Ira Ruskin
- Democratic
Author
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law establishes a program under which retail suppliers of electricity disclose accurate, reliable, and simple to understand information on the sources of energy that are used to provide electric services. This bill would define the term "unspecified sources of power" for purposes of the above-described disclosure requirements to mean electricity generated that is not traceable to specific generation sources by any auditable contract trail or equivalent that provides commercial verification that the electricity source claimed has been sold once, and only once, to a retail consumer. The bill would additionally define the term "retail supplier." The bill would also enumerate specific fuel types and energy sources that are required to be disclosed by the retail supplier as a percentage of annual sales. Further, this bill would change reporting requirements from quarterly to annually and amend other details regarding disclosures and eliminate certain reporting requirements. (2) Under existing law, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, is responsible for implementing and enforcing a renewables portfolio standard for the utility that recognizes the intent of the Legislature to encourage renewable resources, while taking into consideration the effect of the standard on rates, reliability, and financial resources and the goal of environmental improvement. Existing law requires the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility to report certain information relative to renewable energy resources to its customers. This bill would provide that compliance by a local publicly owned electric utility with the program under which retail suppliers of electricity disclose accurate, reliable, and simple to understand information on the sources of energy that are used to provide electric service, is compliance with the renewables portfolio standard reporting requirements.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2009.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2740.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1925.)
Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1239.)
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 23).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB162 | HTML |
| 01/27/09 - Introduced | |
| 03/16/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/01/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/09/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/09 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/09 - Chaptered |
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