Sam Blakeslee Ph.D.
- Republican
Author
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and responsibilities on the commission with respect to the purchase of electricity and requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. The program requires that a retail seller of electricity, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, purchase a specified minimum percentage of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, in any given year as a specified percentage of total kilowatthours sold to retail end-use customers each calendar year. Under existing law, the incremental increase in the amount of electricity generated from a hydroelectric generation facility as a result of efficiency improvements at the facility is electricity from an eligible renewable resource for purposes of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program if certain requirements are met. One of these requirements is that the hydroelectric generation facility has been certified by the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act or by a regional board to which the board has delegated authority. This bill would, for a hydroelectric generation facility that is not located in California, authorize the applicable state board, agency, or regional board having that authority, to issue the certification pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act. The bill would add a requirement that the facility be owned by a retail seller or local publicly owned electric utility.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2009.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3180.)
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2166.)
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 13).
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on EQ. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1768.)
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 20).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 27).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1351 | HTML |
| 02/27/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/06/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/23/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/09 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/09 - Chaptered |
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