BILL NUMBER: AB 2944	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2002

   An act to add  Section 25407 to   and repeal
Section 25407 of  the Public Resources Code, relating to energy
conservation and development.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2944, as amended, Kehoe.  Energy conservation and development:
San Diego Solar Streetlights Pilot Program.
   Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission within the Resources Agency, with powers
and responsibilities that include the development of alternative
renewable sources of energy.
   This bill would establish  , until January 1, 2006,  the
San Diego Solar Streetlights Pilot Program to educate the public on
the feasibility of solar energy systems and to encourage greater use
of solar energy systems in both commercial and residential
applications.  The bill would require the commission to report to the
Governor and the Legislature on the pilot program.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) It is in the best interests of the people of this state that
the quality of life of its citizens be improved by providing
environmentally sound, safe, reliable, and affordable energy services
and products.
   (b) It is in the best interests of the people of this state to
reduce our reliance upon electrical corporations and electricity
generated by thermal powerplants.
   (c) It is in the best interests of the people of this state to
encourage the use of alternative energy sources, including solar
energy systems, as a means of reducing that reliance.
   (d) Pilot programs demonstrating to the public both the
feasibility and reliability of alternative energy sources are an
effective means to encourage the public to use solar energy systems.

  SEC. 2.  Section 25407 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25407.  (a) The San Diego Solar Streetlights Pilot Program is
hereby established  for a period of time to be determined by
the commission, upon agreement with the City of San Diego, and at the
initiative of alternative energy companies that have organized among
themselves to implement the solar energy pilot program.
   (b) The purpose of the pilot program is  to educate the
public on the feasibility of solar energy systems as an alternative
renewable energy source, and to encourage greater use of solar energy
systems in both commercial and residential applications.  
   (c)  
   (b)  The project shall utilize resources of California
alternative energy companies for a solar street lighting system for a
portion of the city not to exceed a six-block radius. "Street
lighting system" includes any or all appliances, poles, posts,
electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires,
pipes, conduits, and other suitable or necessary works or appliances
for street lighting purposes.  
   (d)  
   (c) The participating alternative energy companies shall, in
consideration of certain incentives to be devised by the City of San
Diego in concert with the alternative energy producers, donate the
physical plant and necessary infrastructure to bring the pilot
project into being.  No state funds shall be encumbered in order to
conduct, or pay for, any part of the pilot program originally
undertaken or provided by any industry or business participant.
Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as prohibiting the use
of federal funds, should they become available for purposes
consistent with this section or from preventing the commission from
using existing resources, to provide technical or other assistance to
the program.  
   (e)  
   (d)  The industry or business participants of the pilot
program may be identified in public, provided the brands of products
employed shall not be identified, nor shall their use be deemed an
endorsement of any particular brand or proprietary approach to using
alternative energy.  
   (f)  
   (e)  On or before January 1, 2005, the commission shall
report to the Governor and the Legislature on the pilot program.
This report shall include, but is not limited to, an analysis of the
costs and benefits of equipment and materials used in the pilot
program, a discussion of the results obtained and a discussion of the
implications for statewide implementation of the program.  
   (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends
that date.