BILL NUMBER: AB 66	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Muratsuchi

                        JANUARY 7, 2013

    An act relating to economic development.  
An act to add Section 2774.1 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to the Public Utilities Commission. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 66, as amended, Muratsuchi. Economic development. 
   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.  
   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.  
   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.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   Existing law establishes various programs and incentives for
economic development within this state.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would further promote job growth and economic
development. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 2774.1 is added to the 
 Public Utilities Code   , to read:  
   2774.1.  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.

   SEC. 2.    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.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would promote job growth and economic
development.