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AB-1293 Interconnection: prioritization.(2023-2024)



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AB1293:v94#DOCUMENT

Amended  IN  Senate  July 13, 2023
Amended  IN  Senate  June 19, 2023
Amended  IN  Assembly  May 01, 2023
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 17, 2023
Amended  IN  Assembly  March 23, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1293

Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin

February 16, 2023

An act to add Section 783.3 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1293, as amended, Irwin. Interconnection: prioritization.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to enforce rules governing the extension of service by electrical corporations, as specified.
This bill would require the commission, no later than January 1, 2025, to provide guidance to electrical corporations for the prioritization of projects in each electrical corporation’s distribution interconnection queue and for the prioritization of customer service connections, including the prioritization of projects that are shovel-ready, in the final stage before commencing construction, as determined by the commission.
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.
Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission implementing its requirements would therefore be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime.
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.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 783.3 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

783.3.
 No later than January 1, 2025, the commission shall provide guidance to electrical corporations for the prioritization of projects in each electrical corporation’s distribution interconnection queue and for the prioritization of customer service connections, including the prioritization of projects that are shovel-ready, in the final stage before commencing construction, as determined by the commission.

SEC. 2.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII 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 B of the California Constitution.