SB 2584 Summary

• Direct the Public Utilities Commission to adopt guidelines requiring electric utilities to develop load management plans that integrate distributed energy resources and energy efficiency before interconnecting new residential, commercial, or industrial developments that trigger infrastructure upgrade costs exceeding a commission-determined threshold.

• Require load management plans to study and integrate customer-sited distributed energy resources (such as rooftop solar) and energy efficiency measures to reduce the need for utility infrastructure expenditures on distribution and transmission systems.

• Establish commission approval criteria for load management plans, including evaluation of the plan's potential to defer or avoid infrastructure upgrade costs, with defined timelines for utility submission and commission review.

• Allow electric utilities to recover approved costs for developing and implementing load management plans through a commission-approved cost recovery mechanism.

• Effective date: July 1, 2050.