BILL NUMBER: AB 51	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act relating to the Public Utilities Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 51, as introduced, Blakeslee. Public Utilities Commission:
demand-side management programs.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in
consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, to adopt energy conservation demand-side
management and other initiatives in order to reduce the demand for
electricity and reduce load during peak demand periods.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Public Utilities Commission to
integrate the demand-side management programs within its jurisdiction
in order to enable offerings of integrated packages that will
maximize savings and efficiencies of utility program overhead.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Public Utilities Commission to
integrate the demand-side management programs within its jurisdiction
in order to enable offerings of integrated packages that will
maximize savings and efficiencies of utility program overhead.