NABCEP & Training [RE-wrenches]
Graham Owen
graham at solarexpert.com
Mon Nov 25 16:37:49 PST 2002
Bill,
What happened to ABX2_48 which was signed into law and required State
funding for a PV installer training program? I will paste the bill
below.
Graham
BILL NUMBER: ABX2 48 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 17
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 12, 2001
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 11, 2001
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 13, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 28, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 10, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 2, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 25, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Wright
MAY 22, 2001
An act to amend Section 25619 of, and to add Chapter 5.1 (commencing
with Section 25406) to Division 15 of, the Public Resources Code, and to
add Section 9618 to the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 48, Wright. Energy conservation.
(1) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, lighting, an
insulation climate control system, and other building design and
construction standards that increase the efficiency in the use of energy
for new residential and new nonresidential buildings and to provide an
energy conservation manual that includes a prescriptive method of
complying with the standards.
This bill would enact the Solar Training, Education, and
Certification Act of 2001. The bill would authorize cities, counties,
and cities and counties to implement a program that implements
applicable building standards requiring the use of solar water heating
or photovoltaic systems in construction projects.
(2) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources and Conservation
Commission to develop a grant program to offset a portion of the cost of
an eligible solar energy system, as defined.
Existing law requires that eligible solar energy systems for electricity
generation be listed by a certified testing agency.
This bill would require that, in the absence of certification, major
components of eligible solar energy systems for electricity generation
comply with specifications adopted by the commission.
(3) Existing law establishes in state government the Employment
Development Department, and specifies its powers and duties.
This bill would require the department to administer a solar training
program, as specified, and to coordinate with the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards and the State Contractors' License Board to
ensure that solar energy product and service providers in California
possess and maintain the necessary skills, training, and certification.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Solar Training, Education, and Certification Act of 2001.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) California's increasing energy needs require the development of
alternative energy resources, including solar energy for the production
of heat and electricity.
(2) California leads the nation and ranks as a world leader in the
development of technologies and programs to accelerate the use of solar
energy.
(3) A training and certification program authorized by the
Legislature and administered by the Employment Development Department,
in consultation and cooperation with the Contractors'
State License Board and solar industry stakeholders, can help mitigate
the state's energy shortage by ensuring that appropriate training and
education is available for those practicing in and
entering into the solar energy design, construction, and installation
businesses.
SEC. 2. Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 25406) is added to
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
CHAPTER 5.1. SOLAR AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
25406. A local government may develop and administer a program to
encourage the construction of buildings that use solar thermal and
photovoltaic systems that meet applicable standards and requirements
imposed by the state or the local government for an eligible solar
energy system pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section
25619. The program shall recognize owners and builders who participate
in the program by awarding these owners and builders a "Sunny Homes
Seal."
SEC. 3. Section 25619 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
25619. (a) The commission shall develop a grant program to offset a
portion of the cost of eligible solar energy systems. The goals of the
program are all of the following:
(1) To make solar energy systems cost competitive with alternate
forms of energy.
(2) To provide support for electricity storage capabilities in solar
electric applications to facilitate enhanced reliability in the event of
a power outage.
(3) To encourage the purchase by California residents of
California-made solar systems.
(b) (1) The grant for an eligible solar energy system shall be based
on either the performance of, or the type of, the solar energy system,
as the commission determines, and the amount of the grant shall not
exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). Except as provided in
paragraph (2), if a grant is awarded pursuant to this section for an
eligible solar energy system that produces
electricity, no grant shall be made for that system from any other grant
program administered by the commission.
(2) An applicant who receives a grant for a photovoltaic solar energy
system from another program administered by the commission, may also
receive a grant for that system pursuant to this section, if all of the
following conditions are met:
(A) The system will accomplish the purpose specified in paragraph (3)
of subdivision (a).
(B) The system is an eligible solar energy system.
(C) The system includes adequate battery storage, as determined by
the commission.
(c) Purchasers, sellers, owner-builders, or owner-developers of the
solar energy system may apply for a grant under this section. An
owner-builder or owner-developer of a new single-family dwelling on
which a system is installed may elect not to apply for a grant on a
solar energy system installed on a new single-family dwelling. If an
owner-builder or owner-developer of a new single-family dwelling on
which a system is installed elects not to apply for the grant for a
solar energy system, the purchaser of the dwelling may apply for the
grant. The seller, owner-builder, or owner-developer shall reflect the
amount of the grant received on the purchaser's bill of sale.
(d) The commission shall develop and adopt guidelines to provide
appropriate consumer protection under the grant program and to govern
other aspects of the grant program. The guidelines shall be adopted at
a publicly noticed meeting and all interested parties shall be
provided an opportunity to comment either orally or in writing. Not
less than 30 days notice shall be provided for the public meeting.
Subsequent substantive changes to adopted guidelines shall be adopted by
the commission at a public meeting upon written notice to the public of
not less than 10 days. The guidelines adopted pursuant to this
subdivision are not subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.
(e) The commission shall require installers of solar energy systems
funded through grants under this section to be properly licensed to do
so by the Contractors' State License Board. This
requirement does not apply to the owner of a single-family dwelling who
installs a solar energy system on his or her single-family dwelling.
(f) The award of a grant pursuant to this section is subject to
appeal to the commission upon a showing that factors other than those
described in the guidelines adopted by the commission were applied in
making the award. Any action taken by an applicant to apply for, or
become or remain eligible to receive an award, including satisfying
conditions specified by the commission, does not constitute the
rendering of goods, services, or a direct benefit to the commission.
Awards made pursuant to this section are not subject to any repayment
requirements of Chapter 7.4 (commencing with Section 25645).
(g) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Cost" includes equipment, installation charges, and all
components necessary to carry out the intended use of the system if
those components are an integral part of the system. In the case of a
system that is leased, "cost" means the principal recovery portion of
all lease payments scheduled to be made during the full term of the
lease, which is the cost incurred by the taxpayer in acquiring the solar
energy system, excluding interest charges and maintenance expenses.
(2) (A) "Eligible solar energy system" means any new, previously
unused solar energy device whose primary purpose is to provide for the
collection, conversion, transfer, distribution, storage, or control of
solar energy for water heating or electricity generation, and that meets
applicable standards and requirements imposed by state and local
permitting authorities, including, but not limited to, the National
Electric Code. Eligible solar energy systems for water heating purposes
shall be certified by the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation
(SRCC) or any other nationally recognized certification agency that
certifies complete systems. Major components of eligible solar energy
systems for electricity generation shall be listed by a certified
testing agency, such as the Underwriters Laboratory. In the absence of
certification, major
components of eligible solar energy systems for electricity generation
shall comply with specifications adopted by the commission.
(B) "Eligible solar energy system" does not include any of the
following:
(i) Wind energy devices that produce electricity or provide
mechanical work.
(ii) Additions to or augmentation of existing solar energy systems.
(iii) A device that produces electricity for a structure unless the
device is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electric
grid.
(C) Eligible solar energy systems shall have a warranty of not less
than three years.
(3) "Installed" means placed in a functionally operative state.
(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2006,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is
enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 4. Section 9618 is added to the Unemployment Insurance Code, to
read:
9618. (a) The department shall administer a solar training program.
The department shall coordinate with the Division of Apprenticeship
Standards and the State Contractors' License Board to ensure solar
energy product and service providers in California possess and maintain
the necessary skills, training, and certification.
(b) Elements of the training program shall include, but need not be
limited to, all of the following:
(1) The science of photovoltaics and small scale solar thermal
technologies.
(2) The design of solar systems.
(3) The installation of solar systems.
(4) Permitting of solar systems.
(5) Safety.
(6) System and component certification.
(7) State and federal incentive programs.
SEC. 5. The Solar Training, Education, and Certification Act of 2001
shall be funded by available job training funds in existence on the
effective date of the act adding this section during the 2001-02 Second
Extraordinary Session.
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