BILL NUMBER: AB 2758	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 249 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to energy.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2758, as introduced, Bradford. Public Utilities Commission:
energy goals.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
as defined.
   This bill would require the commission to develop a framework that
encourages developers to utilize appliances and structures in their
developments that further the energy efficiency and renewable energy
goals of the state.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 249 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   249.  The commission shall develop a framework that encourages
developers to utilize appliances and structures in their developments
that further the energy efficiency and renewable energy goals of the
state, including, where appropriate, the creation of ownership
interests in credits for those measures.