Legislation Relating to Renewable Energy

Pending Legislation

2008
• AB1920 - Corporations, Energy (Jared Huffman)
  analysis
  Expands the current net-metering programs for wind and solar, to allow the net-metered customers to sell any excess electricity they produce over the course of a year to their electric utility.
• SB411 - Accelerated Renewable Energy Standard (Simitian and Perata) text
  Accelerates California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) to require retail sellers of electricity to procure at least 23 percent of their retail sales from renewable power by 2020.

Passed Legislation

2008
• AB811 - Contractual Assessments: energy efficiency improvements (Lloyd Levine)
  Allows cities to establish voluntary energy efficiency and solar assessment districts for property owners.

2006
• SB107 - Accelerated Renewable Energy Standard (Joe Simitian and Don Perata)
  fact sheet (PDF) by Union of Concerned Scientists; analysis
  Accelerates California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) to require retail sellers of electricity to procure at least 20 percent of their retail sales from renewable power by 2010 instead of 2017.
• AB32 - Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Fabin Nunez and Fran Pavley)
  
• SB1 - Million Solar Roofs Bill (Kevin Murray)
  fact sheet (PDF) by Union of Concerned Scientists
  endorsement list (PDF)

2005
• AB1099 - Solar Tax Exemption (Mark Leno) PDF
  
• AB515 - State Water Project: solar photovoltaic panels and systems (Keith Richman)
• SB816 - Net Metering (Christine Kehoe) PDF
  Raises net metering cap for San Diego from approximately 19MW to 50MW of aggregate customer peak demand.

2004
• SB1478 - Changes to Renewable Portfolio Standards and Renewable Energy Program (Byron Sher) analysis
  Accelerates California Renewables Portfolio Standard to require to move the 20 percent target from 2020 to 2017
• AB2473 - New Solar Rights Act (Lois Wolk) PDF
  Limits restrications placed on small solar installations, modifying the 1078 Solar Rights Act
• AB594 - San Francisco Solar (Mark Leno)
  Calls for PG&E to credit San Francisco for energy produced by the city's solar installations.

2003
• SB67 - Chapter 731 - Energy: Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Debra Bowen)
  Allows the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to require an electrical corporation to procure renewable energy in order to meet California's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS),

2002
• SB1078 - Chapter 516 - Renewable energy: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Byron Sher) PDF text
  Establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standard.

Resources

• California Solar Legislation on CaliforniaSolarCenter.com
  Descriptions of California solar legislation passed from 2000 through 2007
• Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Bills to Encourage Alternative Fuels, Protect Environment by the Governor's Office Summaries of California legislation legislation