SB 594: Removing obstacles; empowering renewable energy customers

 
CLCV Supported
Passed Assembly 58-10 (8/30/12)
Passed Senate Concurrence 21-12 (8/31/12)
Signed by Gov. Brown (9/27/12)

Many customers face obstacles to participating in the state's net metering program, which enables Californians to generate clean, renewable energy on their property and get financial credit on their energy bill. For example, farmers with separate meters for each of their irrigation pumps and other functions were required to have separate renewable facilities for each meter in order to participate in the net metering program. SB 594 (Wolk) removes this costly and inefficient obstacle by allowing customers to aggregate all the energy consumed at each of their meters located on the same property as the renewable energy facility, and net that use against the power produced at a single renewable facility.

Senator Party Vote
Elaine Alquist D
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Joel Anderson R
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Tom Berryhill R
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Sam Blakeslee R
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Ron Calderon D
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Anthony Cannella R
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Ellen Corbett D
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Lou Correa D
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Kevin de León D
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Mark DeSaulnier D
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Bob Dutton R
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Bill Emmerson R
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Noreen Evans D
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Jean Fuller R
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Ted Gaines R
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Loni Hancock D
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Tom Harman R
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Edward P. Hernandez D
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Bob Huff R
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Christine Kehoe D
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Doug LaMalfa R
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Mark Leno D
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Ted Lieu D
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Carol Liu D
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Alan Lowenthal D
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Gloria Negrete McLeod D
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Alex Padilla D
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Fran Pavley D
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Curren Price D
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Michael Rubio D
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Sharon Runner R
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Joe Simitian D
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Darrell Steinberg D
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Tony Strickland R
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Juan Vargas D
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Mimi Walters R
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Lois Wolk D
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Rod Wright D
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Mark Wyland R
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Leland Yee D
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Assemblymember Party Vote
Katcho Achadjian R
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Luis Alejo D
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Michael Allen D
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Tom Ammiano D
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Toni Atkins D
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Jim Beall D
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Bill Berryhill R
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Marty Block D
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Bob Blumenfield D
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Susan Bonilla D
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Steven Bradford D
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Julia Brownley D
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Joan Buchanan D
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Betsy Butler D
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Charles Calderon D
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Nora Campos D
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Wilmer Amina Carter D
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Gil Cedillo D
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Wesley Chesbro D
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Connie Conway R
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Paul Cook R
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Mike Davis D
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Roger Dickinson D
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Tim Donnelly R
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Mike Eng D
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Mike Feuer D
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Nathan Fletcher R
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Paul Fong D
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Felipe Fuentes D
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Warren Furutani D
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Beth Gaines R
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Cathleen Galgiani D
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Martin Garrick R
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Mike Gatto D
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Rich Gordon D
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Jeff Gorell R
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Shannon Grove R
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Curt Hagman R
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Linda Halderman R
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Isadore Hall D
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Diane Harkey R
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Mary Hayashi D
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Roger Hernandez D
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Jerry Hill D
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Alyson Huber D
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Ben Hueso D
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Jared Huffman D
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Kevin Jeffries R
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Brian Jones R
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Steve Knight R
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Ricardo Lara D
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Dan Logue R
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Bonnie Lowenthal D
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Fiona Ma D
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Allan Mansoor R
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Tony Mendoza D
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Jeff Miller R
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Holly Mitchell D
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Bill Monning D
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Mike Morrell R
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Brian Nestande R
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Jim Nielsen R
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Chris Norby R
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Kristin Olsen R
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Richard Pan D
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Henry Perea D
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John A. Pérez D
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V. Manuel Pérez D
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Anthony Portantino D
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Jim Silva R
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Nancy Skinner D
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Cameron Smyth R
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Jose Solorio D
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Sandré Swanson D
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Norma Torres D
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David Valadao R
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Donald Wagner R
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Bob Wieckowski D
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Das Williams D
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Mariko Yamada D
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