Energy: agricultural byproducts.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Under existing law, electric utilities, as defined, are required to provide eligible customer-generators with net energy metering, as defined. Under existing law, electrical corporations are required to provide eligible biogas digester customer-generators, that commence operation by December 31, 2009, with net energy metering, as defined, under a pilot program. This bill would replace the existing pilot program for eligible biogas digester customer-generators with a net energy metering program for eligible customer-generators, as defined, that use agricultural residues, animal wastes, or animal renderings to generate electricity and that meet certain requirements.