California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program

• Section 399.11.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In order to attain a target of generating 20 percent of total retail sales of electricity in...
• Section 399.12.
  For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Conduit hydroelectric facility” means a facility for the generation of electricity that uses only...
• Section 399.12.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 399.12, a small hydroelectric generation facility that satisfies the criteria for an eligible renewable energy resource pursuant to Section 399.12...
• Section 399.12.6.
  (a) (1) Any procurement of biomethane delivered through a common carrier pipeline under a contract executed by a retail seller or local publicly owned electric utility and...
• Section 399.13.
  (a) (1) The commission shall direct each electrical corporation to annually prepare a renewable energy procurement plan that includes the elements specified in paragraph (5), to satisfy...
• Section 399.14.
  (a) (1) An electrical corporation, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1001), and in order to meet its unmet renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements, may apply...
• Section 399.15.
  (a) In order to fulfill unmet long-term resource needs, the commission shall establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers to procure a minimum quantity...
• Section 399.16.
  (a) Various electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources located within the WECC transmission network service area shall be eligible to comply with the renewables portfolio...
• Section 399.17.
  (a) (1) Subject to this section, the requirements of this article apply to an electrical corporation that as of January 1, 2010, had 60,000 or fewer customer...
• Section 399.18.
  (a) This section applies to an electrical corporation that as of January 1, 2010, met either of the following conditions:(1) Served 30,000 or fewer customer accounts in...
• Section 399.19.
  The commission shall modify, and extend until December 31, 2021, the monetary incentive program for biomethane projects adopted in Decision 15-06-029 (June 11, 2015), Decision...
• Section 399.20.
  (a) It is the policy of this state and the intent of the Legislature to encourage electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources.(b) As used in this...
• Section 399.20.3.
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Bioenergy” has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (4) of subdivision (f) of Section 399.20.(2) “Tier...
• Section 399.20.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (j) of Section 399.20, a conduit hydroelectric facility with an effective capacity of up...
• Section 399.21.
  (a) The commission, by rule, shall authorize the use of renewable energy credits to satisfy the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements established pursuant to this article,...
• Section 399.22.
  (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means any state agency, board, department, or commission, including the entities specified in subdivision (a) of Section 15814.12...
• Section 399.24.
  (a) To meet the energy and transportation needs of the state, the commission shall adopt policies and programs that promote the in-state production and distribution of...
• Section 399.25.
  The Energy Commission shall do all of the following:(a) Certify eligible renewable energy resources that it determines meet the criteria described in subdivision (e) of Section...
• Section 399.26.
  (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...
• Section 399.30.
  (a) (1) To fulfill unmet long-term generation resource needs, each local publicly owned electric utility shall adopt and implement a renewable energy resources procurement plan that requires...
• Section 399.31.
  A retail seller may procure renewable energy credits associated with deliveries of electricity by an eligible renewable energy resource to a local publicly owned electric...
• Section 399.32.
  (a) It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to encourage electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources.(b) As used in this...

Last modified: October 22, 2018