems and protocol should be utilized by entities that are authorized to use automatic dialing-announcing devices pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 2872, to facilitate notification of affected members of the public of local emergencies. The commission shall not establish standards for notification systems or standard notification protocol unless it determines that the benefits of the standards exceed the costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 47. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations › ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices › Section 2873.

2873. Automatic dialing-announcing devices may be used to place calls over telephone lines only pursuant to a prior agreement between the persons involved, whereby the person called has agreed that he or she consents to receive such calls from the person calling, or as specified in Section 2874.
(Added by renumbering Section 2823 by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 8.)