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                                                                  AB 1408
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          Date of Hearing:   April 22, 2013

                    ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
                               Steven Bradford, Chair
             AB 1408 (Utilities and Commerce Committee) - As Introduced:   
                                   March 13, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   Distributed energy resources: tariffs.

           SUMMARY  :   Deletes an obsolete reporting requirement.   
          Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Deletes the reference to the report the California Public  
            Utilities Commission (PUC) is required to prepare and submit  
            to the Legislature on or before June 1, 2002, that describes  
            its proposed methodology for determining the new rates and the  
            process by which it will establish those rates.

           EXISTING LAW  : Requires the PUC to prepare and submit to the  
          Legislature, on or before June 1, 2002, a report describing its  
          proposed methodology for determining the new rates and the  
          process by which it will establish those rates. (Public  
          Utilities Code 353.13)

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown.

           COMMENTS  :   This bill deletes an obsolete reporting requirement  
          from the Public Utilities Code.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           
          Analysis Prepared by :    DaVina Flemings / U. & C. / (916)  
          319-2083 












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