Das Williams
- Democratic
Author
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to review and accept, modify, or reject a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified requirements and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible. This bill would require the electrical corporation, in determining the availability of cost-effective, reliable, and feasible demand reduction resources, to consider the findings of the Demand Response Potential Study required by a specific order of the commission, as specified. The bill would require the commission, prior to approving a contract for any new gas-fired generating unit, to require the electrical corporation to demonstrate compliance with its approved procurement plan. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of an order or decision of the commission implementing its requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 454.5 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by both this bill and AB 1937, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last. 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 826, Statutes of 2016.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6296.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5248.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 27).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 5193.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 27).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 20).
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2454 | HTML |
| 02/19/16 - Introduced | |
| 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/26/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/04/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/31/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/02/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/16/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/29/16 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/16 - Chaptered |
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