BILL NUMBER: AB 277	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2011

   An act to add Section 318 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to the Public Utilities Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 277, as introduced, Galgiani. Public Utilities Commission:
high-speed rail: power supply.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
as defined. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission to
ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications,
regulations, practices, measurements, or service to be furnished,
imposed, observed, and followed by specified public utilities,
including all electrical corporations.
   Existing law, the California High-Speed Rail Act, creates the
High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail
system in the state.
   This bill would require the commission to coordinate with the
High-Speed Rail Authority to determine the power supply system
requirements for high-speed rail operations.
   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 318 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   318.  The commission shall coordinate with the California
High-Speed Rail Authority to determine the power supply system
requirements for high-speed rail operations.