Section 589 Of Article 5. Reports To The Commission From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.
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. (a) In an existing or new proceeding, the commission shall
require the electrical and gas corporations to cooperate in
establishing a single Internet Web site available to the public that
provides up-to-date information, updated no less frequently than once
every 30 days, regarding ratepayer-funded energy efficiency
assistance programs that, to the extent the information is available,
in an aggregate format that would not provide identifying
information about individual customers of the electrical and gas
corporations, include all of the following:
(1) The types of energy efficiency measures installed.
(2) The ZIP Code location of each customer receiving
ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance.
(3) The amount of funds expended at each ZIP Code location.
(4) The expected annual energy savings and reduced energy usage
expected in kilowatthours or therms.
(b) (1) The commission shall order the electrical and gas
corporations to establish, based on data, ratepayer-funded energy
efficiency assistance program reports on program totals, geographical
and monthly statistics, cost distribution, and progress toward
program goals.
(2) The electrical and gas corporations shall make the reports
available on the Internet Web site established pursuant to
subdivision (a).
(c) The commission shall require the electrical and gas
corporations to publish data, including the amount expended, on the
ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs that are not direct
retrofits, including, but not limited to, research on building and
appliance standards and marketing and outreach, on the Internet Web
site established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) The commission shall take steps necessary to ensure the
Internet Web site established pursuant to subdivision (a) is
available to the public on or before June 1, 2014.
(e) The commission shall have a link to the Internet Web site
established pursuant to subdivision (a) on the commission's Internet
Web site and require the electrical and gas corporations to have a
link to the Internet Web site established pursuant to subdivision (a)
on the appropriate page of the Internet Web site of each electrical
and gas corporation.