BILL NUMBER: SB 1437	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 7, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 351 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1437, Kehoe. Electricity: Independent System Operator:
activities report.
   The existing restructuring of the electrical industry within the
Public Utilities Act provides for the establishment of an Independent
System Operator (ISO) as a public benefit corporation, with a
5-member independent governing board of directors appointed by the
Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. Existing law
requires the ISO to ensure efficient use and reliable operation of
the transmission grid consistent with achieving planning and
operating reserve criteria no less stringent than those established
by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council and the North
American Electric Reliability Council.
   This bill would require the independent governing board of
directors to annually select a representative of the ISO to appear
before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and Assembly
to report on the activities of the ISO.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 351 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   351.  (a) The independent governing board of directors shall
annually select a representative of the Independent System Operator
to appear before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and
Assembly to report on the activities of the Independent System
Operator, including, but not limited to, those matters described in
subdivision (b).
   (b) The representative of the Independent System Operator selected
by the independent governing board of directors pursuant to
subdivision (a), shall annually report on each of the following:
   (1) A summary of those actions undertaken by the Independent
System Operator during the prior year to ensure the reliability of
electric service and the health and safety of the public by managing
the transmission system and related energy markets consistent with
the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 345.5.
   (2) A summary of those actions undertaken by the Independent
System Operator during the prior year relative to the adoption or
modification of standards pursuant to Section 348.
   (3) The results of each review of a major outage undertaken by the
Independent System Operator pursuant to Section 349.