Senate Bill No. 1185

Introduced by Senator Cannella

February 18, 2016

An act to amend Section 25302 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1185, as introduced, Cannella. Energy: planning and forecasting.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prepare an integrated energy policy report every 2 years.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that 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 25302 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:

25302.  

(a) Beginning November 1, 2003, and every two years
thereafter, the commission shall adopt an integrated energy policy
report. This integrated report shall contain an overview of major
energy trends and issues facing the state, including, but not limited
to, supply, demand, pricing, reliability, efficiency, and impacts on
public health and safety, the economy, resources, and the
environment. Energy markets and systems shall be grouped and
assessed in three subsidiary volumes:

(1) Electricity and natural gas markets.

(2) Transportation fuels, technologies, and infrastructure.

(3) Public interest energy strategies.

(b) The commission shall compile the integrated energy policy
report prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) by consolidating the
analyses and findings of the subsidiary volumes in paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) of subdivision (a). The integrated energy policy report
shall present policy recommendations based on an indepth and
integrated analysis of the most current and pressing energy issues
facing the state. The analyses supporting begin delete this end delete begin insert the end insert integrated energy
policy report shall explicitly address interfuel and intermarket
effects to provide a more informed evaluation of potential tradeoffs
when developing energy policy across different markets and
systems.

(c) The integrated energy policy report shall include an
assessment and forecast of system reliability and the need for
resource additions, efficiency, and conservation that considers all
aspects of energy industries and markets that are essential for the
state economy, general welfare, public health and safety, energy
diversity, and protection of the environment. This assessment shall
be based on determinations made pursuant to this chapter.

(d) Beginning November 1, 2004, and every two years thereafter,
the commission shall prepare an energy policy review to update
analyses from the integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant
to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), or to raise energy issues that have
emerged since the release of the integrated energy policy report.
The commission may also periodically prepare and release
technical analyses and assessments of energy issues and concerns
to provide timely and relevant information for the Governor, the
Legislature, market participants, and the public.

(e) In preparation of the begin insert integrated energy policy end insert report, the
commission shall consult with the following entities: the Public
Utilities Commission, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates, the State
Air Resources Board, begin delete the Electricity Oversight Board, end delete the
Independent System Operator, the Department of Water Resources,
begin delete the California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing
Authority, end delete the Department of Transportation, and the Department
of Motor Vehicles, and any federal, state, and local agencies it
deems necessary in preparation of the begin delete integrated energy policy end delete
report. To begin delete assure end delete begin insert ensure end insert collaborative development of state energy
policies, these agencies shall make a good faith effort to provide
data, assessment, and proposed recommendations for review by
the commission.

(f) The commission shall provide the report to the Public
Utilities Commission, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates, the State
Air Resources Board, begin delete the Electricity Oversight Board, end delete the
Independent System Operator, the Department of Water Resources,
begin delete the California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing
Authority, end delete and the Department of Transportation. For the purpose
of ensuring consistency in the underlying information that forms
the foundation of energy policies and decisions affecting the state,
those entities shall carry out their energy-related duties and
responsibilities based upon the information and analyses contained
in the report. If an entity listed in this subdivision objects to
information contained in the report, and has a reasonable basis for
that objection, the entity shall not be required to consider that
information in carrying out its energy-related duties.

(g) The commission shall make the report accessible to state,
local, and federal entities and to the general public.