Energy: usage: plug-in equipment.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , on a biennial basis, to conduct assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery, and distribution. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and biennially thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report containing an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over the public utilities, including electrical corporations. This bill would require the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission, working jointly, to perform a baseline study, by January 1, 2017, of energy usage by plug-in equipment, as defined, during the year 2014, and to develop a coordinated implementation plan to achieve by 2030 specified aggregate reductions in energy consumption by plug-in equipment from the 2014 baseline, with biennial intermediate targets. The bill would authorize the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission to increase or decrease the aggregate reduction targets in energy consumption, if the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission jointly determine, based on the baseline study, that those aggregate reduction targets are either unattainable or uneconomic for ratepayers, or are too conservative and would require a notice to be submitted to the Legislature, if those targets are increased or decreased due to unforseen developments in plug-in equipment technology or the market for plug-in equipment. The bill would require the Energy Commission to report on the progress toward meeting the reduction targets and update the implementation plan as a part of the integrated energy policy report.