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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 62 (Simitian)
          As Amended  September 12, 2009
          Majority vote

           SENATE VOTE  :Vote not relevant  
           
           UTILITIES & COMMERCE                                            
                               (vote not available)

           SUMMARY  :  Corrects a clerical error in SB 14 (Simitian) to  
          provide that a new Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) enacted  
          into law will match the analysis and mock-up version of SB14 the  
          Utilities and Commerce Committee approved on September 9, 2009.   
          Specifically,  this bill  provides that retail sellers of  
          electricity must procure at least 20% of their retail load from  
          renewable sources by 2013, 25% by 2016, and 33% by 2020.   
           
          EXISTING LAW  requires investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and  
          certain other retail sellers to achieve a 20% RPS by 2010 and  
          establishes a process and standards for renewable procurement.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  The Utilities and Commerce Committee approved SB 14  
          with amendments on July 9, 2009, with a vote of 10 -5.  The  
          amendments that were presented to the Committee and the official  
          analysis both provided that SB 14 would require retail sellers  
          of electricity to procure at least 20% of electricity delivered  
          to retail customers from renewable sources by 2013.  However,  
          the final version of SB 14 provides that the retail sellers  
          shall procure 20% of their electricity from renewable resources  
          by 2012.  This bill corrects this error and provides that retail  
          sellers shall meet the 20% renewable mandate by 2013. 

          The bill also contains other provisions that are identical to SB  
          14 in order to prevent SB 62 from chaptering out those  
          provisions of SB 14. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Edward Randolph / U. & C. / (916)  
          319-2083 










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