Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 762, Sec. 4. (AB 3264) Effective January 1, 2025.
(a)(1) Before July 1, 2022, and every three years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on the demand-side management programs it oversees or that are paid for by ratepayers of community choice aggregators, electrical corporations, or gas corporations, including, but not
limited to, energy efficiency and demand response programs.
(2)The report shall include a list of all demand-side management programs, inclusive of codes and standards programs, with evaluations for each program that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(A)Program description and target population.
(B)Authorized budgets and actual expenditures.
(C)Projected and actual energy savings over the program cycle.
(D)Projected and actual bill savings to the average participating and the average nonparticipating ratepayer.
(E)Cost-effectiveness analysis, including a total resource cost test and a program administrator cost test.
(F)Public interest impacts, as applicable.
(G)Actual customers served, aggregated by customer class, geographic distribution, and income level.
(H)Peak demand reduction, as applicable.
(I)Total system benefits, as adopted in the commission’s Decision 21-09-037 (September 23, 2021) Decision Adopting Energy Efficiency Goals for 2022-2032.
(3)The commission may provide evaluations at a portfolio level in addition
to the individual program evaluation required pursuant to paragraph (2).
(b)In the report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall also report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the targets established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 454.55 and subdivision (a) of Section 454.56. The commission shall include specific strategies for, and an update on, progress toward maximizing the contribution of energy and electricity efficiency
bill savings in disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
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