BILL NUMBER: AB 2515	CHAPTERED  09/28/06

	CHAPTER  573
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ruskin
   (Coauthor: Senator Kuehl)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to add Section 2714.5 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to water conservation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2515, Ruskin  Water conservation: report.
   Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to
regulate public utilities, including water corporations.
   This bill would require the PUC to prepare and submit to the
Legislature, by June 30, 2008, a report that describes the progress
achieved toward implementing the policy objectives of the PUC's Water
Action Plan, adopted December 15, 2005, and to include specified
matter in the report.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2714.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   2714.5.  The commission shall, by June 30, 2008, prepare and
submit to the Legislature, a report that describes the progress
achieved toward implementing the policy objectives of the commission'
s Water Action Plan, adopted December 15, 2005, which includes all of
the following:
   (a) The progress achieved toward development and implementation of
a ratemaking mechanism and rate design that will encourage water
conservation and efficient water use.
   (b) The progress achieved toward development and implementation of
rates that remove the financial disincentive for water corporations
to conserve water that exists in the current rate structure, while
preserving continued revenue stability for water corporations as new
rate structures are implemented.
   (c) The impacts of water conservation and efficiency programs on
future water, energy, and wastewater treatment costs to customers of
water corporations.