BILL NUMBER: AB 2431	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 399.11 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2431, as introduced, Fletcher. Renewable energy resources.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to review
and adopt a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical
corporation, as defined, pursuant to the California Renewables
Portfolio Standard Program.
   This bill would make technical and nonsubstantive changes to the
program's legislative findings and declarations.
   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 399.11 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   399.11.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) In order to attain a target of generating 20 percent of total
retail sales of electricity in California from eligible renewable
energy resources by December 31, 2010, and for the purposes of
increasing the diversity, reliability, public health and
environmental benefits of the energy mix, it is the intent of the
Legislature that the commission and the  State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development   Energy 
Commission implement the California Renewables Portfolio Standard
Program described in this article.
   (b) Increasing California's reliance on eligible renewable energy
resources may promote stable electricity prices, protect public
health, improve environmental quality, stimulate sustainable economic
development, create new employment opportunities, and reduce
reliance on imported fuels.
   (c) The development of eligible renewable energy resources and the
delivery of the electricity generated by those resources to
customers in California may ameliorate air quality problems
throughout the state and improve public health by reducing the
burning of fossil fuels and the associated environmental impacts and
by reducing in-state fossil fuel consumption.
   (d) The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program is
intended to complement the Renewable Energy Resources Program
administered by the  State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development   Energy  Commission and established
pursuant to Chapter 8.6 (commencing with Section 25740) of Division
15 of the Public Resources Code.
   (e) New and modified electric transmission facilities may be
necessary to facilitate the state achieving its renewables portfolio
standard targets.