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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Sharp-Collins</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act to add and repeal Section 769.7 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>San Diego Gas and Electric Company: energization pilot program.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires each public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public. Existing law prohibits a public utility from making or granting any preference or advantage to any corporation or person, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require, until January 1, 2032, San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDGE) to energize an affordable housing development project within 40 business days from the date on which SDGE determines the project
to be construction ready, as defined, and to prioritize the energization of affordable housing development projects over other residential energization projects under specified circumstances, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law requires the commission to establish annual reporting requirements for electrical corporations to report customer energization projects in order to evaluate the electrical corporation’s fulfillment of timely electrical service. Existing law requires the commission to require each electrical corporation to retain an independent third-party auditor to review the electrical corporation’s business practices and procedures for energizing new customers and how the electrical corporation is planning for demand growth, including new customer energizations. Existing law requires the third-party auditor to report to the commission on a biannual basis.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require, only until January 1, 2032, reporting on the
energization of affordable housing development projects to be included in SDGE’s biannual energization reporting submitted to the commission.</html:p>
<html:p>Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.</html:p>
<html:p>Because the provisions of the bill would be part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing the bill’s requirements would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</html:p>
<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill
would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 769.7 is added to the
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(a)
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For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply:
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(1)
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“Affordable housing development project” means a project for the construction of a new structure, or the modification of an existing structure, if not less than 100 percent of the dwelling units in that structure, other than dwelling units that will be occupied by resident managers, are set aside and reserved for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, for not less than 55 years pursuant to a recorded affordability restriction.
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(2)
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“Construction ready” means the phase in an affordable housing development project when all critical dependencies, including,
but not limited to, all necessary inspections, easements, certifications, billing applications, and permits required to energize, have been completed and the affordable housing development project site is accessible to SDGE.
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(3)
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“Energize” means the act of physically connecting an affordable housing development project to the electrical distribution grid of SDGE, including the completion of all work necessary to make the energization effective.
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(4)
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“SDGE” means San Diego Gas and Electric Company.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding any other law, SDGE shall energize an affordable housing development project within 40 business days from the date on which SDGE determines the affordable housing development project to be construction ready. In satisfying the requirements of this subdivision, SDGE shall prioritize the energization of
affordable housing development projects over other residential energization projects, if that prioritization does not compromise safety, reliability, or compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The 40-business-day period shall be calculated solely based on periods during which the energization steps are within SDGE’s control.
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(c)
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After SDGE determines an affordable housing development project is construction ready, if an issue specific to the affordable housing development project arises that reasonably prevents SDGE from safely and compliantly completing the energization, as required by subdivision (b), the 40-business-day period set forth in subdivision (b) shall not apply until the issue has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of SDGE and the project applicant.
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(d)
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Reporting on the energization of affordable housing development projects subject to this section
shall be included in SDGE’s biannual energization reporting submitted to the commission.
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(e)
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SDGE’s compliance with the requirements of this section is not a violation of Section 453.
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(f)
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This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed.
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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII
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B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII
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B of the California Constitution.
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