Energy: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Low-Income Oversight Board: membership: performance metrics.

Senator Hurtado's energy policy legislation expands California's building decarbonization efforts by establishing new coordination requirements between state agencies and introducing standardized metrics for low-income energy programs. The bill requires the Energy Commission to notify Equitable Building Decarbonization Program applicants about their potential eligibility for additional Public Utilities Commission incentives for energy efficiency and decarbonization projects.

The legislation adds a twelfth member to the Low-Income Oversight Board, selected by the Energy Commission's Executive Director. This board monitors programs for low-income utility customers, evaluates community needs, and works to streamline enrollment processes. The bill also directs the Public Utilities Commission to create standardized performance metrics for evaluating energy programs, including measurements of household energy burden reductions, participation rates across different demographics, types of improvements installed, customer satisfaction, and contractor diversity. Program administrators must collect and report data on these metrics in a uniform format.

Under the bill's provisions, failure by program administrators to comply with data collection and reporting requirements constitutes a violation of the Public Utilities Act. While the legislation creates new obligations for local agencies, it specifies that no state reimbursement is required for implementation costs, as these changes fall under existing constitutional provisions regarding crime-related mandates.