Electricity: Solar Energy: Net Metering (SB 1)
BILL SUMMARY:
This bill requires beginning January 1, 2011, a seller of production homes, as defined, to offer the option of a solar energy system, as defined, to all customers negotiating to purchase a new production home constructed on land meeting certain criteria and to disclose certain information.related to this provision. This bill would require the PUC, in implementing the California Solar Initiative, to authorize the award of monetary incentives for up to the first megawatt of alternating current generated by an eligible solar energy system.
STATE:
CA
FINAL LANGUAGE:
STATUTE:
Chapter 132, Statutes of 2006
AUTHOR:
Assemblymember Kevin Murray
CO-AUTHORS:
Assemblymember Lloyd Levine
SENATE VOTE:
| Yes: 36 | No: 4 |
| R: 11 | R: 4 |
| D: 25 | D: 0 |
ASSEMBLY VOTE:
| Yes: 49 | No: 19 |
| R: 8 | R: 19 |
| D: 41 | D: 0 |
FISCAL IMPACT:
LISTED SUPPORT:
Governor's Administration; Office of the Attorney General; Oakland City Mayor Jerry Brown; Sacramento City Mayor Heather Fargo; San Diego City Council Member Donna Frye; San Francisco County Board of Supervisors; San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; San Jose City Mayor Ron Gonzalez; Akeena Solar; Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility; American Federation of State, County and Municipal; Employees; American Lung Association; American Solar Energy Society; Bluewater Network; Borrego Solar; California Alliance For Consumer Protection; California Building Officials; California Interfaith Power and Light; California League of Conservation Voters; California Public Interest Research Group; California Public Utilities Commission; California Solar Energy Industries Association; Carville Sierra, Inc.; City of Aliso Valley; City of Berkeley; City of Irvine; City of Santa Cruz; City of Sebastopol; Clarum Homes; Ventura Chamber of Commerce; Western Growers Association; Western Plant Health Association; Western States Petroleum Association; Clean Power Campaign; Coalition for Clean Air; Community Environmental Council; Cooperative Community Energy; East Bay Municipal Utility District; Energy Independence Now; Environment California; Global Green USA; Gray Panthers; Green Lease, Inc.; Greenpeace USA; Henry T. Perea, Councilmember 7th District; Industrial Environmental Association; KYOCERA International, Inc.; Marin County Board of Supervisors; Merced/Mariposa County Asthma Coalition; National Wildlife Federation; New Vision Technologies; NorCal Solar; Northern California Power Agency; Our Children's Earth; Pacific Environment; Pacific Gas and Electric Company (if amended); Physicians for Social Responsibility; Planning and Conservation League; Powerlight Solar Electric Systems; Public Citizen; PV Manufacturers Alliance; Rainforest Action Network; Real Goods; Relational Culture Institute; Sempra Energy (if amended); Sharp Solar; Sierra Club California; Solar Integrated Technologies; SolarWorks; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Stopwaste.org; Sun Power and Geothermal Energy; The Better World Group; Union of Concerned Scientists; Vote Solar; Working Assets; World Council for Renewable Energy; Yolo County Board of Supervisors; Several individuals
Letters of Support
Letters of Support
LISTED OPPOSITION:
The Utility Reform Network
Letters of Opposition
Letters of Opposition
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