Section 910.

(a) By February 1 of each year, the commission shall prepare and submit to the policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a written report summarizing the following information:

(1) All electrical corporation revenue requirement increases associated with meeting the renewables portfolio standard, as defined in Section 399.12, including direct procurement costs for eligible renewable energy resources and renewable energy credits, administrative expenses for procurement, expenses incurred to ensure a reliable supply of electricity, and expenses for upgrades to the electrical transmission and distribution grid necessary to the delivery of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources to load.

(2) All cost savings experienced, or costs avoided, by electrical corporations as a result of meeting the renewables portfolio standard.

(3) All costs incurred by electrical corporations for incentives for distributed and renewable generation, including the self-generation incentive program, the California Solar Initiative, and net energy metering.

(4) All cost savings experienced, or costs avoided, by electrical corporations as a result of incentives for distributed and renewable generation.

(5) All renewable, fossil fuel, and nuclear procurement costs, research, study, or pilot program costs, or other program costs for which an electrical corporation is seeking recovery in rates, that is pending determination or approval by the commission.

(6) The decision number for each decision of the commission of recovery in rates of costs incurred by an electrical corporation since the preceding report.

(7) Any change in the electrical load serviced by an electrical corporation since the preceding report.

(8) The efforts each electrical corporation is taking to recruit and train employees to ensure an adequately trained and available workforce, including the number of new employees hired by the electrical corporation for purposes of implementing the requirements of Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3, the goals adopted by the electrical corporation for increasing women, minority, and disabled veterans trained or hired for purposes of implementing the requirements of Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3, and, to the extent information is available, the number of new employees hired and the number of women, minority, and disabled veterans trained or hired by persons or corporations owning or operating eligible renewable energy resources under contract with an electrical corporation. This paragraph does not provide the commission with authority to engage in, regulate, or expand its authority to include, workforce recruitment or training.

(b) The commission may combine the information required by this section with the reports prepared pursuant to Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3.

(Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 32. Effective December 10, 2011.)