HB 582 (2019)

This bill ends residential rebates under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, instead sending those proceeds to the Energy Efficiency Fund. The bill also prohibits the government from using money from the Energy Efficiency Fund for anything other than its intended purpose. This bill also requires the Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Board to provide recommendations to the PUC on the energy efficiency and renewable energy funds. Lastly, this bill removes the future repeal of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The Senate amended the bill to remove a provision requiring the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to consider the impact of climate change in its decisions.