BILL NUMBER: AB 2788	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member DeVore

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to amend Section 25501 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2788, as introduced, DeVore. Energy: nuclear powerplant:
certification.
   Existing law requires a person proposing to construct a thermal
powerplant to obtain a certification from the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission. Existing law exempts
facilities for which the Public Utilities Commission has issued a
certificate of convenience and necessity or that a municipal utility
has approved before January 7, 1975.
   This bill would additionally exempt an applicant for a nuclear
fission thermal powerplant capable of producing up to 2,000 megawatts
of energy who is the first California entity to obtain an early site
permit from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
   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.  Section 25501 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25501.   (a)    This chapter does not apply to
 any   a  site or related facility for
which the Public Utilities Commission has issued a certificate of
public convenience and necessity or  which any  
that a  municipal utility has approved before January 7, 1975.

   (b) This chapter does not apply to an applicant for a nuclear
fission thermal powerplant capable of producing up to 2,000 megawatts
of energy who is the first California entity to obtain an early site
permit from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant
to Part 52 (commencing with Section 52.1) of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.