BILL NUMBER: AB 284	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to add Section 25229 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 284, as introduced, Quirk. Energy: Road to 2050 Board.
   Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission and vests the commission with various
authorities and duties regarding energy-related issues.
   This bill would require the commission to convene the Road to 2050
Board consisting of representatives from specified entities. The
bill would require the board to undertake specified studies regarding
the achievement of a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by
80% of the 1990 emissions level by 2050. The bill would require the
board to conduct a review and provide a full public accounting of
energy efficiency programs, alternative energy programs, and
alternative fuel programs administered by the members of the board.
The bill would require the board to make the accounting available on
a publicly available Internet Web site and would require the board to
submit to the Legislature the accounting, and a report on the
findings of the studies.
   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 25229 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25229.  (a) The commission shall convene the Road to 2050 Board
consisting of representatives from all of the following:
   (1) The commission.
   (2) The Public Utilities Commission.
   (3) The State Air Resources Board.
   (4) The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation
Financing Authority.
   (5) The California Environmental Protection Agency.
   (6) The Independent System Operator.
   (7) The Governor's Office.
   (b) The board shall do all of the following:
   (1) Study both of the following:
   (A) The best process for meeting a goal of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by 80 percent of the 1990 emissions level by 2050,
including how to reduce emissions from electric generators.
   (B) Integration of renewable electrical generation into the
electric grid in a manner to ensure cost-effectiveness and
reliability that would include methods to reduce greenhouse gas
emission from homes, farms, industrial and commercial structures, as
well as emissions reduction from mobile sources.
   (2) Review and provide a full public accounting, on a biennial
basis, of all money spent, and jobs and benefits achieved, by each
energy efficiency programs, alternative energy programs, and
alternative fuel programs administered by the members of the board to
ensure that funding is used in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective
manner.
   (3) Publish a complete accounting conducted pursuant to paragraph
(2) on a publicly available Internet Web site.
   (4) Submit to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the
Government Code, findings made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) and
identify statutory changes that are needed to meet the objectives of
the state's energy policies.