AB 2077: Electricity: local government renewable energy self-generation program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The local government renewable energy self-generation program authorizes a local government to receive a bill credit to be applied to a designated benefiting account for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility, as defined, and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account.

If a local government in the County of Santa Barbara has committed to a policy of supplying all of its demand for electricity from generation that qualifies as an eligible renewable energy resource pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, this bill would require an electrical corporation to negotiate in good faith with the local government on offering mutually agreeable rates and other terms that enable the local government to construct and operate eligible renewable generating facilities sufficient to meet the local governments 100% renewables commitment. The bill would require that any mutually agreed upon rates and terms be submitted to the commission and would require the commission to approve the rates and terms if the commission determines them to be just and reasonable. reasonable, and if the rates and other terms of the agreement, upon implementation, would not negatively affect reliability or safety, would not result in costshifting to other customers, and would not result in an increase in emissions of greenhouse gases.