Electrical corporations: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program requires each electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customers in California to file with the commission an application requesting approval of a tariff to administer a program enabling ratepayers to participate directly in offsite electrical generation facilities that use eligible renewable energy resources, consistent with certain legislative findings and statements of intent. Existing law requires those electrical corporations to procure eligible renewable energy resources that are located in reasonable proximity to those ratepayers enrolled in the program, and to provide support for enhanced community renewables programs to facilitate development of eligible renewable energy resource projects located close to the source of demand. This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to support all forms of clean renewable energy and to provide homebuilders with options for achieving California's bold energy goals, specifically including rooftop photovoltaic and community solar options.