AB 3111: Distributed energy resources and aggregated distributed energy resources: reporting.

Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) with various responsibilities with respect to developing and implementing the states energy policies. Existing law vests the Energy Commission with the exclusive authority to certify all electrical transmission lines and thermal powerplants, and their sites, in the state, as specified.

This bill would require, as part of an application submitted for a permit to install or interconnect a distributed energy resource or an aggregated distributed energy resource, or at the time an aggregator enrolls an aggregated distributed energy resource in an aggregation program, aggregated distributed energy resource program is initiated, the applicant or aggregator to provide notice to the Energy Commission that contains specified information about the distributed energy resources or resources, aggregated distributed energy resources, or aggregation program, as provided. The bill would require the commission to share the information in those notices with the Public Utilities Commission, the Independent System Operator, and electrical corporations or local publicly owned electric utilities, as provided.