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(a) The commission, using existing resources and in consultation with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, electrical transmission and distribution owners, users, and consumers, to the extent feasible, shall develop electric transmission and distribution efficiency measures, including voltage optimization, applicable to electrical corporations.(b) A local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 customers, to the extent feasible, shall develop electric distribution efficiency measures.
(c) The commission may develop and impose a statewide target for distribution efficiency, on an energy (megawatthour) or power (megawatt) basis.
(d) The commission, by January 1, 2012, shall develop a plan to improve electric distribution efficiency within the service territory of an electrical corporation with more than 100,000 customers. Each local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 customers, by January 1, 2012, shall develop a plan to improve electric distribution efficiency within its service territory. The efficiency measures and criteria included in those plans shall do all of the following:
(1) Reduce consumer payments.
(2) Lead to discernable improvements in the efficiency of electrical distribution beyond gains from ongoing construction and maintenance.
(3) Represent the most cost-effective distribution efficiency projects in the electrical corporation’s service area,
(4) Limit maximum voltage drop on the system and maintain or improve power factor, power quality, and reliability of electricity supply.
(5) Ensure that power is delivered in the lower half of the voltage range of the American National Standards Institute.
(6) Not replace, reduce, or infringe upon existing end-use energy efficiency incentives, programs, resources, or requirements.