BILL NUMBER: SB 142	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        JANUARY 31, 2011

   An act relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 142, as introduced, Rubio. Energy.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations
and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the
commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and
requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address the lack of interregional parity of single
rate structures when applied to differing climate regions.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address the lack of interregional parity of single
rate structures when applied to differing climate regions.