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          Bill No:  AB 2227
          Author:   Bradford (D)
          Amended:  8/7/12 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE ENERGY, UTIL. & COMMUNIC. COMM.E :  8-0, 7/3/12
          AYES:  Padilla, Fuller, Corbett, De León, DeSaulnier, 
            Rubio, Strickland, Wright
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Berryhill, Emmerson, Kehoe, Pavley, 
            Simitian
           
          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 5/21/12 (Consent) - See last page 
            for vote


            SUBJECT  :    Local publicly owned electric utilities:  
                      State Energy Resources Conservation and 
                      Development Commission:  reporting

           SOURCE  :     Northern California Power Agency


           DIGEST  :    This bill recasts and revises the reporting 
          requirements of the publicly-owned electric utilities 
          (POUs) for the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the 
          California Solar Initiative (CSI) which are intended to 
          result in a streamlining and consolidation of reporting 
          requirements.

           ANALYSIS  :   

          Existing law: 
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          1. Requires local POUs to periodically report to the CEC 
             and its customers on energy goals, expenses, and 
             progress including the procurement of renewable energy 
             resources, the CSI, energy efficiency and demand 
             reduction programs, energy storage system procurement 
             targets and policies, and the quantity and source of 
             electricity generated to serve customers. 

          2. Requires POUs to acquire all available energy efficiency 
             and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, 
             reliable, and feasible.  Every third year, each POU is 
             required to identify all potentially achievable 
             cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and 
             establish annual targets for the next 10-year period to 
             be followed within 60 days with a report to the CEC.
             
          3. Requires POUs to annually report to the CEC and its 
             customers, its investments in energy efficiency and 
             demand reduction programs, a description of programs, 
             expenditures, cost-effectiveness and expected and actual 
             energy efficiency savings and demand reduction results.

          This bill extends the POUs reporting requirement, for 
          potentially achievable cost-effective electricity 
          efficiency savings, to every four years.

          This bill extends the POUs reporting requirement, regarding 
          its investments in energy efficiency and demand reduction 
          programs, to once every two years.

           Background
           
          The CEC is responsible for monitoring the compliance of the 
          POUs for several statutory programs including the 
          Renewables Portfolio Standard and the CSI and energy 
          efficiency and energy storage mandates.  Associated with 
          these programs are periodic reports to the CEC.  The 
          disclosure and reports required of the POUs to the CEC have 
          different deadlines and formats.  Some are required 
          annually, but at different dates; some on demand. 

          A significant focus of the CEC is also the preparation and 
          publication of its biennial Integrated Energy Policy Report 

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          (IEPR) for which the primary focus is to "conduct 
          assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry 
          supply, production, transportation, delivery and 
          distribution, demand, and prices" and to "use these 
          assessments and forecasts to develop energy policies that 
          conserve resources, protect the environment, ensure energy 
          reliability, enhance the state's economy, and protect 
          public health and safety."  In its preparation of the IEPR, 
          the CEC relies heavily on the state's electric and gas 
          utilities to provide the data which forms the basis of its 
          reports and the utilities must comply with data requests on 
          a regular and timely basis.

           FISCAL EFFECT :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/7/12)

          Northern California Power Agency (source)
          California Municipal Utilities Association

           OPPOSITION  :    (Verified  8/7/12)

          Natural Resources Defense Council (unless amended)
          Sierra Club California (unless amended)


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 5/21/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, 
            Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth 
            Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, 
            Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, Huber, 
            Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, 
            Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, 
            Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, 
            V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, 
            Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, 
            Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Fletcher, Roger Hernández, Perea



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                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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