California Assembly Bill 2143
Session 20212022
Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: prevailing wage.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2143
State
California
Session
20212022
Motion Text
AB 2143 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires every electric utility, defined to include electrical corporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, and electrical cooperatives, to develop a standard contract or tariff for net energy metering, as defined, for generation by a renewable electrical generation facility, as defined, and to make this contract or tariff available to eligible customer-generators, as defined, upon request on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. For a large electrical corporation, as defined, existing law requires the commission to have developed a 2nd standard contract or tariff to provide net energy metering to additional eligible customer-generators in the electrical corporation's service territory and imposes no limitation on the number of new eligible customer-generators entitled to receive service pursuant to this 2nd standard contract or tariff. Existing law requires the commission to ensure that the 2nd standard contract or tariff made available to eligible customer-generators by large electrical corporations ensures that customer-sited renewable distributed generation continues to grow sustainably. Existing law requires the commission, in developing this standard contract or tariff, to include specific alternatives designed for growth among residential customers in disadvantaged communities.
Existing law imposes various requirements on public works projects, as defined, including a requirement that, at minimum, all workers employed on a public works project be paid the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which a public work is performed, as specified.
This bill would apply those public works project requirements to the construction of any renewable electrical generation facility, and any associated battery storage, after December 31, 2023, that receives service pursuant to the 2nd standard contract or tariff, except (1) a residential facility that will have a maximum generating capacity of 15 kilowatts or less of electricity or that will be installed on a single-family home, (2) a project that is already a public work under existing law, or (3) a facility that serves only a modular home, a modular home community, or multiunit housing that has 2 or fewer stories. The bill would require a contractor who enters into a contract to perform work on the renewable electrical generation facility or associated battery storage to pay each construction worker employed in the execution of the work, at minimum, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and each apprentice, at minimum, the applicable apprentice prevailing rate, as specified. The bill would authorize specified mechanisms to be used to enforce those wage requirements. The bill would provide that, if a willful violation of the bill's requirements has been enforced against a contractor for the construction of a renewable electrical generation facility using those mechanisms, the facility is not eligible to receive service pursuant to those standard contracts and tariffs.
Existing law requires the commission to submit various reports to the Legislature, as specified.
This bill would require the commission to annually publish on its internet website and submit to the Legislature a report on the progress made to grow the use of distributed energy resources among residential customers in disadvantaged communities and in low-income households, and an aggregated list of all renewable electrical generation facilities that began to receive service pursuant to a net energy metering contract or tariff during the preceding calendar year, as specified.
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 above-described provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.
02/15/22 - Introduced
February 15, 2022
03/24/22 - Amended Assembly
March 24, 2022
04/18/22 - Amended Assembly
April 18, 2022
06/21/22 - Amended Senate
June 21, 2022
06/30/22 - Amended Senate
June 30, 2022
08/25/22 - Amended Senate
August 25, 2022
09/02/22 - Enrolled
September 2, 2022
09/29/22 - Chaptered
September 29, 2022
04/05/22- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy
April 5, 2022
04/18/22- Assembly Labor and Employment
April 18, 2022
05/09/22- Assembly Appropriations
May 9, 2022
05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 20, 2022
06/13/22- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
June 13, 2022
06/27/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
June 27, 2022
07/29/22- Senate Appropriations
July 29, 2022
08/18/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 18, 2022
08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 26, 2022
08/31/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 31, 2022
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09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 774, Statutes of 2022.
09/29/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/13/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/31/2022
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 16.).
08/31/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
08/31/2022
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 5361.).
08/25/2022
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11).
08/02/2022
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
06/30/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/29/2022
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 29).
06/21/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
06/20/2022
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 15).
06/01/2022
Senate
Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and L., P.E. & R.
05/26/2022
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/25/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 5030.)
05/19/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/19/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 19).
05/11/2022
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
04/21/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/19/2022
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
04/18/2022
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
04/07/2022
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 6).
04/07/2022
Assembly
(pending re-refer to Com. on L. & E.)
04/07/2022
Assembly
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
03/28/2022
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
03/24/2022
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
03/24/2022
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and L. & E.
02/16/2022
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
02/15/2022
Assembly
Introduced. To print.
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Record Created
Feb 17, 2022 12:13:38 PM
Record Updated
Nov 24, 2022 12:23:51 PM