BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1036| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: SB 1036 Author: Pavley (D) Amended: 5/27/14 Vote: 21 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/29/14 AYES: Pavley, Cannella, Evans, Fuller, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Monning, Wolk SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14 AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg SUBJECT : Urban water management plans SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill authorizes an urban water management plan (UWMP) to include specific information regarding the amount of energy used to divert, convey, treat, and distribute water. ANALYSIS : Existing law, the Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act), requires every public and private urban water supplier that directly or indirectly provides water for municipal purposes to prepare and adopt a UWMP. The Act requires each urban water supplier to update its plan at least once every five years on or before December 31, in years ending in five and zero, and requires an urban water supplier to submit copies of its plan and copies of amendments or changes to the plan to certain entities, including the Department of Water Resources (DWR). CONTINUED SB 1036 Page 2 This bill: 1.Authorizes a UWMP to include specific information regarding the amount of energy used to divert, convey, treat, and distribute water. 2.Requires the DWR to include in its guidance for the preparation of UWMPs, a methodology for the voluntary calculation or estimation of the energy intensity of urban water systems. Authorizes the DWR to consider studies and calculations conducted by the Public Utilities Commission in developing the methodology. Background Under the Act, all urban water suppliers are required to prepare and adopt a UWMP. Updated every five years, the plans include, among other things, a description of the service area of the supplier, the identity and quantity of water resources, and water use projections. The UWMPs help inform the public about the water challenges faced by their local water supplier, the suppliers' plans for addressing those challenges, and are the basis for making water availability determinations under the "show us the water" statutes (SB 610, Costa, Chapter 643, Statutes of 2001 and SB 221, Kuehl, Chapter 642, Statutes of 2001). Compliance with the Act is a requirement to receive state funding. AB 1420 (Laird, Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007), among other things, required the DWR to convene an independent technical panel (ITP) to provide information and recommendations to the DWR and the Legislature on new demand management measures, technologies, and approaches. The panel was to be convened by January 1, 2009, and is required to report to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2010, and every five years thereafter. In February 2014, the ITP issued its Report to the Legislature on Urban Water Management Plan Demand Management Measures Reporting and Requirements. The Report made five recommendations for improving UWMPs. The fifth recommendation was Voluntary Inclusion of Energy Intensity in Urban Water Management Plans. CONTINUED SB 1036 Page 3 Related Legislation AB 2067 (Weber) changes the reporting requirements for demand management measures in UWMPs as recommended by the ITP. AB 2725 (Brown) requires the description of the water demand management measure in UWMPs to include a description of an urban waterway restoration program. SB 1420 (Wolk) implements changes the non-energy related changes to the Act recommended by the ITP. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, one-time costs of $50,000 from the General Fund to the DWR for the development of the methodology. SUPPORT : (Verified 5/27/14) Association of California Water Agencies California Coastkeeper Alliance California Municipal Utilities Association City of Pasadena East Bay Municipal Utility District Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Natural Resources Defense Council Office of Ratepayer Advocates, California Public Utilities Commission ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "The Urban Water Management Planning Act requires all urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt an urban water management plan containing, among other information, a description of the service area of the supplier, the identity and quantity of water resources, and water use projections. "Unfortunately, urban water suppliers currently do not have clear statutory authority to report energy use associated with water extraction or diversion in the urban water management plan. Such information could be employed to promote conservation efforts and raise funds for urban water suppliers. CONTINUED SB 1036 Page 4 "SB 1036 resolves this problem by making it clear in statute that urban water suppliers may include, at their discretion, information about their energy use in their urban water management plans." RM:nl 5/27/14 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED