California Public Utilities Code

§ 2827

PUC § 2827 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 7 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that a program to provide net energy metering combined with net surplus compensation, co-energy metering, and wind energy co-metering for eligible customer-generators is one way to encourage substantial private investment in renewable energy resources, stimulate in-state economic growth, reduce demand for electricity during peak consumption periods, help stabilize California’s energy supply infrastructure, enhance the continued diversification of California’s energy resource mix, reduce interconnection and administrative costs for electricity suppliers, and encourage conservation and efficiency.

(b)As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1)“Co-energy metering” means a program that is the same in all other respects as a net energy metering program, except that the local publicly owned electric utility has elected to apply a generation-to-generation energy and time-of-use credit formula as provided in subdivision (i).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 379, Sec. 19. (AB 1715) Effective January 1, 2023.