Thursday, March 11, 2010
 
Utilities


CSBA will lead the fight to expand generation supply in the State to help meet the growing demands for energy. Consumer protection for small business owners i.e. slamming, phishing, early termination fees, etc. and fairness in rates are major objectives in the utility areas of energy, telecom and water.


Chair

Jim Conran
Consumers First, Inc.
Phone: 925-253-1937
Email: ConsumerFirst@pacbell.net


Legislative Bills

 

Bill

CSBA POSITION

House of Origin

Second House

Governor

COMM.
FLOOR
COMM.
FLOOR
AB 64 - Krekorian Renewable energy No Position Enrolled
AB 413 - Fuentes Energy rates Support Inactive File
AB 912 - Torres Telecommunications Oppose Enrolled
AB 1016 – Villines Energy Watch        
AB 1315 – Ruskin PUC Watch    
SB 14 – Simitian Renewable energy Oppose Enrolled
SB 42 – Corbett Coastal resources Oppose        
SB 437 – Pavley Telephone numbers Oppose        
SB 695 – Kehoe Electricity Support Enrolled
KEY: = PASSED

= UNDER CONSIDERATION

= DIED / FAILED PASSAGE


Updated: October 7, 2009

 

BILL SUMMARIES

AB 64 – Krekorian: Energy: renewable energy resources: generation and transmission. Increases California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) to require all retail sellers of electricity and all Publicly Owned Utilities (POUs) to procure at least 33% of electricity delivered to their retail customers from renewable resources by 2020.
AB 413 – Fuentes: Energy: rates. Eliminates the current rate freeze for electricity usage for residential customers of up to 130% of the baseline rate, lifts the current suspension and provides limited expansion of direct-access electricity service, and provides a number of other rate stabilization measures to address emergency measures instituted during the 2001 energy crisis by AB 1 X1.
AB 912 – Torres: Telecommunications: Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge. Allows for a partial reallocation by the Department of General Services (DGS) of revenues to the State Emergency Telephone Number Account (911 surcharge account).
AB 1016 – Villines: Energy: commission and department. Reorganizes and consolidates some of the state's numerous energy-related agencies and creates a Department of Energy (DOE).
AB 1315 – Ruskin: Public Utilities Commission. This bill would require the commission to appoint a president of the commission from among its members. The bill would repeal the requirement that the president direct commission staff.
SB 14 – Simitian: Utilities: Renewable energy resources. This bill revises the California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program
SB 42 – Corbett: Coastal resources: once-through cooling. defines once through cooling (OTC) as a system that uses an open seawater intake to pump seawater from an ocean, estuary, or bay and then discharges the water after only one cycle of cooling.
SB 437 – Pavley: Unlisted telephone numbers. prohibit a subscriber from being charged for making the choice to not have his or her name or telephone number listed in a directory or publicly available directory assistance database.
SB 695 – Kehoe: Electricity: rates. Makea several changes to the state's regulation of electricity, including allowing for increases in some residential electricity rates, increasing the ability of retail customers to purchase electricity directly from generators, prohibiting mandatory time-variant pricing, and making changes to existing energy efficiency programs.

 

 

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