AB 920 Update
On Friday CalSEIA filed comments jointly with Environment California on the proposed pricing for net metered customers with surplus generation. AB 920 requires the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt a price by January 1, 2011. CalSEIA and Environment California proposed two pricing options:
1. Full retail rate
2. A Feed in Tariff Rate that is consistent with the rate in SB 32. (Note that the Commission has not yet started the process to implement SB 32.)
CalSEIA and Environment California’s proposals are different from the proposals suggested by most of the utliities.
The Commission will take all comments into consideration. We expect that the Commission will hold a workshop or hearing this summer.
SB 32 Update
In 2009, the Governor signed SB 32 into law. SB 32 requires the California Public Utilities to establish a Feed in Tariff for projects that are less than 3MW and to set the price at a value that represents the value of renewbale geneartion. CalSEIA commissioned an economist to evaluate the range of pricing that SB 32 would authorize for the Feed in Tariff. The findings of this study will be released later this month and we will be working with a coalition of organizations to encourage the Commission to move expeditously to implement the Feed in Tariff authorized by SB 32.