Photovoltaic requirements: tariffs and programs: study.

Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to prescribe, by regulation, energy efficiency standards for new residential and nonresidential buildings. Under this authority, the Energy Commission has established regulations requiring the installation of photovoltaic systems meeting certain requirements for low-rise residential buildings built on or after January 1, 2020. This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission, in collaboration with the Energy Commission, by March 31, 2020, to submit to the Legislature a report on the feasibility of expanding an existing tariff or program or establishing a new tariff or program to facilitate compliance with the photovoltaic requirements for low-rise residential buildings, as specified.