Section 399.19.  


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  • The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall report to the Legislature by January 1 of every even-numbered year on all of the following:

    (a) The progress and status of procurement activities by each retail seller.

    (b) The status of permitting and siting eligible renewable energy resources and transmission facilities necessary to supply electricity generated to load, including the time taken to permit each eligible renewable energy resource and transmission line or upgrade, explanations of failures to meet permitting milestones, and recommendations for improvements to expedite permitting and siting processes.

    (c) The projected ability of each electrical corporation to meet the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements under the cost limitations in subdivision (d) of Section 399.15 and any recommendations for revisions of those cost limitations.

    (d) Any barriers to, and policy recommendations for, achieving the renewables portfolio standard pursuant to this article.

(Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 26. Effective December 10, 2011.)