Amended in Assembly March 14, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 66

Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi

January 7, 2013

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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 66, as amended, Muratsuchi. Economic development.

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Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish priority among the types or categories of customers of an electrical corporation. In the event the electrical corporation experiences a shortage in capacity or capability in the generation, production, or transmission of electricity and is unable to obtain electricity from alternative sources to meet all of its customers’ demand, existing law authorizes the commission to order a temporary reduction in service in an amount that reflects the priority established by the commission.

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This bill would require the commission to require an electrical corporation to publish and maintain on the electrical corporation’s Internet Web site a report describing local level system reliability problems. The bill would require the report to be updated at least quarterly. Because a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Existing law establishes various programs and incentives for economic development within this state.

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This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would further promote job growth and economic development.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert Section 2774.1 is added to the end insert begin insert Public Utilities
Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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The commission shall require an electrical corporation
to publish and maintain on the electrical corporation’s Internet
Web site a report describing local level system reliability problems,
including, but not limited to, the frequency and duration of
interruptions in services ranked by areas with both the most
frequent and longest outages. The report shall be updated at least
quarterly.

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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote job growth and economic
development.

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