BILL NUMBER: AB 1818	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to amend Section 8350 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1818, as introduced, Allen. Public utilities: electrical
generation facilities: air pollution.
   Existing law prohibits a load-serving entity, including an
electrical corporation, and local publicly owned electric utility
from entering into, and the Public Utilities Commission from
approving, a long-term financial commitment with or for a new
electrical generation facility that does not meet specified
requirements.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
above provision.
   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.  Section 8350 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   8350.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
   (1) "Load-serving entity" has the same meaning as that term is
defined in Section 8340.
   (2) "Long-term financial commitment" has the same meaning as that
term is defined in Section 8340.
   (3) "New electrical generating facility" means an electrical
generating unit for which all legally required permits have been
received after January 1, 2011. If an electrical generating unit is
added to an existing powerplant after January 1, 2011, only the
incremental capacity from that unit added after January 1, 2011, is a
new electrical generating facility.
   (4) "Shared pollution area" means an  airshed 
 air basin  encompassing a portion of  California
  the state  and a portion of an adjacent state or
country, as determined by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
   (b) A load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility
shall not enter into, and the commission shall not approve for an
electrical corporation, a long-term financial commitment with or for
a new electrical generating facility constructed in 
California   the state  or in a shared pollution
area if that facility does not meet the following requirements:
   (1) If the new electrical generating facility is in 
California,   the state,  the facility meets best
available control technology (BACT) standards, to control air
pollution emissions from the operation of the facility, and complies
with air pollution control district or air quality management
district rules and regulations, and state and federal law.
   (2) If the new electrical generating facility is outside of
 California   the state  in a shared
pollution area, the facility meets best available control technology
(BACT) standards, to control air pollution emissions from the
operation of the facility, that apply in the air basin in 
California   the state  adjacent to the facility.