2007 California Public Utilities Code Article 3. Rights, Obligations, And Charges

CA Codes (puc:2821-2829)

2821.  (a) The commission shall approve and establish equitable
charges to be paid by an electrical corporation which purchases
electricity or electrical generating capacity, or both, from any
private energy producer employing other than a conventional power
source for the generation of electricity.
   (b) The commission, on its own motion or on application of an
electrical corporation or a private energy producer, may also specify
the prices, terms, and conditions for the purchase or sale of
electricity or electrical generating capacity, or both, between an
electrical corporation and a private energy producer, and these
prices, terms, and conditions, so specified, shall be considered
reasonable and prudent for all purposes.  The commission may act to
specify these prices, terms, and conditions on its own motion or on
application of an electrical corporation or a private energy
producer.
   (c) Every private energy producer employing hydroelectric
facilities, who executes a contract with an electrical corporation on
or after January 1, 1988, or prior to that date, for the purchase of
electricity or electrical generating capacity, or both, shall obtain
and provide proof of compliance by the private energy producer with
all state laws relating to the control, appropriation, use, and
distribution of water, including, but not limited to, the obtaining
of applicable licenses and permits.  The private energy producer
shall also provide proof of compliance with the federal Clean Water
Act.
   (d) (1) For the purpose of providing proof of compliance with all
state laws relating to the control, appropriation, use, and
distribution of water, the electrical corporation shall require the
private energy producer to provide either of the following:
   (A) Certification from the State Water Resources Control Board
that a water right permit has been issued for the operation of the
hydroelectric facility.
   (B) Certification from the State Water Resources Control Board
that, in the opinion of the board, the private energy producer
possesses riparian rights or other water rights which authorize the
operation of the hydroelectric facility.
   (2) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall apply only to
contracts involving hydroelectric projects which have not been
accepted by the electrical corporation for commercial operation prior
to May 18, 1987.
   (3) Every contract executed by a private energy producer who is in
violation of paragraph (1) is void and unenforceable on and after
whichever of the following dates applies:
   (A) February 29, 1988, for contracts involving hydroelectric
projects which have been accepted by the electrical corporation for
commercial operation on or after May 18, 1987, and prior to January
1, 1988.
   (B) The 60th day after a project has been accepted by the
electrical corporation for commercial operation, for contracts
involving hydroelectric projects which are accepted by the electrical
corporation for commercial operation on or after January 1, 1988.
   (4) The commission shall disallow, for purposes of establishing
rates for an electrical corporation, all amounts expended for the
purchase of electricity pursuant to a contract that is void and
unenforceable under this subdivision.
   (e) (1) For the purposes of providing proof of compliance with the
federal Clean Water Act, the electrical corporation shall require
the private energy producer to provide a statement from the State
Water Resources Control Board that certification pursuant to Section
401 of the federal Clean Water Act has either been granted or waived
by the board for operation of the hydroelectric facility.  The board
shall not waive certification unless the board finds that there is
reasonable assurance that the project shall comply with all
applicable requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and state
water quality laws.  If the board cannot make this finding within the
period provided for certification, the board shall either certify
upon conditions that provide reasonable assurance of compliance or
deny certification.
   (2) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall apply only to
contracts involving hydroelectric projects which have not been
accepted by the electrical corporation for commercial operation prior
to January 1, 1992.
   (3) Every contract executed by a private energy producer who is in
violation of paragraph (1) is void and unenforceable on and after
whichever of the following dates applies:
   (A) March 1, 1993, for contracts involving hydroelectric projects
which are accepted by the electrical corporation for commercial
operation between January 1, 1992, and December 31, 1992.
   (B) The 60th day after having been accepted by the electrical
corporation for commercial operation, for contracts involving
hydroelectric projects which are accepted by the electrical
corporation for commercial operation on or after January 1, 1993.
   (4) The commission shall disallow, for purposes of establishing
rates for an electrical corporation, all amounts expended for the
purchase of electricity pursuant to a contract that is void and
unenforceable under this subdivision.
   (f) Subdivision (d) does not apply to any private energy producer
if all of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The electrical corporation did not make timely written demand
for the proof of compliance required by paragraph (1) of subdivision
(d).
   (2) On or before the date the project was accepted by the
electrical corporation for commercial operation, the private energy
producer was in fact in compliance with all applicable state laws
relating to the control, appropriation, use, and distribution of
water, including, but not limited to, those laws that require the
obtaining of all applicable entitlements.
   (3) Prior to October 14, 1991, the private energy producer has
provided proof of the applicable certification from the State Water
Resources Control Board pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1)
of subdivision (d), which proof contains further certification from
the State Water Resources Control Board of the existence of the
condition identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f).
   (g) For purposes of meeting the requirements of subdivision (d) or
(e), or of providing certification required under Section 26013 of
the Public Resources Code, the private energy producer shall furnish
information as is reasonably required by the State Water Resources
Control Board to document a claim of right, a certification, or a
waiver.  Every private energy producer requesting certification and a
statement from the board pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e), or to
Section 26013 of the Public Resources Code, shall pay to the board
at the time of filing the request, a fee of two hundred fifty dollars
(0) to cover the reasonable cost of the board in evaluating and
processing the certification request.
   (h) As used in this section, "Federal Clean Water Act" means the
federal Water Pollution Control Act (Sections 1251 et seq. of Volume
33 of the United States Code) and acts amendatory thereof or
supplementary thereto.



2821.5.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) Small power producers provide important alternative sources of
electrical energy.
   (b) The commission is required to approve and establish equitable
charges to be paid by electrical corporations which purchase
electricity or electrical generating capacity, or both, from
qualifying small power producers.
   (c) The commission recognized the importance of developing
standard offer contracts based on long-run avoided costs in order to
encourage the development of qualifying small power producers.  On
September 7, 1983, in Decision 83-09-054, the commission approved
interim standard offer No. 4, which established a long-term power
purchase contract.
   (d) Many pioneer small power producers operating prior to
September 7, 1983, did so under power purchase contracts based on
short-term energy prices and long-term capacity prices.  When interim
standard offer No. 4 was approved, the commission allowed its
provisions to be offered to qualified facility projects which had not
yet obtained construction financing or otherwise entered a contract
and started construction.  Pioneer small power producers with
existing contracts were not allowed to switch to the new interim
standard offer No. 4 until their existing contracts were no longer in
effect.
   (e) On April 17, 1985, pursuant to Decision 85-04-075, the
commission suspended all payment options offered under interim
standard offer No. 4 due to the contrasting of excessive energy
capacity, and the conclusion that prices were too high.
   (f) Many qualifying small power producers who were operating under
contracts made prior to September 7, 1983, were thus precluded by
the commission from adopting interim standard offer No. 4, and may be
required to accept new prices and terms which provide less
compensation than the suspended interim standard offer No. 4.
   (g) These financially stressed qualifying small power producers
assert they were unfairly denied the opportunity to adopt interim
standard offer No. 4 by the commission.  They also assert that much
of the capacity contracted for under the suspended interim standard
offer No. 4 will never be constructed.  They further allege that they
are being forced to close small powerplants which are currently in
operation while producers with interim standard offer No. 4 contracts
are constructing new plants.



2822.  The commission shall approve and establish standby charges
for electrical corporations.  The commission may act in this regard
on its own motion or on application of an electrical corporation or a
private energy producer.


2823.  The commission shall approve and establish charges for
transmission service.  The commission may act in this regard on its
own motion or on application of an electrical corporation or a
private energy producer.


2824.  (a) The commission shall conduct a review of the charges paid
by electrical corporations for electricity generated from other than
conventional power sources and furnished to such corporations.
Following such review, the commission shall consider adjustments in
such charges to encourage  the generation of electricity from other
than conventional power sources.
   (b) The commission shall conduct a review of standby charges
charged by electrical corporations.  Following such review, the
commission shall consider adjustments in such charges to encourage
the utilization of electricity generated from other than conventional
power sources and to enable electrical corporations to review the
costs of providing standby service.
   (c) The commission shall conduct a review of charges for
transmission service made by electrical corporations for the
transmission of electricity generated from other than conventional
power sources.  Following such review, the commission shall consider
adjustments in such charges to encourage the generation of
electricity from other than conventional power sources.



2826.  (a) The commission shall establish requirements for the
administration of power purchase contracts between electrical
corporations and private  energy producers.  For any project which
has not received all regulatory permits at the time of the commission'
s review of a proposed project deferral agreement, the commission
shall, at a minimum, apply both of the following requirements:
   (1) Prohibit payments by an electrical corporation to a private
energy producer to defer the construction of a private energy project
unless the private energy producer agrees to repay all deferral
payments charged to ratepayers in the event the project is not
constructed and operating by the time the deferral period expires.
   (2) Require the private energy producer to provide adequate
security to ensure repayment of those ratepayer charges.
   (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a power purchase contract
between an electrical corporation and a private energy producer which
is a major customer of the electrical corporation, if the contract
is negotiated pursuant to procedures prescribed by the commission and
for the purpose of retaining that customer.



2826.5.  (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Benefiting account" means an electricity account, or more
than one account, mutually agreed upon by Pacific Gas and Electric
Company and the City of Davis.
   (2) "Bill credit" means credits calculated based upon the
electricity generation component of the rate schedule applicable to a
benefiting account, as applied to the net metered quantities of
electricity.
   (3) "PVUSA" means the photovoltaic electricity generation facility
selected by the City of Davis, located at 24662 County Road, Davis,
California, with a rated peak electricity generation capacity of 600
kilowatts, and as it may be expanded, not to exceed one megawatt of
peak generation capacity.
   (4) "Net metered" means the electricity output from the PVUSA.
   (5) "Environmental attributes" associated with the PVUSA include,
but are not limited to, the credits, benefits, emissions reductions,
environmental air quality credits, and emissions reduction credits,
offsets, and allowances, however entitled resulting from the
avoidance of the emission of any gas, chemical, or other substance
attributable to the PVUSA.
   (b) The City of Davis may elect to designate a benefiting account,
or more than one account, to receive bill credit for the electricity
generated by the PVUSA, if all of the following conditions are met:

   (1) A benefiting account receives service under a time-of-use rate
schedule.
   (2) The electricity output of the PVUSA is metered for time of use
to allow allocation of each bill credit to correspond to the
time-of-use period of a benefiting account.
   (3) All costs associated with the metering requirements of
paragraphs (1) and (2) are the responsibility of the City of Davis.
   (4) All electricity delivered to the electrical grid by the PVUSA
is the property of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
   (5) PVUSA does not sell electricity delivered to the electrical
grid to a third party.
   (6) The right, title, and interest in the environmental attributes
associated with the electricity delivered to the electrical grid by
the PVUSA are the property of Nuon Renewable Ventures USA, LLC.
   (c) A benefiting account shall be billed on a monthly basis, as
follows:
   (1) For all electricity usage, the rate schedule applicable to the
benefiting account, including any surcharge, exit fee, or other cost
recovery mechanism, as determined by the commission, to reimburse
the Department of Water Resources for purchases of electricity,
pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Water
Code.
   (2) The rate schedule for the benefiting account shall also
provide credit for the generation component of the time-of-use rates
for the electricity generated by the PVUSA that is delivered to the
electrical grid.  The generation component credited to the benefiting
account may not include the surcharge, exit fee, or other cost
recovery mechanism, as determined by the commission, to reimburse the
Department of Water Resources for purchases of electricity, pursuant
to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Water Code.
   (3) If in any billing cycle, the charge pursuant to paragraph (1)
for electricity usage exceeds the billing credit pursuant to
paragraph (2), the City of Davis shall be charged for the difference.

   (4) If in any billing cycle, the billing credit pursuant to
paragraph (2), exceeds the charge for electricity usage pursuant to
paragraph (1), the difference shall be carried forward as a credit to
the next billing cycle.
   (5) After the electricity usage charge pursuant to paragraph (1)
and the credit pursuant to paragraph (2) are determined for the last
billing cycle of a calendar year, any remaining credit resulting from
the application of this section shall be reset to zero.
   (d) Not more frequently that once per year, and upon providing
Pacific Gas and Electric Company with a minimum of 60 days notice,
the City of Davis may elect to change a benefiting account.  Any
credit resulting from the application of this section earned prior to
the change in a benefiting account that has not been used as of the
date of the change in the benefit account, shall be applied, and may
only be applied, to a benefiting account as changed.
   (e) Pacific Gas and Electric Company shall file an advice letter
with the Public Utilities Commission, that complies with this
section, not later than 10 days after the effective date of this
section, proposing a rate tariff for a benefiting account.  The
commission, within 30 days of the date of filing, shall approve the
proposed tariff, or specify conforming changes to be made by Pacific
Gas and Electric Company to be filed in a new advice letter.
   (f) The City of Davis may terminate its election pursuant to
subdivision (b), upon providing Pacific Gas and Electric Company with
a minimum of 60 days notice.  Should the City of Davis sell its
interest in the PVUSA, or sell the electricity generated by the
PVUSA, in a manner other than required by this section, upon the date
of either event, and the earliest date if both events occur, no
further bill credit pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) may
be earned.  Only credit earned prior to that date shall be made to a
benefiting account.
   (g) The Legislature finds and declares that credit for a
benefiting account for the electricity output from the PVUSA are in
the public interest in order to value the production of this unique,
wholly renewable resource electricity generation facility located in,
and owned in part by, the City of Davis.  Because of the unique
circumstances applicable only to the PVUSA a statute of general
applicability cannot be enacted within the meaning of subdivision (b)
of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution.
Therefore, this special statute is necessary.




2827.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a program to
provide net energy metering for eligible customer-generators is one
way to encourage substantial private investment in renewable energy
resources, stimulate in-state economic growth, reduce demand for
electricity during peak consumption periods, help stabilize
California's energy supply infrastructure, enhance the continued
diversification of California's energy resource mix, and reduce
interconnection and administrative costs for electricity suppliers.
   (b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
   (1) "Electric service provider" means an electrical corporation,
as defined in Section 218, a local publicly owned electric utility,
as defined in Section 9604, or an electrical cooperative, as defined
in Section 2776, or any other entity that offers electrical service.
This section shall not apply to a local publicly owned electric
utility, as defined in Section 9604 of the Public Utilities Code,
that serves more than 750,000 customers and that also conveys water
to its customers.
   (2) "Eligible customer-generator" means a residential, small
commercial customer as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 331,
commercial, industrial, or agricultural customer of an electric
service provider, who uses a solar or a wind turbine electrical
generating facility, or a hybrid system of both, with a capacity of
not more than one megawatt that is located on the customer's owned,
leased, or rented premises, is interconnected and operates in
parallel with the electric grid, and is intended primarily to offset
part or all of the customer's own electrical requirements.
   (3) "Net energy metering" means measuring the difference between
the electricity supplied through the electric grid and the
electricity generated by an eligible customer-generator and fed back
to the electric grid over a 12-month period as described in
subdivision (h). Net energy metering shall be accomplished using a
single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in two
directions. An additional meter or meters to monitor the flow of
electricity in each direction may be installed with the consent of
the customer-generator, at the expense of the electric service
provider, and the additional metering shall be used only to provide
the information necessary to accurately bill or credit the
customer-generator pursuant to subdivision (h), or to collect solar
or wind electric generating system performance information for
research purposes. If the existing electrical meter of an eligible
customer-generator is not capable of measuring the flow of
electricity in two directions, the customer-generator shall be
responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a
meter that is able to measure electricity flow in two directions. If
an additional meter or meters are installed, the net energy metering
calculation shall yield a result identical to that of a single meter.
An eligible customer-generator who already owns an existing solar or
wind turbine electrical generating facility, or a hybrid system of
both, is eligible to receive net energy metering service in
accordance with this section.
   (4) "Wind energy co-metering" means any wind energy project
greater than 50 kilowatts, but not exceeding one megawatt, where the
difference between the electricity supplied through the electric grid
and the electricity generated by an eligible customer-generator and
fed back to the electric grid over a 12-month period is as described
in subdivision (h). Wind energy co-metering shall be accomplished
pursuant to Section 2827.8.
   (5) "Co-energy metering" means a program that is the same in all
other respects as a net energy metering program, except that the
local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 9604,
has elected to apply a generation-to-generation energy and
time-of-use credit formula as provided in subdivision (i).
   (6) "Ratemaking authority" means, for an electrical corporation as
defined in Section 218, or an electrical cooperative as defined in
Section 2776, the commission, and for a local publicly owned electric
utility as defined in Section 9604, the local elected body
responsible for regulating the rates of the local publicly owned
utility.
   (c) (1) Every electric service provider shall develop a standard
contract or tariff providing for net energy metering, and shall make
this contract available to eligible customer-generators, upon
request, on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the
total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators
exceeds 2.5 percent of the electric service provider's aggregate
customer peak demand.
   (2) On an annual basis, beginning in 2003, every electric service
provider shall make available to the ratemaking authority information
on the total rated generating capacity used by eligible
customer-generators that are customers of that provider in the
provider's service area. For those electric service providers who are
operating pursuant to Section 394, they shall make available to the
ratemaking authority the information required by this paragraph for
each eligible customer-generator that is their customer for each
service area of an electric corporation, local publicly owned
electric utility, or electrical cooperative, in which the customer
has net energy metering. The ratemaking authority shall develop a
process for making the information required by this paragraph
available to energy service providers, and for using that information
to determine when, pursuant to paragraph (3), a service provider is
not obligated to provide net energy metering to additional
customer-generators in its service area.
   (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an electric service provider is
not obligated to provide net energy metering to additional
customer-generators in its service area when the combined total peak
demand of all customer-generators served by all the electric service
providers in that service area furnishing net energy metering to
eligible customer-generators exceeds 2.5 percent of the aggregate
customer peak demand of those electric service providers.
   (4) By January 1, 2010, the commission, in consultation with the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall
submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the costs and
benefits of net energy metering, wind energy co-metering, and
co-energy metering to participating customers and nonparticipating
customers and with options to replace the economic costs and benefits
of net energy metering, wind energy co-metering, and co-energy
metering with a mechanism that more equitably balances the interests
of participating and nonparticipating customers, and that
incorporates the findings of the report on economic and environmental
costs and benefits of net metering required by subdivision (n).
   (d) Electric service providers shall make all necessary forms and
contracts for net metering service available for download from the
Internet.
   (e) (1) Every electric service provider shall ensure that requests
for establishment of net energy metering are processed in a time
period not exceeding that for similarly situated customers requesting
new electric service, but not to exceed 30 working days from the
date the electric service provider receives a completed application
form for net metering service, including a signed interconnection
agreement from an eligible customer-generator and the electric
inspection clearance from the governmental authority having
jurisdiction. If an electric service provider is unable to process
the request within the allowable timeframe, the electric service
provider shall notify both the customer-generator and the ratemaking
authority of the reason for its inability to process the request and
the expected completion date.
   (2) Electric service providers shall ensure that requests for an
interconnection agreement from an eligible customer-generator are
processed in a time period not to exceed 30 working days from the
date the electric service provider receives a completed application
form from the eligible customer-generator for an interconnection
agreement.  If an electric service provider is unable to process the
request within the allowable timeframe, the electric service provider
shall notify the customer-generator and the ratemaking authority of
the reason for its inability to process the request and the expected
completion date.
   (f) (1) If a customer participates in direct transactions pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 365 with an electric
supplier that does not provide distribution service for the direct
transactions, the service provider that provides distribution service
for an eligible customer-generator is not obligated to provide net
energy metering to the customer.
   (2) If a customer participates in direct transactions pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 365 with an electric
supplier, and the customer is an eligible customer-generator, the
service provider that provides distribution service for the direct
transactions may recover from the customer's electric service
provider the incremental costs of metering and billing service
related to net energy metering in an amount set by the ratemaking
authority.
   (g) Except for the time-variant kilowatthour pricing portion of
any tariff adopted by the commission pursuant to paragraph (4) of
subdivision (a) of Section 2851, each net energy metering contract or
tariff shall be identical, with respect to rate structure, all
retail rate components, and any monthly charges, to the contract or
tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if the customer
did not use an eligible solar or wind electrical generating facility,
except that eligible customer-generators shall not be assessed
standby charges on the electrical generating capacity or the
kilowatthour production of an eligible solar or wind electrical
generating facility. The charges for all retail rate components for
eligible customer-generators shall be based exclusively on the
customer-generator's net kilowatthour consumption over a 12-month
period, without regard to the customer-generator's choice of electric
service provider. Any new or additional demand charge, standby
charge, customer charge, minimum monthly charge, interconnection
charge, or any other charge that would increase an eligible
customer-generator's costs beyond those of other customers who are
not customer-generators in the rate class to which the eligible
customer-generator would otherwise be assigned if the customer did
not own, lease, rent, or otherwise operate an eligible solar or wind
electrical generating facility are contrary to the intent of this
section, and shall not form a part of net energy metering contracts
or tariffs.
   (h) For eligible residential and small commercial
customer-generators, the net energy metering calculation shall be
made by measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to
the eligible customer-generator and the electricity generated by the
eligible customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over a
12-month period. The following rules shall apply to the annualized
net metering calculation:
   (1) The eligible residential or small commercial
customer-generator shall, at the end of each 12-month period
following the date of final interconnection of the eligible
customer-generator's system with an electric service provider, and at
each anniversary date thereafter, be billed for electricity used
during that period. The electric service provider shall determine if
the eligible residential or small commercial customer-generator was a
net consumer or a net producer of electricity during that period.
   (2) At the end of each 12-month period, where the electricity
supplied during the period by the electric service provider exceeds
the electricity generated by the eligible residential or small
commercial customer-generator during that same period, the eligible
residential or small commercial customer-generator is a net
electricity consumer and the electric service provider shall be owed
compensation for the eligible customer-generator's net kilowatthour
consumption over that same period. The compensation owed for the
eligible residential or small commercial customer-generator's
consumption shall be calculated as follows:
   (A) For all eligible customer-generators taking service under
tariffs employing "baseline" and "over baseline" rates, any net
monthly consumption of electricity shall be calculated according to
the terms of the contract or tariff to which the same customer would
be assigned to or be eligible for if the customer was not an eligible
customer-generator. If those same customer-generators are net
generators over a billing period, the net kilowatthours generated
shall be valued at the same price per kilowatthour as the electric
service provider would charge for the baseline quantity of
electricity during that billing period, and if the number of
kilowatthours generated exceeds the baseline quantity, the excess
shall be valued at the same price per kilowatthour as the electric
service provider would charge for electricity over the baseline
quantity during that billing period.
   (B) For all eligible customer-generators taking service under
tariffs employing "time of use" rates, any net monthly consumption of
electricity shall be calculated according to the terms of the
contract or tariff to which the same customer would be assigned to or
be eligible for if the customer was not an eligible
customer-generator. When those same customer-generators are net
generators during any discrete time of use period, the net
kilowatthours produced shall be valued at the same price per
kilowatthour as the electric service provider would charge for retail
kilowatthour sales during that same time of use period. If the
eligible customer-generator's time of use electrical meter is unable
to measure the flow of electricity in two directions, paragraph (3)
of subdivision (b) shall apply.
   (C) For all residential and small commercial customer-generators
and for each billing period, the net balance of moneys owed to the
electric service provider for net consumption of electricity or
credits owed to the customer-generator for net generation of
electricity shall be carried forward as a monetary value until the
end of each 12-month period. For all commercial, industrial, and
agricultural customer-generators the net balance of moneys owed shall
be paid in accordance with the electric service provider's normal
billing cycle, except that if the commercial, industrial, or
agricultural customer-generator is a net electricity producer over a
normal billing cycle, any excess kilowatthours generated during the
billing cycle shall be carried over to the following billing period
as a monetary value, calculated according to the procedures set forth
in this section, and appear as a credit on the customer-generator's
account, until the end of the annual period when paragraph (3) shall
apply.
   (3) At the end of each 12-month period, where the electricity
generated by the eligible customer-generator during the 12-month
period exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric service
provider during that same period, the eligible customer-generator is
a net electricity producer and the electric service provider shall
retain any excess kilowatthours generated during the prior 12-month
period. The eligible customer-generator shall not be owed any
compensation for those excess kilowatthours unless the electric
service provider enters into a purchase agreement with the eligible
customer-generator for those excess kilowatthours.
   (4) The electric service provider shall provide every eligible
residential or small commercial customer-generator with net
electricity consumption information with each regular bill. That
information shall include the current monetary balance owed the
electric service provider for net electricity consumed since the last
12-month period ended.  Notwithstanding this subdivision, an
electric service provider shall permit that customer to pay monthly
for net energy consumed.
   (5) If an eligible residential or small commercial
customer-generator terminates the customer relationship with the
electric service provider, the electric service provider shall
reconcile the eligible customer-generator's consumption and
production of electricity during any part of a 12-month period
following the last reconciliation, according to the requirements set
forth in this subdivision, except that those requirements shall apply
only to the months since the most recent 12-month bill.
   (6) If an electric service provider providing net metering to a
residential or small commercial customer-generator ceases providing
that electrical service to that customer during any 12-month period,
and the customer-generator enters into a new net metering contract or
tariff with a new electric service provider, the 12-month period,
with respect to that new electric service provider, shall commence on
the date on which the new electric service provider first supplies
electric service to the customer-generator.
   (i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the
following provisions shall apply to an eligible customer-generator
with a capacity of more than 10 kilowatts, but not exceeding one
megawatt, that receives electrical service from a local publicly
owned electric utility, as defined in Section 9604, that has elected
to utilize a co-energy metering program unless the electric service
provider chooses to provide service for eligible customer-generators
with a capacity of more than 10 kilowatts in accordance with
subdivisions (g) and (h):
   (1) The eligible customer-generator shall be required to utilize a
meter, or multiple meters, capable of separately measuring
electricity flow in both directions. All meters shall provide
"time-of-use" measurements of electricity flow, and the customer
shall take service on a time-of-use rate schedule. If the existing
meter of the eligible customer-generator is not a time-of-use meter
or is not capable of measuring total flow of energy in both
directions, the eligible customer-generator shall be responsible for
all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is
both time-of-use and able to measure total electricity flow in both
directions. This subdivision shall not restrict the ability of an
eligible customer-generator to utilize any economic incentives
provided by a government agency or the electric service provider to
reduce its costs for purchasing and installing a time-of-use meter.
   (2) The consumption of electricity from the electric service
provider shall result in a cost to the eligible customer-generator to
be priced in accordance with the standard rate charged to the
eligible customer-generator in accordance with the rate structure to
which the customer would be assigned if the customer did not use an
eligible solar or wind electrical generating facility. The generation
of electricity provided to the electric service provider shall
result in a credit to the eligible customer-generator and shall be
priced in accordance with the generation component, established under
the applicable structure to which the customer would be assigned if
the customer did not use an eligible solar or wind electrical
generating facility.
   (3) All costs and credits shall be shown on the eligible
customer-generator's bill for each billing period. In any months in
which the eligible customer-generator has been a net consumer of
electricity calculated on the basis of value determined pursuant to
paragraph (2), the customer-generator shall owe to the electric
service provider the balance of electricity costs and credits during
that billing period. In any billing period in which the eligible
customer-generator has been a net producer of electricity calculated
on the basis of value determined pursuant to paragraph (2), the
electric service provider shall owe to the eligible
customer-generator the balance of electricity costs and credits
during that billing period. Any net credit to the eligible
customer-generator of electricity costs may be carried forward to
subsequent billing periods, provided that an electric service
provider may choose to carry the credit over as a kilowatthour credit
consistent with the provisions of any applicable tariff, including
any differences attributable to the time of generation of the
electricity. At the end of each 12-month period, the electric service
provider may reduce any net credit due to the eligible
customer-generator to zero.
   (j) A solar or wind turbine electrical generating system, or a
hybrid system of both, used by an eligible customer-generator shall
meet all applicable safety and performance standards established by
the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, and accredited testing laboratories such as
Underwriters Laboratories and, where applicable, rules of the Public
Utilities Commission regarding safety and reliability. A
customer-generator whose solar or wind turbine electrical generating
system, or a hybrid system of both, meets those standards and rules
shall not be required to install additional controls, perform or pay
for additional tests, or purchase additional liability insurance.
   (k) If the commission determines that there are cost or revenue
obligations for an electric corporation, as defined in Section 218,
that may not be recovered from customer-generators acting pursuant to
this section, those obligations shall remain within the customer
class from which any shortfall occurred and may not be shifted to any
other customer class. Net-metering and co-metering customers shall
not be exempt from the public benefits charge. In its report to the
Legislature, the commission shall examine different methods to ensure
that the public benefits charge remains a nonbypassable charge.
   (l) A net metering customer shall reimburse the Department of
Water Resources for all charges that would otherwise be imposed on
the customer by the commission to recover bond-related costs pursuant
to an agreement between the commission and the Department of Water
Resources pursuant to Section 80110 of the Water Code, as well as the
costs of the department equal to the share of the department's
estimated net unavoidable power purchase contract costs attributable
to the customer. The commission shall incorporate the determination
into an existing proceeding before the commission, and shall ensure
that the charges are nonbypassable. Until the commission has made a
determination regarding the nonbypassable charges, net metering shall
continue under the same rules, procedures, terms, and conditions as
were applicable on December 31, 2002.
   (m) In implementing the requirements of subdivisions (k) and (l),
a customer-generator shall not be required to replace its existing
meter except as set forth in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), nor
shall the electric service provider require additional measurement of
usage beyond that which is necessary for customers in the same rate
class as the eligible customer-generator.
   (n) On or before January 1, 2005, the commission shall submit a
report to the Governor and the Legislature that assesses the economic
and environmental costs and benefits of net metering to
customer-generators, ratepayers, and utilities, including any
beneficial and adverse effects on public benefit programs and special
purpose surcharges. The report shall be prepared by an independent
party under contract with the commission.
   (o) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Treasurer
incorporate net energy metering and co-energy metering projects
undertaken pursuant to this section as sustainable building methods
or distributive energy technologies for purposes of evaluating
low-income housing projects.



2827.5.  The Legislature finds and declares that the repeal of the
provisions of the net metering program for large customers merely
reflects a legislative desire to revisit and more closely evaluate
the cumulative value and effect of the state's policy regarding
renewable energy sources on the economics of investment in solar and
wind sources for large net metering customers and to ensure further
legislative discussion regarding this issue.



2827.7.  Generation eligible for net energy metering that has all
local and state permits required to commence construction on or
before December 31, 2002, and has completed construction on or before
September 30, 2003, shall be entitled, regardless of any change in
customer or ownership of the energy system, for the life of the
installation, to the net energy metering terms in effect on the date
the local and state permits were acquired.



2827.8.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the
following provisions apply to an eligible customer-generator
utilizing wind energy co-metering with a capacity of more than 50
kilowatts, but not exceeding one megawatt, unless approved by the
electric service provider.
   (a) The eligible customer-generator shall be required to utilize a
meter, or multiple meters, capable of separately measuring
electricity flow in both directions.  All meters shall provide
"time-of-use" measurements of electricity flow, and the customer
shall take service on a time-of-use rate schedule.  If the existing
meter of the eligible customer-generator is not a time-of-use meter
or is not capable of measuring total flow of energy in both
directions, the eligible customer-generator is responsible for all
expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is both
time-of-use and able to measure total electricity flow in both
directions.  This subdivision shall not restrict the ability of an
eligible customer-generator to utilize any economic incentives
provided by a government agency or the electric service provider to
reduce its costs for purchasing and installing a time-of-use meter.
   (b) The consumption of electricity from the electric service
provider for wind energy co-metering by an eligible
customer-generator shall be priced in accordance with the standard
rate charged to the eligible customer-generator in accordance with
the rate structure to which the customer would be assigned if the
customer did not use an eligible wind electrical generating facility.
  The generation of electricity provided to the electric service
provider shall result in a credit to the eligible customer-generator
and shall be priced in accordance with the generation component,
excluding surcharges to cover the purchase of power by the Department
of Water Resources, established under the applicable structure to
which the customer would be assigned if the customer did not use an
eligible wind electrical generating facility.



2827.9.  (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that a pilot
program to provide net energy metering for eligible biogas digester
customer-generators would enhance the continued diversification of
California's energy resource mix and would encourage the installation
of livestock air emission controls that the State Air Resources
Board believes may produce multiple environmental benefits.
   (2) The Legislature further finds and declares that the net energy
metering pilot program authorized pursuant to this section for
eligible biogas digester customer-generators, which nets out
generation charges against generation charges on a time-of-use basis,
furthers the intent of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2001, First
Extraordinary Session, by facilitating the implementation of energy
efficiency programs in order to reduce consumption of energy, reduce
the costs associated with energy demand, and achieve a reduction in
peak electricity demand.
   (b) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
   (1) "Electrical corporation" means an electrical corporation, as
defined in Section 218.
   (2) (A) "Eligible biogas digester customer-generator" means a
customer of an electrical corporation that meets both of the
following criteria:
   (i) Uses a biogas digester electrical generating facility with a
capacity of not more than one megawatt that is located on or adjacent
to the customer's owned, leased, or rented premises, is
interconnected and operates in parallel with the electric grid, and
is sized to offset part or all of the eligible biogas digester
customer-generator's own electrical requirements.
   (ii) Is the recipient of local, state, or federal funds, or who
self-finances pilot projects designed to encourage the development of
eligible biogas digester electrical generating facilities.
   (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), up to three large biogas
digester electrical generating facilities with a generating capacity
of more than one megawatt and not more than 10 megawatts, otherwise
meeting the criteria of this section, shall be eligible for
participation in the pilot program.
   (3) "Eligible biogas digester electrical generating facility"
means a generating facility used to produce electricity by either a
manure methane production project or as a byproduct of the anaerobic
digestion of biosolids and animal waste.
   (4) "Net energy metering" means measuring the difference between
the electricity supplied through the electric grid and the difference
between the electricity generated by an eligible biogas digester
customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over a 12-month
period as described in subdivision (e). Net energy metering shall be
accomplished using a time-of-use meter capable of registering the
flow of electricity in two directions. If the existing electrical
meter of an eligible biogas digester customer-generator is not
capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions, the
eligible biogas digester customer-generator shall be responsible for
all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is
able to measure electricity flow in two directions. If an additional
meter or meters are installed, the net energy metering calculation
shall yield a result identical to that of a time-of-use meter.
   (c) Every electrical corporation shall file with the commission a
standard tariff providing for net energy metering for eligible biogas
digester customer-generators, consistent with this section. Every
electrical corporation shall make this tariff available to eligible
biogas digester customer-generators upon request, on a
first-come-first-served basis, until the combined statewide
cumulative rated generating capacity used by the eligible biogas
digester customer-generators in the service territories of the three
largest electrical corporations in the state reaches 50 megawatts. An
eligible biogas digester customer-generator shall be eligible for
the tariff for the life of the eligible biogas digester electrical
generating facility.
   (d) Each net energy metering contract or tariff shall be
identical, with respect to rate structure, all retail rate
components, and any monthly charges, to the contract or tariff to
which the same customer would be assigned if the customer was not an
eligible biogas digester customer-generator, except as set forth in
subdivision (e). Any new or additional demand charge, standby charge,
customer charge, minimum monthly charge, interconnection charge, or
other charge that would increase an eligible biogas digester
customer-generator's costs beyond those of other customers in the
rate class to which the eligible biogas digester customer-generator
would otherwise be assigned are contrary to the intent of this
legislation, and shall not form a part of net energy metering
tariffs.
   (e) The net energy metering calculation shall be made by measuring
the difference between the electricity supplied to the eligible
customer-generator and the electricity generated by the eligible
customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over a 12-month
period. The following rules shall apply to the annualized metering
calculation:
   (1) The eligible biogas digester customer-generator shall, at the
end of each 12-month period following the date of final
interconnection of the eligible biogas digester customer-generator's
system with an electrical corporation, and at each anniversary date
thereafter, be billed for electricity used during that period. The
electrical corporation shall determine if the eligible biogas
digester customer-generator was a net consumer or a net producer of
electricity during that period. For purposes of determining if the
biogas digester customer-generator was a net consumer or a net
producer of electricity during that period, the electrical
corporation shall aggregate the electrical load of a dairy operation
under the same ownership, including, but not limited to, the
electrical load attributable to milking operations, milk
refrigeration, and water pumping located on property adjacent or
contiguous to the dairy. Each aggregated account shall be billed and
measured according to a time-of-use rate schedule.
   (2) At the end of each 12-month period, where the electricity
supplied during the period by the electrical corporation exceeds the
electricity generated by the eligible biogas digester
customer-generator during that same period, the eligible biogas
digester customer-generator is a net electricity consumer and the
electrical corporation shall be owed compensation for the eligible
biogas digester customer-generator's net kilowatthour consumption
over that same period. The compensation owed for the eligible biogas
digester customer-generator's consumption shall be calculated as
follows:
   (A) The generation charges for any net monthly consumption of
electricity shall be calculated according to the terms of the tariff
to which the same customer would be assigned to or be eligible for if
the customer was not an eligible biogas digester customer-generator.
When those eligible biogas digester customer-generators are net
generators during any discrete time-of-use period, the net
kilowatthours produced shall be valued at the same price per
kilowatthour as the electrical corporation would charge for retail
kilowatthour sales for generation, exclusive of any surcharges,
during that same time-of-use period. If the eligible biogas digester
customer-generator's time-of-use electrical meter is unable to
measure the flow of electricity in two directions, paragraph (4) of
subdivision (b) shall apply. All other charges, other than generation
charges, shall be calculated in accordance with the eligible biogas
digester customer-generator's applicable tariff and based on the
total killowatthours delivered by the electrical corporation to the
eligible biogas digester customer-generator. To the extent that
charges for transmission and distribution services are recovered
through demand charges in any particular month, no standby
reservation charges shall apply in that monthly billing cycle.
   (B) The net balance of moneys owed shall be paid in accordance
with the electrical corporation's normal billing cycle.
   (3) At the end of each 12-month period, where the electricity
generated by the eligible biogas digester customer-generator during
the 12-month period exceeds the electricity supplied by the
electrical corporation during that same period, the eligible biogas
digester customer-generator is a net electricity producer and the
electrical corporation shall retain any excess kilowatthours
generated during the prior 12-month period. The eligible biogas
digester customer-generator shall not be owed any compensation for
those excess kilowatthours.
   (4) If an eligible biogas digester customer-generator terminates
service with the electrical corporation, the electrical corporation
shall reconcile the eligible biogas digester customer-generator's
consumption and production of electricity during any 12-month period.

   (f) No biogas digester electrical generating facility shall be
eligible for participation in the tariff established pursuant to this
section, that has not commenced operation by December 31, 2009. A
biogas digester customer-generator shall be eligible for the tariff
established pursuant to this section, only for the operating life of
the eligible biogas digester electrical generating facility.
   (g) No biogas digester electrical generating facility that is
subject to the best available control technology (BACT) requirements
shall be eligible for participation in the tariff pursuant to this
section unless the biogas digester electrical generating facility has
installed the best available control technology as required by the
regional air pollution control district at the time of installation
to ensure the maximum feasible reductions in toxic and criteria
pollutants.
   (h) On or before December 31, 2008, the commission, in
collaboration with the State Air Resources Board, shall report to the
Legislature all of the following information:
   (1) The impact of the pilot program on emissions of air
pollutants.
   (2) The impact of the pilot program on the reliability of the
transmission and distribution grid.
   (3) The impact of the pilot program on ratepayers.



2827.10.  (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Electrical corporation" means an electrical corporation, as
defined in Section 218.
   (2) "Eligible fuel cell electrical generating facility" means a
facility that includes the following:
   (A) Integrated powerplant systems containing a stack, tubular
array, or other functionally similar configuration used to
electrochemically convert fuel to electric energy.
   (B) An inverter and fuel processing system where necessary.
   (C) Other plant equipment, including heat recovery equipment,
necessary to support the plant's operation or its energy conversion.

   (3) "Eligible fuel cell customer-generator" means a customer of an
electrical corporation that meets all the following criteria:
   (A) Uses a fuel cell electrical generating facility with a
capacity of not more than one megawatt that is located on or adjacent
to the customer's owned, leased, or rented premises, is
interconnected and operates in parallel with the electric grid while
the grid is operational or in a grid independent mode when the grid
is nonoperational, and is sized to offset part or all of the eligible
fuel cell customer-generator's own electrical requirements.
   (B) Is the recipient of local, state, or federal funds, or who
self-finances projects designed to encourage the development of
eligible fuel cell electrical generating facilities.
   (C) Uses technology that meets the definition of an "ultra-clean
and low-emission distributed generation" in subdivision (a) of
Section 353.2.
   (4) "Net energy metering" has the same meaning as that term is
defined in Section 2827.9.
   (b) Every electrical corporation shall, not later than March 1,
2004, file with the commission a standard tariff providing for net
energy metering for eligible fuel cell customer-generators,
consistent with this section. Every electrical corporation shall make
this tariff available to eligible fuel cell customer-generators upon
request, on a first-come-first-served basis, until the total
cumulative rated generating capacity used by the eligible fuel cell
customer-generators equals 45 megawatts within the service territory
of the electrical corporation for an electrical corporation with a
peak demand above 10,000 megawatts, or equals 22.5 megawatts within
the service territory of the electrical corporation for an electrical
corporation with a peak demand of 10,000 megawatts or below. The
combined statewide cumulative rated generating capacity used by the
eligible fuel cell customer-generators in the service territories of
all electrical corporations in the state may not exceed 112.5
megawatts.
   (c) In determining the eligibility for the cumulative rated
generating capacity within an electrical service area, preference
shall be given to facilities which, at the time of installation, are
located in a community with significant exposure to air contaminants
or localized air contaminants, or both, including, but not limited
to, communities of minority populations or low-income populations, or
both, based on the ambient air quality standards established
pursuant to Section 39607 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (d) Each net energy metering contract or tariff shall be
identical, with respect to rate structure, all retail rate
components, and any monthly charges, to the contract or tariff to
which the customer would be assigned if the customer was not an
eligible fuel cell customer-generator. Any new or additional demand
charge, standby charge, customer charge, minimum monthly charge,
interconnection charge, or other charge that would increase an
eligible fuel cell customer-generator's costs beyond those of other
customers in the rate class to which the eligible fuel cell
customer-generator would otherwise be assigned are contrary to the
intent of the Legislature in enacting the act adding this section,
and may not form a part of net energy metering tariffs.
   (e) The net metering calculation shall be carried out in
accordance with Section 2827.9.
   (f) A fuel cell electrical generating facility shall not be
eligible for participation in the tariff established pursuant to this
section unless it commenced operation before January 1, 2010. A fuel
cell customer-generator shall be eligible for the tariff established
pursuant to this section only for the operating life of the eligible
fuel cell electrical generating facility.



2828.  (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Appropriate TOU tariff" means the Time-of-Use tariff that
would be applicable to the City and County of San Francisco account
at the photovoltaic electricity generation facility site if the
facility at the site were a Pacific Gas and Electric Company bundled
customer, as determined by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
   (2) "Environmental attributes" associated with the Hetch Hetchy
Water and Power (HHWP) at-site solar generation and HHWP remote solar
generation include, but are not limited to, the credits, benefits,
emissions reductions, environmental air quality credits, and
emissions reduction credits, offsets, and allowances, however
entitled, resulting from the avoidance of the emissions of any gas,
chemical, or other substance attributable to the Hetch Hetchy Water
and Power photovoltaic electricity generation facility owned by the
City and County of San Francisco.
   (3) "HHWP at-site solar generation" means the electricity
generated by Hetch Hetchy Water and Power photovoltaic electricity
generation facilities owned by the City and County of San Francisco,
designated by the City and County of San Francisco pursuant to
subdivision (b).
   (4) "HHWP remote solar generation" means the electricity generated
by Hetch Hetchy Water and Power photovoltaic electricity generation
facilities owned by the City and County of San Francisco, designated
by the City and County of San Francisco pursuant to subdivision (h),
to provide electricity to qualifying remote load.
   (5) "Interconnection Agreement" means the 1987 agreement between
Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the City and County of San
Francisco, as filed with and accepted by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC), and as amended from time to time with
FERC approval, which provides for rates for transmission,
distribution, and sales of supplemental electricity to the City and
County of San Francisco. Nothing in this section shall waive or
modify the rights of parties under the Interconnection Agreement or
the jurisdiction of the FERC over rates set forth in the
Interconnection Agreement.
   (6) "Qualifying remote load" means the electricity demand of the
City and County of San Francisco for load served under the
Interconnection Agreement, at sites that are separate from, and not
adjacent to, the sites where the photovoltaic electricity generation
facility is located, and serviced through a meter or multiple meters
other than those serving the sites where the photovoltaic electricity
generation facility is located. The separate or remote sites may be
designated by the City and County of San Francisco, both inside and
outside of the City and County of San Francisco. Where the separate
or remote sites are outside of the City and County of San Francisco,
they shall be located within 20 miles of the City and County of San
Francisco or within 20 miles of a HHWP remote solar generation
facility. There is no wattage limit on qualifying remote load.
   (b) The City and County of San Francisco may elect to designate
specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities as HHWP
at-site solar generation, if all of the following conditions are met:

   (1) Total peak generating capacity does not exceed 15 megawatts.
   (2) The photovoltaic electricity generation facility utilizes a
meter, or multiple meters, capable of separately measuring
electricity flow in both directions. All meters shall provide
"time-of-use" measurement information. If the existing meter at the
site of the facility is not capable of providing time-of-use
information or is not capable of separately measuring total flow of
energy in both directions, the City and County of San Francisco is
responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a
meter or meters that are both capable of providing time-of-use
information and able to separately measure total electricity flow in
both directions.
   (3) The amount of all electricity delivered to the electric grid
by the designated HHWP at-site solar generation is the property of
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
   (4) The City and County of San Francisco does not sell electricity
delivered to the electric grid from the designated HHWP at-site
solar generation to a third party.
   (c) For each site of a photovoltaic electricity generation
facility that comprises the HHWP at-site solar generation, Pacific
Gas and Electric Company shall identify the appropriate TOU tariff
for that site. Any electricity exported to the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company grid at that site that is not generated from HHWP
remote solar generation pursuant to subdivision (h) shall, for each
time-of-use period, result in a monetary credit to be applied monthly
as a credit or offset against the invoice created pursuant to the
Interconnection Agreement and shall be valued at the generation
component of the appropriate TOU tariff. The commission shall
determine if it is appropriate to increase the credit to reflect any
additional value derived from the location or the environmental
attributes of, the designated HHWP at-site solar generation.
   (d) Monthly charges and credit amounts for HHWP at-site solar
generation are interim and subject to an accounting true-up,
consistent with commission policies and practices. The true-up shall
be performed annually or upon the termination, for any reason, of the
Interconnection Agreement. The true-up shall accomplish the
following:
   (1) If the total electricity delivered to the site by Pacific Gas
and Electric Company since the previous true-up equals or exceeds the
total electricity exported to the grid by the HHWP at-site solar
generation facility at the site, the City and County of San Francisco
is a net electricity consumer at that site. For any HHWP at-site
solar generation site where the City and County of San Francisco is a
net electricity consumer, a credit or offset shall be applied to
reduce the obligations of the City and County of San Francisco to an
invoice prepared pursuant to the Interconnection Agreement. If there
is no invoiced obligation to be reduced, there is no applicable
credit.
   (2) If the total electricity delivered to the site by Pacific Gas
and Electric Company since the previous true-up is less than the
total electricity exported to the grid by the HHWP at-site solar
generation facility at the site, the City and County of San Francisco
is a net electricity producer at that site. For any HHWP at-site
solar generation site where the City and County of San Francisco is a
net electricity producer, the City and County of San Francisco shall
receive no credit or offset for the electricity exported to the grid
in excess of the electricity delivered to the site from the grid.
For any site where the City and County of San Francisco is a net
electricity producer, the City and County of San Francisco shall
receive a credit or offset up to the amount of electricity delivered
to the site from the grid. The credit or offset shall be applied to
reduce the obligations of the City and County of San Francisco to an
invoice prepared pursuant to the Interconnection Agreement. If there
is no invoiced obligation to be reduced, there is no applicable
credit or offset. Pacific Gas and Electric Company shall use the
last-in, first-out method to determine what electricity delivered to
the grid from the site will not earn a credit or offset.
   (e) Pursuant to this section, the offset to charges under the
Interconnection Agreement is the medium to convey credits earned
under this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
affect in any way the rights and obligations of the City and County
of San Francisco and Pacific Gas and Electric Company under the
Interconnection Agreement. If the Interconnection Agreement
terminates, the City and County of San Francisco and Pacific Gas and
Electric Company shall develop an alternative mechanism to convey
credits earned under this section, in a manner that accomplishes the
same result as that accomplished pursuant to the Interconnection
Agreement.
   (f) (1) Pacific Gas and Electric Company shall file an advice
letter with the commission, that complies with this section, not
later than 10 days after the City and County of San Francisco first
designates the specific photovoltaic electricity generation
facilities that will comprise HHWP at-site solar generation.
    (2) The commission, within 30 days of the date of filing of the
advice letter, shall approve the advice letter or specify conforming
changes to be made by Pacific Gas and Electric Company to be filed in
an amended advice letter within 30 days.
   (g) The City and County of San Francisco may terminate its
election pursuant to subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (h), upon
providing Pacific Gas and Electric Company with a minimum of 60 days'
written notice.
   (h) (1) The City and County of San Francisco may elect to
designate specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities as
HHWP remote solar generation and may use HHWP remote solar generation
to supply electricity to specific facilities designated as
qualifying remote load up to the amount of electricity being used by
the qualifying remote load.
   (2) The City and County of San Francisco shall receive no credit
or offset for the electricity exported to the grid from HHWP remote
solar generation, in excess of the electricity delivered from the
grid to qualifying remote load.
   (3) Pacific Gas and Electric Company shall accept any electricity
exported to the grid by HHWP remote solar generation, up to the
amount of electricity contemporaneously being used by the qualifying
remote load, and treat the electricity accepted as behind the meter
generation that offsets the electrical usage of qualifying remote
load.  Additional rates may apply pursuant to paragraph (6).
   (4) The City and County of San Francisco shall be responsible for
scheduling the electricity exported to the grid from HHWP remote
solar generation.
   (5) Both HHWP remote solar generation sites and qualifying remote
load sites shall have meters capable of measuring exports and usage
of electricity that will support determination of credits or offsets
pursuant to paragraph (2). The City and County of San Francisco shall
be responsible for the costs of the meters required pursuant to this
section.
   (6) To compensate Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the use of
its facilities, the City and County of San Francisco shall pay
applicable distribution rates, transmission rates, or distribution
and transmission rates, at rate levels determined by the
Interconnection Agreement, for all energy delivered to qualifying
remote load that comes from HHWP remote solar generation. When HHWP
remote solar generation and the qualifying remote load it serves are
located within the City and County of San Francisco and are
interconnected at distribution voltage, the applicable rate for
delivery of energy from HHWP remote solar generation shall be reduced
as negotiated pursuant to the Interconnection Agreement.
   (7) The appropriate regulatory agency shall ensure that the
delivery of electricity by HHWP remote solar generation to qualifying
remote load, and the granting of offsets to the City and County of
San Francisco pursuant to this subdivision, do not result in a
shifting of costs to bundled service customers, either immediately or
over time.
   (i) Hetch Hetchy Water and Power shall reimburse Pacific Gas and
Electric Company for its reasonable study costs associated with HHWP
remote solar generation to address interconnection, consistent with
applicable regulatory rules, and impacts upon the electric system
resulting from the HHWP remote solar generation. If the studies
identify improvements necessary for the protection of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company electric system, for the protection of its
employees, or to ensure reliable delivery of the electricity
generated by the HHWP remote solar generation facility to qualifying
remote load, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power shall pay the reasonable
costs of the improvements if it elects to designate the HHWP remote
solar generation facility to provide electricity for qualifying
remote load.
   (j) Ownership and use of the environmental attributes associated
with the electricity delivered to the electric grid by HHWP at-site
solar generation and HHWP remote solar generation shall be determined
by the commission in accordance with Article 16 (commencing with
Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1.




2829.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
   (1) "EBMUD" means the East Bay Municipal Utility District
organized and operating pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with
Section 10001).
   (2) "Environmental attributes" associated with the generation of
electricity include, the credits, benefits, emissions reductions,
environmental air quality credits, and emissions reduction credits,
offsets, and allowances, however entitled, resulting from the
avoidance of the emissions of any gas, chemical, or other substance
attributable to an electricity generation facility.
   (b) To ensure that no electrical corporation operates its monopoly
transmission and distribution system in a manner that impedes the
ability of the EBMUD to reduce its electricity costs through the
delivery of electricity generated by EBMUD, an electrical corporation
shall meet the requirements of this section.
   (c) Every electrical corporation that owns and operates
transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electricity at
one or more locations to the EBMUD's system shall, upon request by
EBMUD, and without discrimination or delay, use the same facilities
to deliver electricity generated by EBMUD. EBMUD may elect to
designate specific hydroelectric generation facilities owned by EBMUD
for the generation of electricity to be delivered to EBMUD, if the
following conditions are met:
   (1) The amount of all electricity delivered to the electric grid
by the designated EBMUD hydroelectric generation is the property of
EBMUD.
   (2) Ownership and use of the environmental attributes associated
with the electricity delivered to the electric grid by EBMUD
designated hydroelectric generation is retained by EBMUD.
   (d) (1) No rule, order, or tariff of the commission implementing
direct transactions is applicable to electricity generated by EBMUD,
that is delivered to EBMUD for its own use that is transported over
the transmission and distribution system of an electrical
corporation, pursuant to an election made by EBMUD pursuant to
subdivision (c).
   (2) Sections 365 and 366 are not applicable to electricity
generated by EBMUD, that is delivered to EBMUD for its own use that
is transported over the transmission and distribution system of an
electrical corporation, pursuant to an election made by EBMUD
pursuant to subdivision (c).
   (e) To compensate an electrical corporation for the use of its
facilities, EBMUD shall pay applicable rates approved by the
commission for distribution, or distribution and transmission, or any
transmission rates as required under federal law.
   (f) On or before January 1, 2009, each electrical corporation that
owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities that
deliver electricity at one or more locations to the EBMUD system,
shall file an advice letter with the commission that complies with
this section. The commission, within 150 days of the date of filing
of the advice letter, shall approve the advice letter or specify
conforming changes to be made by the electrical corporation, to be
filed in an amended advice letter within 60 days.
   (g) The commission shall ensure that the delivery of electricity
from EBMUD designated hydroelectric generation to the EBMUD service
territory pursuant to this section does not result in a shifting of
costs to the bundled service customers of an electrical corporation,
either immediately or over time.