BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 730
Author: Wiggins (D), et al
Amended: 8/14/10
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : Not relevant
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 65-5, 8/18/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Energy efficiency
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of
the bill relating to solid waste.
This bill now requires the California Public Utilities
Commission to ensure that local and regional interests are
considered when evaluating energy-efficiency investments,
and requires investor owned utilities to collaborate with
regional authorities and other public agencies when
developing its energy-efficiency programs.
ANALYSIS : Local governments on their own initiative and
through state programs and policies have launched a variety
of programs to reduce energy consumption and regional gas
emissions. For instance, the County of Sonoma, all nine
cities within the County, Sonoma County Water Agency,
Sonoma County Transportation Authority and the Sonoma
County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
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have all adopted the most aggressive emission reduction
targets in the United States, which is 25 percent below
1990 levels by 2015. To meet this ambitious goal, last
year the community successfully sponsored legislation to
create the nation's first regional climate protection
authority (AB 881 [Huffman and Wiggins], Chapter 375,
Statutes of 2009). Working closely with the Sonoma County
and its cities, Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection
Agency (SCRCPA) is deploying an energy conservation effort
that involves coordinating and implementing a county-wide
building retrofit program.
In September 2009, PUC approved the 2010-2012 Utility
Energy-Efficiency Portfolios. These portfolios,
administered by the investor owned utilities (IOU's),
contain $3.1 billion in ratepayer-supported programs for
energy efficiency. Of these funds, the portfolios provide
$260 million in energy-efficiency funding to selected
cities, counties and regional governments.
Current law requires California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC) to ensure that regional and local interests,
multifamily dwellings, and energy service industry
capabilities are encouraged to participate in program
implementation. This bill requires the CPUC to encourage
participation from local governments and other regional
interests in the design, revision and implementation of
energy-efficiency programs.
This bill requires IOU's to collaborate with county climate
protection authorities or other public agencies when
developing or revising energy-efficiency programs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/28/10) (per Asm. Utilities &
Commerce Cmte)
Cities of: Cotati, Healdsburg, Sonoma
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority
Sonoma County Water Agency
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ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
this bill maximizes Sonoma County's efforts to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and achieve energy efficiency.
This bill requires utility companies, such as Pacific Gas &
Electric, to plan and coordinate their energy efficiency
efforts with the County, specifically SCRCPA. The author's
office believes local energy efficiency and climate change
initiatives approved and supported by local communities,
need to be harmonized and coordinated with the CPUC efforts
on energy efficiency and funded by the ratepayer funded
energy-efficiency programs, when appropriate.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro,
Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Feuer,
Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal,
Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Nava, Nestande, Nielsen, V. Manuel
Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Skinner, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson,
Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: DeVore, Gaines, Harkey, Norby, Smyth
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Charles Calderon, Conway,
Evans, Furutani, Jeffries, Logue, Monning, Niello,
Vacancy
DLW:do 8/18/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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