SB 919 Summary

• Requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to address renewable energy oversupply before January 1, 2018, through tariffs or economic incentives to reduce electricity costs for facilities that create or augment local water supplies.

• Defines eligible facilities as desalination, brackish water desalting, water recycling, water reuse, groundwater treatment and remediation, stormwater and dry weather runoff capture and use, and groundwater recharge facilities.

• Authorizes the commission to implement cost-reduction measures through time-variant rates, demand response, and dynamic pricing that customers may optionally apply to their electricity purchases.

• Expresses legislative intent to expedite funding from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 for projects supporting local water supply facilities.

• Specifies that no state reimbursement is required because any local agency costs result from changes to criminal penalties under existing law.