Current Legislation:

The Renewable Energy Accountability Project
Analysis of SB 32 2009

SB 32 Update - Signed into Law

November 9, 2009

Sacramento, CA - On October 11, 2009 Senate Bill 32 (Negrete McLeod) was signed into law.  SB 32 expands California’s current feed-in-tariff (FIT) program by requiring Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) to procure all renewable energy generated in their service area.  The amount of eligible renewable energy is increased from 1.5 MW to 3 MW.  The IOUs are not required to offer additional FITs once the utility reaches its proportionate share of statewide total capacity cap of 750 MWs. 

Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) believes California is missing opportunities to expand the use of solar energy because “excellent sites with space and interest in installing solar energy equipment cannot use solar because they cannot participate in either the California Solar Initiative incentive program or the RPS solicitation program.”

SB 32 will also require all Publicly Owned Utilities (POUs) that serve more than 75,000 customers to create a program to purchase all available renewable energy in their service area that is less than 3 MWs.

California Assembly passes SB 32:  37 - 0

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California Senate passes SB 32:  62 - 16

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