BILL NUMBER: AB 835	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wyland

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act relating to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 835, as introduced, Wyland.  Public utilities: San Diego Gas
and Electric Company.
   Existing law, the Public Utilities Act, requires the Public
Utilities Commission to establish a ceiling of 6.5
per kilowatt hour on the energy component of electric bills for
residential, small commercial, and lighting customers of the San
Diego Gas and Electric Company, through December 21, 2002,
retroactive to June 1, 2000.  Existing law requires the commission to
establish an accounting procedure to track and recover reasonable
and prudent costs of providing electric energy to retail customers
unrecovered through retail bills due to the application of that
ceiling.  d   This bill would declare that it is the intent of the
Legislature enact appropriate legislation that would prevent further
San Diego Gas and Electric Company rate increases.  This bill would
also declare the intent of the Legislature to enact appropriate
legislation that would reduce the rate for San Diego Gas and Electric
customers by eliminating the portion of the rate that currently goes
into the balancing account and to use budget surplus funds to pay
off the balancing account.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
appropriate legislation that would do all of the following:
   (a) Prevent further San Diego Gas and Electric Company rate
increases.
   (b) Reduce the rate for San Diego Gas and Electric Company and
eliminate that portion of the rate that currently goes into the
balancing account.
   (c) Use any budget surplus funds to pay off the balancing account.