BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 1222 (Hertzberg) - Public Utilities Commission: reports
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|Version: April 27, 2016 |Policy Vote: E., U., & C. 11 - |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: May 16, 2016 |Consultant: Narisha Bonakdar |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: SB 1222 changes the date by which the California
Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) must submit specified
reports, changes the contents of specified reports, reassigns
the PUC's duty to prepare a specified report to the California
Energy Commission (CEC), and repeals provisions requiring the
CPUC to submit specified reports.
Fiscal Impact:
Unknown, but likely significant costs (General Fund), for the
CEC to contract for development of the energy efficiency
programs report.
Unknown reduction in costs (Public Utilities Commission
Utilities Reimbursement Account) to the CPUC to resulting from
the transition of the ratepayer funded energy efficiency
programs to the CEC.
Background: There are several dozen reports required of the CPUC by the
Legislature ranging from an annual work plan report, to
triennial reports on energy efficiency programs, to quarterly
reports related to progress meeting the RPS. Many of these
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report requirements have been scattered throughout the code and
several are now outdated, with deadlines that have long passed.
In an effort to better organize the Public Utilities Code and to
have all required reports of the CPUC to the Legislature located
in one area, last year, the CPUC sponsored legislation, SB 697
(Hertzberg, 2015), to shift many of these requirements to one
location within the code, in the 910s area. This bill builds
off the efforts from last year's bill, in what likely should be
a committee or chair authored bill.
Proposed Law:
This bill:
1)Changes dates by which the CPUC must submit specified reports.
2)Changes the contents of specified reports.
3)Repeals provisions requiring the CPUC to submit specified
reports.
4)Transfers responsibility for developing the triennial
ratepayer funded energy efficiency programs report from the
CPUC to the CEC, and expands the required reporting
requirements.
5)Makes technical changes to clarify the Public Utilities Code.
Related
Legislation: SB 697 (Hertzberg, Chapter 612, Statutes of 2015)
repealed the requirement of the CPUC to issue a decal to
charter-party carriers of passengers, extends the sunset date by
on year on the CPUC's authority to issue financing orders,
allows for the electronic filing of legislative reports, and
makes additional codifying and technical changes to the Public
Utilities Code related to reports.
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Staff
Comments: The bill does not specify a funding source. The CEC's
basic funding source is the Energy Program Resource Account
(ERPA), which is currently oversubscribed and cannot support new
activities. However, given that ERPA is funded through a tax,
it is General Fund fungible.
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