Section 66090 Of Article 10. University Energy Efficiency Partnership From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 40. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 10.
66090
. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(1) "Investor-owned energy utilities" means the state's three
largest electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the
Public Utilities Code, and each gas corporation, as defined in
Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, of the state.
(2) "Local publicly owned energy utility" means a local publicly
owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public
Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned gas utility.
(3) "Partnership" means the statewide institutional partnership
between the California State University, the University of
California, and investor-owned energy utilities.
(4) "University" means the University of California and the
California State University.
(b) The Regents of the University of California are requested to,
and the California State University shall, consider aligning their
greenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the partnership and the
state by doing all of the following:
(1) Expanding participation in the partnership to include the
university facilities served by local publicly owned energy utilities
that choose to participate, and seeking the assistance of the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in
requesting the participation of those local publicly owned energy
utilities.
(2) Evaluating activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
improve energy efficiency based upon adherence to the Public
Utilities Commission's energy efficiency and savings protocols, if
applicable, including, but not limited to, deep energy efficiency and
eligible renewable energy resources, subject to applicable funding.
(3) Wherever feasible, utilizing whole-building, or whole-campus,
meter-based verification.
(4) Developing an administrative framework that can be utilized by
the partnership, to the extent allowable by the funding source, to
allocate any future funding from the state or other sources for
energy projects or projects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
(c) This section does not affect the eligibility of a university
to receive resources from federal, state, and local government, or
from public utilities or other sources through the partnership, and
to leverage those resources.
(d) Funds associated with an investor-owned energy utility shall
be used in compliance with Public Utilities Commission requirements
at the university facilities within the service territory of the
investor-owned energy utility.
(e) As a condition to participation in the expanded partnership, a
university shall report to each investor-owned energy utility or
local publicly owned energy utility the annual reduction in emissions
of greenhouse gases from the expanded partnership at all university
facilities within that utility's service territory, by a mutually
agreed upon date.