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Highlights of AB21X that passed the AB and new Bowen version:
AB 21X contained: Changes in new Bowen SB 27 before effective date, customer can go DA without limitation but only if customer was not purchasing from utility after Jan 17. Exit fee may apply if customer was purchasing from utility after Jan 17 existing DA can stay DA after effective date, customer can go DA upon payment of exit fee based on DWR's unavoidable costs after effective date, customer can go DA w/o exit fee if using self-gen or cogen and with 180 days advance notice DELETE re-entry fee applies for return to bundled service from DA, unless 12 months advance notice is given opportunity to avoid with 12 months advance notice is deleted portion of the customer's load served by utility is not limited from going DA under this bill DELETE load growth may be used to allow residential and small commercial to go DA w/o exit fee DELETE Commission notifies customers of their choices within 30 days of effective date 90 days The first point is the most critical. It exposes customers to exit fees if they go DA before the effective date. If we can argue to the DWR that no costs were really incurred by them - in fact, their burden was relieved by load going DA - this problem goes away. Better to clarify in the legislation if we can. Other than that, a couple of the Christmas tree ornaments have been taken off. (These were nice, but, let's be realistic). Seems to me this is still a pretty good bill! (especially if we can clarify that CPUC's new 3 cent surcharge doesn't apply to DA. ) With either bill, we still have the issue of how to measure net avoidable DWR costs for exit fee purposes.
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