Hannah-Beth Jackson
- Democratic
Author
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission, commonly known as the PUC, has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act prohibits any electrical corporation from beginning the construction of, among other things, a line, plant, or system, or of any extension thereof, without having first obtained from the PUC a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require that construction. A violation of the act, or an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Existing federal law requires an operator of a nuclear fission thermal powerplant to obtain from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission a license for the operation of the powerplant. This bill would enact the Nuclear Energy Planning and Responsibility Act and would require the PUC to require an applicant electrical corporation applying for ratepayer funding, or reopening an existing application for ratepayer funding, for the relicensing of a nuclear fission thermal powerplant with a generation capacity of 50 megawatts or greater by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to submit a detailed study of the project needs and costs in order to assess the cost-effectiveness of the continued operation of the nuclear fission thermal powerplant. Because a violation of this provision would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the PUC to make the study available on its Internet Web site and to independently review the study to assess the cost-effectiveness of the continued operation of the nuclear fission thermal powerplant. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
From Assembly without further action.
Returned to Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on U. & C. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.
Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and J., E.D., & E.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 971.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 13.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 750.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 30.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
Set for hearing April 16.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB418 | HTML |
| 02/20/13 - Introduced | |
| 04/01/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/08/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/22/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/11/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/26/13 - Amended Assembly |
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