California Public Utilities Code § 2828

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Appropriate TOU tariff” means the Time-of-Use tariff that would be applicable to the City and County of San Francisco account at the renewable electricity generation facility site if the facility at the site were a Pacific Gas and Electric Company bundled customer, as determined by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. (2) “Environmental attributes” associated with the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (HHWP) at-site renewable generation and HHWP remote renewable generation include, but are not limited to, 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 the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power renewable electricity generation facility owned by the City and County of San Francisco. (3) “HHWP at-site renewable generation” means the electricity generated by renewable electricity generation facilities designated by the City and County of San Francisco pursuant to subdivision (b). (4) “HHWP remote renewable generation” means the electricity generated by renewable electricity generation facilities designated by the City and County of San Francisco pursuant to subdivision (h), to provide electricity to qualifying remote load. (5) “Interconnection Agreement” means the 1987 agreement between Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the City and County of San Francisco, as filed with and accepted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and as amended from time to time with FERC approval, which provides for rates for transmission, distribution, and sales of supplemental electricity to the City and County of San Francisco. Nothing in this section shall waive or modify the rights of parties under the Interconnection Agreement or the jurisdiction of the FERC over rates set forth in the Interconnection Agreement. (6) “Qualifying remote load” means the electricity demand of the City and County of San Francisco for load served under the Interconnection Agreement, at sites that are separate from, and not adjacent to, the sites where the renewable electricity generation facility is located, and serviced through a meter or multiple meters other than those serving the sites where the renewable electricity generation facility is located. The separate or remote sites may be designated by the City and County of San Francisco, both inside and outside of the City and County of San Francisco. Where the separate or remote sites are outside the City and County of San Francisco, they shall be located within 20 miles of the City and County of San Francisco or within 20 miles of a HHWP remote renewable generation facility. There is no wattage limit on qualifying remote load. (7) “Renewable electricity generation facility” means a facility for the generation of electricity that satisfies both of the following requirements: (A) The facility uses biomass, solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, fuel cells using renewable fuels, small hydroelectric generation of 30 megawatts or less, digester gas, municipal solid waste conversion, landfill gas, ocean wave, ocean thermal, or tidal current, and any additions or enhancements to the facility using that technology. (B) The facility is owned, or under lease or contract to, the City and County of San Francisco for at least a five-year term and for the full output of electricity from the facility. (b) The City and County of San Francisco may elect to designate specific renewable electricity generation facilities as HHWP at-site renewable generation, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) Total peak generating capacity does not exceed 15 megawatts. (2) The renewable electricity generation facility utilizes a meter, or multiple meters, capable of separately measuring electricity flow in both directi

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