Resolution E-4610 (for SB 594) approved by CPUC

The CPUC’s Energy Division reviewed the opening and reply comments submitted in response to the original Draft Resolution (DR) that was published on August 16, 2013. The Final Resolution had a couple of minor revisions. Here is an excerpt from the Comments section: …...

SB 594 Update

Last Thursday, the California Farm Bureau submitted Opening Comments in support of Draft Resolution E-4610. Récolte Energy and a few other organizations signed on the Farm Bureau’s letter. PG&E submitted their Opening Comments in opposition. I just filed Reply...

SB 594 Update

It has been almost a year since I wrote about SB 594, the bill to allow utility customers to offset the combined loads of their electricity meters with a single renewable energy system. The bill was signed into law last September, but required the CPUC to find, by...

SB 594 signed into law!

Governor Brown signed SB 594 today! The next step is for the CPUC to establish that the bill won’t result in any incremental cost shifting. They have been given until September 30, 2013 to complete this study. Since the CPUC already believes this to be true – which is...

SB 594 – Urge Gov. Brown to sign bill

SB 594 was sent to Governor Brown for his signature on September 11, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Many organizations have sent the Governor their letters of support. Here is my letter of support. I was told today that there are additional opposition letters from the California...

SB 594 passes Senate Floor

I had more nail biting moments yesterday. SB 594 was sent back to the Senate on the 30th for the Senate’s concurrence. Because it got modified substantially in the Assembly, it had to be reexamined in the Senate. It went from the Senate Rules Committee (passed 4-0) to...