(a) For purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy resource” and “renewables portfolio standard” have the same meanings as for the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1).

(b) Every local publicly owned electric utility shall annually disclose, to end-use customers, all of the following:

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(1) Its electricity sources for the previous calendar year, consistent with information provided to the Energy Commission pursuant to Section 398.4.

(2) The utility’s progress toward attaining the renewables portfolio standard established pursuant to Section 399.30.

(3) Expenditures for development of eligible renewable energy resources, including a description of programs, sources of funding, expected results, and actual results.

(c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall, on an annual basis, make available to its customers information relating to the utility’s solar initiative program established pursuant to Section 2854, including the rated generating capacity of installed solar energy systems receiving monetary incentives through the utility’s program, the total number of solar energy systems installed, the total number of applications for the utility’s program, the amount of monetary incentives awarded, and the contribution toward the program goals of the California Solar Initiative (Article 1 (commencing with Section 2851) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1).

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 14. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)