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          Date of Hearing:   May 18, 2005

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                   Judy Chu, Chair

                     AB 1348 (Runner) - As Amended:  May 2, 2005 

          Policy Committee:                               
          UtilitiesVote:11-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill:

          1)Authorizes a demonstration project, with specified parameters,  
            at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds to determine the savings  
            from energy efficiency measures to reduce overall demand and  
            installing a photovoltaic (PV) solar energy system to reduce  
            peak energy demand. 

          2)Requires the electrical corporation serving the fairgrounds  
            (Southern California Edison), to file with the Public  
            Utilities Commission (PUC) a tariff providing for an incentive  
            rate specific to the demonstration project. 

          3)Requires the fairgrounds to submit biennial status reports and  
            a final report on the project to the PUC and the Legislature.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor absorbable costs for the PUC to review and adopt the  
          required tariff.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . The author indicates this bill is intended to create a  
          demonstration project allowing the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds  
          to install new energy efficiency systems and a new PV energy  
          system under a specially designed tariff that will allow the  
          fairgrounds to recoup the costs of a 630 kW solar energy system.  
          The demonstration project will be used to test the durability of  
          the systems and the effectiveness of combining large PV systems  








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          with modern energy efficiency technologies.

           Analysis Prepared by :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081