Bill Author: Assembly Member  Bob Blumenfield 

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Energy Efficiency

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Bill Author: Assembly Member Lori Saldaña

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Energy Efficiency

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This bill requires the Energy Commission to establish a schedule for non-residential building owners and operators to disclose their buildings energy consumption for accounts in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Source: California Energy Commission  

Bill Author: Assembly Member Nancy Skinner

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Energy Efficiency

Bill Author: Assembly Member Jared Huffman

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Renewable Energy 

Bill Author: Assembly Member Bob Blumenfield

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Renewable Energy; Electricity & Natural Gas

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This bill would allow community college, University of California, and California State University campuses to receive credit on their electric bill for power generated by a renewable energy facility by expanding the definition of local government as it relates to the California Solar Initiative (CSI).

Source: California Energy Commission  

Bill Author: Assembly Member Felipe Fuentes

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Electricity & Natural Gas

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The bill authorizes the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Air Resources Board (ARB) to treat certain advanced distributed generation technologies as cogeneration, and make the limitations upon gas rates and surcharges to cogeneration applicable to the qualified advanced distributed generation technologies.

Source: California Energy Commission  

Bill Author: Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez

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Facility Siting, Electricity & Natural Gas

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This bill requires the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), upon making certain findings, to transfer air emission reduction credits (ERCs) from internal accounts to one qualifying power plant, CPV Sentinel, seeking a license from the Energy Commission.

Bill Author: Assembly Member Sam Blakeslee

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Renewable Energy 

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This bill authorizes a state board or agency as the applicable entity to issue Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) certification, pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, for out-of-state hydroelectric generating facilities that have increased their generation incrementally via energy efficiency. The bill also requires that a hydroelectric facility be owned by a retail seller or local publicly owned electric utility.

Bill Author: Committee on Utilities & Commerce

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Renewable Energy

Bill Author: Assembly Member Noreen Evens

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Legal & Administrative

Bill Author: Assembly Member Sam Blakeslee

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Renewable Energy

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This bill authorizes local agencies to permit small wind generation less than 50 kilowatts (kW) by ordinance. The bill also requires the Energy Commission to provide a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government related to California's small wind generation deployment status, progress, and recommendations.

Source: California Energy Commission  

Bill Author: Senator Alex Padilla

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Research & Development; Electricity & Natural Gas

Bill Author: Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod

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Renewable Energy

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Revises and expands a feed-in tariff (FIT) program for eligible renewable electric generation facilities.

Source: California Energy Commission  

Bill Author: Senator Christine Kehoe

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Electricity & Natural Gas

Bill Author: Senator Fran Pavley

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Energy Efficiency