California Public Utilities Code

§ 2831

PUC § 2831 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 7.6

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Building operational generating facilities that utilize sources of renewable energy within California, to supply the state’s demand for electricity, provides significant financial, health, environmental, and workforce benefits to the State of California.

(b)The California Solar Initiative will achieve its goals, resulting in over 150,000 residential and commercial onsite installations of solar energy systems. However, the California Solar Initiative cannot reach all residents and businesses that want to participate and is limited to only solar energy systems and not other eligible renewable energy resources. A green tariff shared renewables program seeks to build on the success of the California Solar Initiative by expanding access to all eligible renewable energy resources to all ratepayers who are currently unable to access the benefits of onsite generation.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 413, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2014.