California Public Utilities Code

§ 399.26

PUC § 399.26 Effective Dec 10, 2011Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 2.3 · Art. 16

Statute text

(a)In order for the state to meet the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, substantially increased amounts of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources must be integrated with, and interconnected to, the transmission grid that is either owned by, or under the operational control of, the local publicly owned electric utilities and the transmission grid that is under the operational control of the Independent System Operator.

(b)The Independent System Operator and the balancing authority of each area in California shall do both of the following:

(1)Work cooperatively to integrate and interconnect eligible renewable energy resources to the transmission grid by the most efficient means possible with the goal of minimizing the impact and cost of new transmission needed to meet both reliability needs and the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 28. (SB 2 1x) Effective December 10, 2011.