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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2145
Author: Bradford (D)
Amended: 8/19/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE ENERGY, UTIL. & COMMUNIC. COMM. : 6-3, 6/23/14
AYES: Padilla, Fuller, Cannella, De León, DeSaulnier, Hill
NOES: Corbett, Knight, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Pavley
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 51-15, 5/28/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Electricity: community choice aggregation
SOURCE : Coalition of California Utility Employees
DIGEST : This bill places new requirements and restrictions on
the establishment of, and activities by, community choice
aggregators (CCAs).
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Allows cities and/or counties to implement a CCA program under
which the municipality purchases electricity for constituents
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within their political boundaries. A municipality may also
join any other existing CCA by adoption of a resolution,
without regard to geography. Two or more municipalities may
also form a joint powers agency to act as a CCA with the
adoption of an ordinance by each participating municipality.
2.Requires an investor-owned utility (IOU) to cooperate fully
with a CCA in its pursuit and implementation of operation, and
to provide billing and data services, metering, collection,
and customer service to all CCA retail customers. CCAs may
file complaints with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
against an IOU in an expedited complaint procedure if the IOU
is allegedly violating its obligations to a CCA.
3.Does not direct the PUC to regulate CCA's program except to
the extent that its program elements may affect utility
operations and the rate and services for IOU customers.
This bill:
1.Restricts the expansion of a CCA to a geographic area of three
contiguous counties, unless the CCA had already exceeded three
counties prior to January 1, 2015.
2.Requires CCA customer solicitations and consumer
communications to include the electric supply rates for that
customer if he/she remains with the IOU and joins the CCA.
3.Allows complaints under an expedited complaint procedure to be
submitted to the PUC regarding a CCA's alleged violations of
its statutory obligations.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, annual costs
of $200,000 from the PUC Utilities Reimbursement Account
(special) for new PUC responsibilities regarding CCAs.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/18/14)
Coalition of California Utility Employees (source)
California Labor Federation
Encinitas Chamber of Commerce
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 100
Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce
Orange County Taxpayers Association
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
San Diego Gas & Electric Company
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/18/14)
350 Bay Area
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Alameda County Green Party
Alliance for Retail Energy Markets
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Association of Bay Area Governments
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Bay Localize
Beach Cities Democratic Club
Berkeley Climate Action Coalition
Berkeley Community Choice Energy Working Group
BoDean Company
Brad Wagenknecht, Napa County Supervisor, District 1
Bruce Gibson, San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors, District 2
California Air Pollution Control Officers Association
California Center for Sustainable Energy
California Climate and Agriculture Network
California Environmental Justice Alliance
California Interfaith Power & Light
California Manufacturers & Technology Association
California Municipal Utilities Association
California State Association of Counties
Carbon Free Mountain View
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment
Center for Sustainable Energy
Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates LLC
Cities Association of Santa Clara County
Cities of Belvedere, Benicia, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Chula
Vista, Cotati, Davis, El
Cerrito, Goleta, Hermosa Beach, Hayward, Lancaster, Manhattan
Beach, Mill
Valley, Oakland, Plymouth, Richmond, San Carlos, San Diego,
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San Jose, San Leandro, San Luis Obispo, San Pablo, San Rafael,
Santa Cruz,
Santa Monica, Santa Rosa, Sausalito and Sunnyvale
City of Richmond Department of Employment and Training
Clean Coalition
Clean Energy & Jobs Oakland Campaign
Clean Water Action
Climate Protection Campaign
Coalition for Sustainable Transportation
Communities for a Better Environment
Community Choice Energy Working Group
Community Environmental Council
Counties of Marin, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma
Electric Auto Association
Energy 2001, Inc.
Energy Solidarity Cooperative
Environment California
Environmental Health Coalition
Everybody Solar
Friends of the Earth
G2 Energy LLC
GenPower, LLC
Global Exchange
Global Green USA
Green Ideals
Green Party of California
GreenTown Los Altos
Greywater Action
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 6
Ironworkers Local 155
Joint Venture Monterey Bay
Joint Venture Silicon Valley
Kehilla Community Synagogue
KyotoUSA
League of California Cities
Lean Energy US
Local Clean Energy Alliance of San Francisco
Local Government Commission
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Lynette McElhaney, Oakland City Councilmember
Mainstreet Moms
Marin Clean Energy
Marin Conservation League
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Marin County Board of Supervisors
Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers
Monterey Bay Community Power
Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project
New Voices Are Rising
Novato City Councilmember, Denise Athas
Oakland City Council
Office of Ratepayer Advocates
Organizing for Action Members
OurEvolution Energy and Engineering
Pacific Cookie Company
Pacific Energy Advisors, Inc.
Palos Verdes Democrats
People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights
People United for a Better Life in Oakland
Planting Justice
Prime Mover Technology
Récolte Energy
Renewable 100 Policy Institute
Renovate America
Resilient Neighborhoods
Retail Energy Supply Association
Re-volv
Richmond Progressive Alliance
Rose Foundation for Communities & the Environment
Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority
San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Chairwoman, District 2,
Dianne Jacob
San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 3, Dave Roberts
San Diego Energy District Foundation
San Francisco Green Party
San Lorenzo Valley Water District
San Luis Obispo Clean Energy
San Rafael Airport LLC
SanDiego350
School Project for Utility Rate Reduction
SeaWave Battery, Inc.
Shell Energy North America
Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger, LLP
Sierra Club California
Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter
SightWorks Architecture + Interior Design
Solana Energy
Solar Energy Industries Association
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SolarCity
SolEd Benefit Corporation
Sonoma Clean Power Authority
Sonoma County Democratic Center Committee
Sonoma County Water Agency
South Bay 350 Climate Action Group
StopWaste
Sun Light & Power
Sunspeed Enterprises
Sustainable Economies Law Center
Sustainable Marin
Tar Sands Action Southern California
The Action Hub, Richmond
The Greenlining Institute
The Utility Reform Network
Torrance Democratic Club
Tosdal Law Firm
Town of Ross
Town of Tiburon
Transition United States
USGBC California
Victory Garden Foundation
Vote Solar
Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club
West Los Angeles Democratic Club
West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
Western Power Trading Forum
Wild Heritage Planners
World Team Now
World Wildlife Fund
Xandex Inc.
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : Orange County Taxpayers Association
"believes that ratepayers have a right to choose their
electricity provider, including community choice aggregation,
and deserve as much transparency and information as possible
when making that decision. AB 2145 will require CCA
implementation plans include rate comparison information and
greenhouse gas emission rates using protocols established by the
California Air Resources Board. AB 2145 would give a customer
the choice to opt-in by electing to participate in the program
and provides consistency with many other customer choice
programs. Ratepayers should have the opportunity to consider
the costs and benefits of their choice prior to applying for a
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new service.
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : Récolte Energy states, "Our own
position is that cities and counties across the state are so
highly variable in the logistics of how they might need to
implement or participate in any desired Community Choice program
that it is likely not possible to implement such geographic
restrictions without greatly hampering many efforts toward
successful Community Choice programs.
"Nevertheless, such parameters are now being defined for the
bill. We must insist that sufficient time be taken to
comprehensively discuss, fully identify implications of, and
very carefully work out any such language that will be included
in AB 2145, with all affected parties represented equitably at
the table of discussion."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 51-15, 5/28/14
AYES: Achadjian, Allen, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford,
Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Conway,
Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Garcia, Gatto,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gray, Grove, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk, Williams, Atkins
NOES: Ammiano, Bloom, Chesbro, Donnelly, Fox, Gordon, Gorell,
Levine, Logue, Mansoor, V. Manuel Pérez, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Yamada
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Bigelow, Eggman, Fong, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Hagman, Linder, Lowenthal, Mullin, Olsen, Weber,
Wieckowski, Vacancy
JG:e 8/19/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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