LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 510, as amended, Evans Skinner .
CalWORKs: aid amount calculation. Net energy
metering.
Existing law relative to private energy producers requires every
electric utility, as defined, to make available to an eligible
customer-generator, as defined, a standard contract or tariff for net
energy metering on a first-come-first-served basis until the time
that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible
customer-generators exceeds 2.5% of the electric utility's aggregate
customer peak demand.
This bill instead would require that the standard contract or
tariff for net energy metering be offered on a
first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated
generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5%
of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. The bill
would require an electrical corporation to include a provision in the
net energy metering contract or tariff requiring that any customer
with an existing electrical generating facility and meter who enters
into a new net energy metering contract to provide an inspection
report to the electrical corporation, unless the electrical
generating facility and meter have been installed or inspected within
the previous 3 years.
Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds
through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
block grant program to eligible states, with California's version of
this program being known as the California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program.
Under the CalWORKs program each county provides cash assistance
and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals
who meet specified eligibility criteria.
Under existing law, a parent or caretaker relative is ineligible
to receive CalWORKs aid when he or she has received aid for a
cumulative total of 60 months. Existing law excludes from this
calculation months when specified conditions exist.

This bill, commencing January 1, 2009, would additionally exclude
from the above calculation, months when a recipient has been excused
from participating in welfare-to-work activities for good cause, due
to a lack of necessary supportive services resulting from
insufficient CalWORKs funding in the annual Budget Act. By increasing
the duties of counties administering the CalWORKs program, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law continually appropriates money from the General Fund
to pay for a share of aid grant costs under the CalWORKs program.

This bill would provide that no appropriation shall be made for
the purposes of the bill.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.