BILL ANALYSIS
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1881 (Pescetti)
As Amended August 21, 2002
Majority vote.
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|ASSEMBLY: |67-0 |(May 2, 2002) |SENATE: |27-1 |(August 27, |
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Original Committee Reference: U. & C .
SUMMARY : Makes solar thermal and heating technologies eligible
for installation on, or adjacent to, new state buildings and
parking facilities.
The Senate amendments :
1)Require the Department of General Services (DGS), in
consultation with the Energy Commission (CEC) to establish a
program for installation, where feasible, of solar heating
equipment on state buildings and parking lots no later than
January 1, 2007.
2)Require any solar energy equipment installed to meet specific
standards imposed by state and local permitting authorities.
EXISTING LAW requires DGS and CEC to ensure that solar equipment
that produces electric energy be installed, where feasible, as
part of the construction of all state buildings and parking lots
that begins after December 31, 2002.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill:
1)Deemed it feasible to install solar energy equipment adjacent
to state buildings when adequate space exists.
2)Clarified that funding would be required to be available for
the installation of energy equipment to be feasible.
3)Required the value of stable energy costs be considered when
evaluating cost effectiveness of proposed projects.
4)Qualified solar technologies using solar energy to produce
heat for installation on, or adjacent to, new state buildings
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and parking lots.
COMMENTS : SB 82 X2 (Murray) required all new state buildings
and parking lots be fitted with electric solar equipment where
feasible.
The author's office notes that solar technologies for heating
water and state-operated swimming pools are cost-effective in
virtually every application, frequently returning the initial
investment from energy savings in from two to four years. The
author's office emphasis that this measure will ensure that
state investment in solar energy technologies can include highly
cost-effective solar thermal technologies in addition to
photovoltaic systems.
Analysis Prepared by : Paul Donahue / U. & C. / (916) 319-2083
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