BILL NUMBER:  SB 1491
  VETOED	DATE: 09/26/2008




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1491 without my signature.

Currently, all investor-owned utility load control programs are
voluntary, opt-in programs.  Current participants are subject to
various agreements with their utilities and receive either a monetary
or supply benefit in return.

This bill is overly broad because it allows existing subscribers to
opt-out of a program in which they have already voluntarily entered.
This is problematic because it may cause a shortfall in utility
demand reduction during periods of electricity peak demand.  Load
control programs are critical to averting rotating outages as they
provide near immediate demand relief when the grid is reaching its
capacity limits or if there is localized congestion caused by
transmission line failure.

For this reason, I am returning this bill without my signature

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger