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2017 Chaptered and Vetoed Bill Update as of 10/3/17
The following list and information include actions by the Governor since the September 15, 2017 legislative deadline ending the 2017 legislative session. This list will change as we reach the October 15, 2017 deadline as the Governor either veto, signs, … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
Tagged 2007, Budget, California, California Public Utilities Commission, Chaptered, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, GHGs, Integrated Resource Planning, Legislation, Policy, prices, rates, Vetoed
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Legislative Update: Enrolled Bills 2017
Bills introduced in the 2017 legislative session were required to be enrolled and sent to the Governor by September 15, 2017, concluding the last legislative deadline. Nearly forty bills were enrolled sometime before this deadline. Several bills dealing with renewable … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, PACE, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Tagged Aliso Canyon, California, CPUC, DERs, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Electricity, Energy, GHGs, Integrated Resouce Planning, Legislation, Policy, Property Assessed Clean Energy, rates, San Diego, SANDAG
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Water Reliability and Renewable Energy Overgeneration
The issue of renewable energy integration and overgeneration is square and center in California. The California System Operator (CAISO) along with other state regulators have studied or commissioned third-party studies to evaluate both the scope of overgeneration and means to … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Water
Tagged California, Demand, Electricity, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, rates, Renewable
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Constitutional Reform of the California Public Utilities Commission
Assembly Members Gatto, Levine, and Wilk introduced a bipartisan State Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 11 on March 9, 2016 to reform the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). What does this proposed constitutional amendment mean for California and for the CPUC?
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Tagged California, California Public Utilities Commission, Electricity, Energy, Legislation, rates, Reform
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Residential Rates Revisited – Part 3: Legislative Fixes
In Part 1 of this series was a brief retrospective of some of the antecedents of today’s discussion of residential rates in California. In Part 2, we discussed in more detail the concept of inclining block rates, the policy rationale … Continue reading
Residential Electric Rates Revisited – Part 1: A Historical Perspective
Residential rates always seem to be in the news for one reason or another. These days, residential rates are the subject of pending legislation (AB 327) and an ongoing rulemaking at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) (R.12-06-013). To help … Continue reading
