Interconnection: prioritization.

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to enforce rules governing the extension of service by electrical corporations, as specified. This bill would require the commission, no later than January 1, 2025, to provide guidance to electrical corporations for the prioritization of projects in each electrical corporation's distribution interconnection queue and for the prioritization of customer service connections, including the prioritization of projects that are in the final stage before commencing construction, as determined by the commission. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission implementing its requirements would therefore be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.