(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “EBMUD” means the East Bay Municipal Utility District organized and operating pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 11501).
(2) “Environmental attributes” associated with the generation of electricity include the credits, benefits, emissions reductions, environmental air quality credits, and emissions reduction credits, offsets, and allowances, however entitled, resulting from the avoidance of the emissions of any gas, chemical, or other substance attributable to an electricity generation facility.
(b) To ensure that no electrical corporation operates its monopoly transmission and distribution system in a manner that impedes the ability of the EBMUD to reduce its electricity costs through the delivery of electricity generated by EBMUD, an electrical corporation shall meet the requirements of this section.
(c) An electrical corporation that owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electricity at one or more locations to the EBMUD’s system shall, upon request by EBMUD, and without discrimination or delay, use the same facilities to deliver electricity generated by EBMUD. EBMUD may elect to designate specific hydroelectric generation facilities owned by EBMUD for the generation of electricity to be delivered to EBMUD, if the following conditions are met:
(1) The amount of all electricity delivered to the electric grid by the designated EBMUD hydroelectric generation is the property of EBMUD.
(2) Ownership and use of the environmental attributes associated with the electricity delivered to the electric grid by EBMUD-designated hydroelectric generation is retained by EBMUD.
(d) (1) No rule, order, or tariff of the commission implementing direct transactions is applicable to electricity generated by EBMUD, that is delivered to EBMUD for its own use that is transported over the transmission and distribution system of an electrical corporation, pursuant to an election made by EBMUD pursuant to subdivision (c).
(2) Sections 365 and 366 are not applicable to electricity generated by EBMUD, that is delivered to EBMUD for its own use that is transported over the transmission and distribution system of an electrical corporation, pursuant to an election made by EBMUD pursuant to subdivision (c).
(e) To compensate an electrical corporation for the use of its facilities, EBMUD shall pay applicable rates approved by the commission for distribution, or distribution and transmission, or any transmission rates as required under federal law.
(f) On or before January 1, 2009, each electrical corporation that owns and operates transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electricity at one or more locations to the EBMUD system shall file an advice letter with the commission that complies with this section. The commission, within 150 days of the date of filing of the advice letter, shall approve the advice letter or specify conforming changes to be made by the electrical corporation, to be filed in an amended advice letter within 60 days.
(g) The commission shall ensure that the delivery of electricity from EBMUD-designated hydroelectric generation to the EBMUD service territory pursuant to this section does not result in a shifting of costs to the bundled service customers of an electrical corporation, either immediately or over time.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 196. Effective January 1, 2009.)