BILL NUMBER: AB 1800	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hadley

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2016

   An act to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 8390) to Division
4.1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1800, as introduced, Hadley. Utility outage compensation
claims: annual posting.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction
of their governing boards. Existing law requires each electrical
corporation to report annually on its compliance with specified
standards or rules adopted by the commission, including, but not
limited to, standards for operation, reliability, and safety during
periods of emergency and disaster.
   This bill would require each electrical corporation and local
publicly owned electric utility to annually post on its Internet Web
site specified information relating to utility outage compensation
claims for the previous year.
   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.  Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 8390) is added to
Division 4.1 of the Public Utilities Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 6.  ELECTRICAL UTILITY OUTAGE COMPENSATION CLAIMS


   8390.  Each electrical corporation and local publicly owned
electric utility shall annually post on its Internet Web site all of
the following information relating to utility outage compensation
claims for the previous year:
   (a) Applications still open from the previous year.
   (b) New applications received.
   (c) The number of incomplete applications received.
   (d) Total number of incomplete applications that were still left
incomplete by the end of the year.
   (e) Pool of total applicants awaiting determination or judgment at
the end of the year.
   (f) Progress on processing applications.
   (g) Current average time taken to process applications.
   (h) The number of applications approved.
   (i) The percentage of applications approved.
   (j) The number of applications denied.
   (k) The average number of days it took to close approved
applications.
   (l) The average number of days it took to close denied
applications.
   (m) The number of denied applications that were subsequently
appealed.
   (n) The number of successful appeals from denied applications.
   (o) For the Successful appeals, the average number of days between
the submission of the appeal and the closing of the appeal.
   (p) The average amount paid for successful claims.