California Public Utilities Code

§ 769

PUC § 769 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, “distributed resources” means distributed renewable generation resources, energy efficiency, energy storage, electric vehicles, and demand response technologies.

(b)Not later than July 1, 2015, each electrical corporation shall submit to the commission a distribution resources plan proposal to identify optimal locations for the deployment of distributed resources. Each proposal shall do all of the following:

(1)Evaluate locational benefits and costs of distributed resources located on the distribution system. This evaluation shall be based on reductions or increases in local generation capacity needs, avoided or increased investments in distribution infrastructure, safety benefits, reliability benefits, and any other savings the distributed resources provide to the electrical grid or costs to ratepayers of the electrical corporation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 151. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.