Hetch Hetchy Water and Power: renewable generation.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities meeting specified conditions as Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (HHWP) at-site solar generation, as defined, and HHWP remote solar generation, as defined. Existing law requires that upon election and the filing and acceptance of an advice letter with the commission establishing rates, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is required on a monthly basis, to credit the City and County of San Francisco for certain electricity generated and delivered to the electric grid by HHWP at-site solar generation in accordance with specified rate criteria. Existing law additionally authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific photovoltaic electricity generation facilities as HHWP remote solar generation to supply electricity to qualifying remote load by designating those facilities to be served by HHWP remote solar generation. Existing law requires that PG&E accept any electricity exported to the grid by HHWP remote solar generation, up to the amount of electricity contemporaneously being used by the qualifying remote load, and treat the electricity accepted as behind the meter generation that offsets the electrical usage of qualifying remote load. Existing law requires that where the separate or remote sites are outside the City and County of San Francisco, they be located within 20 miles of the City and County of San Francisco or within 20 miles of an HHWP remote solar generation facility. This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific renewable electricity generation facilities, as defined, as HHWP at-site renewable generation and HHWP remote renewable generation. The bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific renewable electricity generation facilities or a portion of specific renewable electricity generation facilities as HHWP remote renewable generation to supply electricity to qualifying remote load by designating those facilities to be served by HHWP remote renewable generation. The bill would require that PG&E accept any electricity exported to the grid by HHWP remote renewable generation, up to the amount of electricity being used during the corresponding time period by the qualifying remote load, and to treat the electricity accepted as behind the meter generation that offsets the electrical usage of qualifying remote load. The bill would declare that, due to the special circumstances applicable only to HHWP renewable generation facilities, a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution, and the enactment of a special statute is therefore necessary.