BILL NUMBER: SB 1455	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  337
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 25227 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to electric vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1455, 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, as defined. Under existing law, the governing board of
a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, generally has
authority over the activities of the utility.
   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.
   Existing law establishes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and
Vehicle Technology Program, administered by the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy
Commission), to provide to specified entities, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, grants, loans, loan guarantees, revolving loans, or
other appropriate measures, for the development and deployment of
innovative technologies that transform California's fuel and vehicle
types to help attain the state's climate change goals.
   This bill would require the Energy Commission, by July 1, 2011, in
consultation with the PUC, to develop and maintain an Internet Web
site containing specific links to electrical corporation or local
publicly owned electric utility Internet Web sites that contain
information specific to plug-in hybrid or fully electric vehicles, or
other Internet Web sites that include specified information.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25227 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25227.  By July 1, 2011, the commission, in consultation with the
Public Utilities Commission, shall develop and maintain an Internet
Web site containing specific links to electrical corporation and
local publicly owned electric utility Internet Web sites or other
Internet Web sites that contain information specific to plug-in
hybrid or fully electric vehicles, including information on the
following:
   (a) Resources to direct a consumer on how to find out if his or
her residence will require a utility service upgrade.
   (b) Basic charging circuit requirements.
   (c) Utility rate options.
   (d) Load management techniques.