BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 46
Author: Blakeslee (R)
Amended: 9/4/09 in Senate
Vote: 27
SENATE ENERGY, U.&C. COMMITTEE : 11-0, 7/7/09
AYES: Padilla, Benoit, Calderon, Corbett, Cox, Kehoe,
Lowenthal, Simitian, Strickland, Wiggins, Wright
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 13-0, 8/27/09
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, Denham, Hancock, Leno, Oropeza,
Price, Runner, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 6/1/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Energy
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill extends the operation of the State
Energy Conservation Assistance Account, scheduled to sunset
in 2011, to January 1, 2012. In addition, this bill
extends the operation of the Local Jurisdiction Energy
Assistance Account, currently required to sunset in 2011,
to January 1, 2012, and reinstates the California Energy
Commission participation in SAFE-BIDCO [State Assistance
Fund for Enterprise, Business, and Industrial Development
Corporation].
Senate Floor Amendments of 9/4/09 reinstate the California
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Energy Commission participation in SAFE-BIDCO.
ANALYSIS : Current law establishes the Energy
Conservation Assistance Account (ECAA) to provide loans to
schools, hospitals, and local governments for financing
energy conservation projects. This program sunsets on
January 1, 2011.
This bill extends that sunset until January 1, 2012.
Current law establishes the Local Jurisdiction Energy
Assistance Account (LJEA) to loan specified monies to local
governments for energy conservation projects, small power
production systems, and to improve the efficiency of local
transportation systems. This program sunsets on
January 1, 2011.
This bill extends that sunset until January 1, 2012.
Current law establishes SAFE-BIDCO, which administers
several state and federal loan and loan guarantee programs
for small businesses. The board of SAFE-BIDCO is comprised
of six members of the public, a member of the Governor's
cabinet, and a member of the California Energy Commission.
This bill allows the member of the California Energy
Commission to appoint a designee to serve on the board of
directors of SAFE-BIDCO.
Background
The ECAA is a $26 million low interest program for local
governments, colleges, schools, and hospitals to finance
energy efficiency projects. The projects must have a
payback of not more than 10 years. The loans, which will
finance up to 100 percent of the cost of the project, are
repaid from the energy cost savings. The ECAA program is
continuously appropriated.
The LJEA was funded from penalties resulting from federal
lawsuits against oil companies for overcharging. Since its
inception in the 1980s, the LJEA has funded over 600
projects. It is a much smaller program than the ECAA.
SAFE-BIDCO administers seven state and federal
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small-business loan program, one of which is for energy
efficiency.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 9/4/09)
California Hospital Association
Cities of Los Angeles and San Jose
South Coast Air Quality Management District
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez,
Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian,
Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller,
Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez,
V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Davis, Hall, Bass
DLW:mw 9/8/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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