BILL NUMBER: SB 1455	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 740.12 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to electric vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1455, as amended, Kehoe. Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles:
Internet Web site.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has
regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical
corporations and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law requires
the PUC, in cooperation with specified entities, to evaluate and
implement policies to promote the development of equipment and
infrastructure needed to facilitate the use of electric power and
natural gas to fuel low-emission vehicles.
   Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with specified
entities, to evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient
to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of
plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt
rules that address related matters.
   This bill would require, by January 1, 2013, the PUC, in
consultation with specified entities, to develop an Internet Web site
for consumers who are considering the purchase of a plug-in hybrid
or a fully electric vehicle  with   , to provide
 certain information regarding the costs and charging
infrastructure associated with fueling such a vehicle.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 740.12 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   740.12.  By January 1, 2013, the commission, in consultation with
the Energy Commission, electrical corporations, the motor vehicle
industry, and the California Electric Transportation Coalition, shall
develop an Internet Web site to inform consumers who are considering
the purchase of a plug-in hybrid or a fully electric vehicle of the
costs and charging infrastructure associated with fueling that
vehicle. The Internet Web site shall include information as follows:
   (a) Information to assist a consumer in determining whether a
vehicle will require a utility service upgrade  at the consumer's
residence  .
   (b) Basic charging circuit requirements.
   (c)  Rate   Utility rate  options.
   (d) Load management techniques.
   (e) Any other information the commission determines to be
necessary to fully inform a consumer considering the purchase of a
plug-in hybrid or an electric vehicle of the essential costs of, and
infrastructure required for, charging that vehicle.