BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 62
Author: Simitian (D)
Amended: 9/12/09
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 50-23, 9/12/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2009: revisions
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : Assembly Amendments delete the prior version of
the bill expressing the intent of the Legislature to enact
necessary statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of
2009. This bill now makes a change in SB 14 (Simitian)
relating to renewable energy resources in order to correct
a date problem in the provision concerning the percentages
of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources a
local publicly owned electric utility must procure. It
will require the utility to procure 20 percent by 2013
instead of 2012. This bill becomes operative only if AB 64
(Krekorian) and SB 14 (Simitian) are chaptered.
ANALYSIS : SB 14 has a provision requiring that the
Renewables Portfolio Standard established for a local
publicly owned electric utility, require it to procure the
following percentages of electricity from eligible
renewable energy resources by the following dates: (A) 20
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percent by December 31, 2012; (B) 23 percent by December
31, 2014; (C) 26 percent by December 31, 2016; (D) 30
percent by December 31, 2018; and (E) Until December 31,
2012, the same percentage as actually achieved by the
utility during 2009; (B) 20 percent by December 31, 2012;
(C) 25 percent by December 31, 2016; and (D) 33 percent by
December 31, 2020.
This bill changes the date by which the utility must
procure 20 percent eligible renewable resources from
December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013. (The Legislature
Counsel digest has the date as 2013.)
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro,
Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer,
Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, John A.
Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Yamada, Bass
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Conway, Cook, DeVore, Emmerson, Fuller,
Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Knight, Logue, Miller,
Nestande, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran,
Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Fletcher, Hagman,
Harkey, Jeffries, Niello, Vacancy
DLW:nl 9/14/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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