BILL NUMBER: AB 1723	CHAPTERED  10/07/05

	CHAPTER  703
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 7, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 1, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member La Malfa

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 25302.5 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1723, La Malfa  Integrated energy policy report: load loss or
addition.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission (Energy Commission) to prepare an integrated
energy policy report every 2 years. Existing law requires the report
to contain an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the
state, including, but not limited to, supply, demand, pricing,
reliability, efficiency, and impacts on public health and safety, the
economy, resources, and the environment.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations. The Public Utilities Act requires the CPUC to review
and adopt a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in
accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and
objectives.
   This bill would require each entity that serves or plans to serve
electricity to retail customers to provide the Energy Commission with
its forecast, as part of each integrated energy policy report, of
(1) the amount of its forecasted load that may be lost or added by a
community choice aggregator, an existing local publicly owned
electric utility, or a newly formed local publicly owned electric
utility, and (2) the load that will be served by an electric service
provider. The bill would require the Energy Commission to perform an
assessment in the service territory of each electrical corporation of
the loss or addition of load specified in (1) and submit the results
of that assessment to the CPUC. The bill would authorize the Energy
Commission to exempt from these forecasting requirements a local
publicly owned electric utility that is not planning to acquire
additional load beyond its existing exclusive service territory.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 25302.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   25302.5.  (a) As part of each integrated energy policy report
required pursuant to Section 25302, each entity that serves or plans
to serve electricity to retail customers, including, but not limited
to, electrical corporations, nonutility electric service providers,
community choice aggregators, and local publicly owned electric
utilities, shall provide the commission with its forecast of both of
the following:
   (1) The amount of its forecasted load that may be lost or added by
any of the following:
   (A) A community choice aggregator.
   (B) An existing local publicly owned electric utility.
   (C) A newly formed local publicly owned electric utility.
   (2) Load that will be served by an electric service provider.
   (b) The commission shall perform an assessment in the service
territory of each electrical corporation of the loss or addition of
load described in this section and submit the results of the
assessment to the Public Utilities Commission.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may exempt
from the forecasting requirements in that subdivision a local
publicly owned electric utility that is not planning to acquire
additional load beyond its existing exclusive service territory
within the forecast period provided by the commission pursuant to
Section 25303.
   (d) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Community choice aggregator" means any "community choice
aggregator" as defined in Section 331.1 of the Public Utilities Code.

   (2) "Electrical corporation" means any "electrical corporation" as
defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code.
   (3) "Electric service provider" means any "electric service
provider" as defined in Section 218.3 of the Public Utilities Code.
   (4) "Local publicly owned electric utility" means any "local
publicly owned electric utility" as defined in Section 9604 of the
Public Utilities Code.