Bill Monning
- Democratic
Author
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Diablo Canyon nuclear powerplant, composed of reactor Units 1 and 2, is operated by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in the County of San Luis Obispo. Existing law requires the commission to convene, or continue, until August 26, 2025, an independent peer review panel to conduct an independent review of enhanced seismic studies and surveys of the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant, including the surrounding areas of the facility and areas of nuclear waste storage. The Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Act of 1985 requires each electrical corporation owning or operating nuclear facilities to establish an externally managed, segregated fund for payment of decommissioning costs of those facilities, establishes requirements for collection of moneys for decommisioning costs in the utility's rates and charges, and requires that the expenses associated with decommissioning of nuclear facilities be paid from those funds. Pursuant to the act, the commission ordered 2 nuclear decommissioning funds be established for the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant. This bill would require the commission to cause an assessment to be completed by no later than July 1, 2018, conducted by an independent 3rd party, selected as specified, of the adverse and beneficial economic impacts, and net economic effects, that could occur, and of potential ways for the state and local jurisdictions to mitigate the adverse economic impact, if the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant were to temporarily or permanently shut down before the powerplant's current operating licenses expire or when the Pacific Gas and Electric Company closes the powerplant upon the expiration of its current licenses. The bill would require the commission to approve the withdrawal of $400,000 from the nuclear decommissioning funds established for the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant for use by the commission for additional staffing to urgently effectuate the 3rd-party assessment. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 674, Statutes of 2016.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5446.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Urgency clause adopted.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6241.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4095.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4000.) (May 27).
Set for hearing May 27.
May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 2.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3310.) (March 29).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
Set for hearing March 29.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB968 | HTML |
| 02/08/16 - Introduced | |
| 03/14/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/31/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/31/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/28/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/01/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/17/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/30/16 - Enrolled | |
| 09/26/16 - Chaptered |
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