BILL NUMBER: SB 1761	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Perata

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to add Section 144.5 to the Water Code, relating to the
Department of Water Resources, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1761, as introduced, Perata. Water and energy efficiency:
greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
   (1) Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to
update, every 5 years, the California Water Plan, which is the plan
for the orderly and coordinated control, protection, conservation,
development, and use of the water resources of the state.
   This bill would require the department, upon the next revision of
the plan, to include a chapter that describes the opportunities to
promote water and energy efficiency and reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions in water operations and activities.
   (2) The Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and
responsibilities on the Public Utilities Commission with respect to
the purchase of electricity and requires the commission to review and
adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for
each electrical corporation pursuant to the California Renewables
Portfolio Standard Program. The program requires a retail seller, as
defined, of electricity to purchase a specified minimum percentage of
electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources, as
defined, in any given year as a specified percentage of total
kilowatthours sold to retail end-use customers each calendar year.
   This bill would require the department to comply with requirements
of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program in the
procurement of electricity for the State Water Project and other
state water operations overseen by the department.
   (3) Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006, requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt a statewide
greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse
gas emission level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt
rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the
maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas
emission reductions.
   This bill would require the department to comply with any
requirement that applies to electrical corporations and publicly
owned utilities under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006 for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the
State Water Project and other state water operations overseen by the
department.
   (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 144.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   144.5.  The department shall do all of the following:
   (a) Upon the next revision of the California Water Plan, include a
chapter that describes the opportunities that are available to
promote water efficiency, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas
emission reductions in water operations and activities.
   (b) Comply with Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of
Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code in
the procurement of electricity for the State Water Project and other
state water operations overseen by the department.
   (c) Comply with any requirement that applies to electrical
corporations and publicly owned utilities pursuant to Division 25.5
(commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code for the
purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the State Water
Project and other water operations overseen by the department.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to require the Department of Water Resources to take
necessary action at the earliest possible time to promote water and
energy efficiency, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.