Electricity.

(1) Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and prescribes the authorities, duties, and responsibilities of the commission pertaining to energy matters. Existing law establishes an adviser position in the Energy Commission who is nominated by the Energy Commission and appointed by the Governor to ensure the full and adequate participation of interested groups and the public in the proceedings of the Energy Commission. Existing law requires the Energy Commission and other state agencies to exchange records, reports, materials, and other information related to energy resources and conservation and power facilities siting, or other areas of mutual concern, to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort. This bill would rename the adviser position to be the public advisor and would make conforming changes. The bill would authorize the Energy Commission to take official notice in any proceeding of any document, record, report, material, fact, or other information submitted to, or resulting from a proceeding of, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , as provided. The bill would repeal various obsolete provisions and would make other technical changes. Existing law authorizes a local government to develop and administer a program to encourage the construction of buildings that use solar thermal and photovoltaic systems by recognizing owners and builders participating in the program by awarding them a "Sunny Homes Seal." Existing law encourages the Department of Transportation to establish preferential lanes for the use of buses and 3-passenger carpool vehicles on certain state highways. Existing law requires the Energy Commission to conduct the State Solar Medallion Passive Design Competition to select outstanding designs for new single-family and multifamily residential units that incorporate passive solar and other energy-conserving design features, as provided. Existing law requires the Energy Commission to establish a grant program to provide a $0.40 per gallon production incentive for liquid fuels fermented in the state from biomass and biomass-derived resources produced in the state. Existing law authorizes the Energy Commission to assist California-based energy technology and energy conservation firms to export their technologies, products, and services to international markets. This bill would repeal those provisions. (2) Existing law requires the Energy Commission to biennially adopt an integrated energy policy report. Existing law requires the Energy Commission to timely incorporate firm zero-carbon resources into that report, and, for purposes of that requirement, defines "firm zero-carbon resources" as electrical resources that can individually, or in combination, deliver electricity with high availability for the expected duration of multiday extreme or atypical weather events and facilitate integration of eligible renewable energy resources into the electrical grid and the transition to a zero-carbon electrical grid. This bill would clarify that, for purposes of that requirement, "firm zero-carbon resources" are those electrical resources described above that deliver zero-carbon electricity. (3) Under existing law it is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 90% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2035, 95% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2040, 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2045, and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2035, as specified. Existing law requires the PUC, the Energy Commission, and the State Air Resources Board to issue a joint report to the Legislature by January 1, 2021, and every 4 years thereafter, that includes specified information relating to the implementation of that state policy, and, on or before December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, to issue a joint reliability progress report that reviews system and local reliability within the context of that state policy, as specified. This bill would recodify and reorganize the above reporting requirement. (4) Existing law requires the PUC, by February 1 of each year, to report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on all sources and amounts of funding and actual and proposed expenditures related to entities or programs established by the PUC, as specified. This bill would require the PUC, upon an entity described above ceasing operations, or a program described above ending, because its activities have concluded, to continue reporting on the entity or program for the subsequent 2 fiscal years, and, following those subsequent 2 fiscal years, would require the PUC to note in the report described above which entity ceased operations or which program ended and would relieve the commission of future reporting obligations related to the entity or program.