BILL NUMBER: AB 306	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Blumenfield, Galgiani, Gordon,
Nestande, Wagner, and Williams)

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2011

   An act to add and repeal Section 25325 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 306, as amended, Gatto. Energy: piezoelectric transducers:
study.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission (Energy Commission), on a biennial basis
beginning in 2003, to adopt an integrated energy policy report
providing information on specified related to energy. Existing law
creates the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration
Program, to be administered by the Energy Commission, and requires
the Energy Commission to expend the moneys in the Public Interest
Research, Development, and Demonstration Fund, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, to implement that program.
   This bill would  authorize   require 
the Energy Commission to conduct research on generating electricity
using piezoelectric transducers under roadways or railways. The bill
would require the Energy Commission to collaborate with the
Department of Transportation to establish pilot projects that would
employ piezoelectric-based  energy harvesting  
energy-harvesting  technology, if the Energy Commission
determines that  doing so is appropriate   the
technology has the potential to generate electricity with
performance, reliability, and cost projections that are comparable to
existing renewable or emerging renewable energy sources  . The
bill would authorize the Energy Commission to expend the moneys in
the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Fund or
the Energy Resources Program Account, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, to implement this research.  If the 
 The  Energy Commission  conducts the research, it
 would be required to report its findings in the integrated
energy policy report adopted in 2013. These provisions would be
repealed on January 1, 2015.
   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 25325 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   25325.  (a) The commission  may   shall 
conduct research on generating electricity using piezoelectric
technology under roadways and railways pursuant to this chapter or
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 25600).

   (b) For purposes of conducting the research  described
  required  by this section, the commission shall
collaborate with the Department of Transportation to establish a
pilot project or projects that would employ piezoelectric-based
 energy harvesting   energy-harvesting 
technology if the commission finds, based on initial research, that
 a pilot project is appropriate.   the
technology has the potential to generate electricity with
performance, reliability, and cost projections that are comparable to
existing renewable or emerging renewable energy sources. 
   (c) The commission may expend the moneys in the Public Interest
Research, Development, and Demonstration Fund established pursuant to
Section 384 of the Public Utilities Code or the Energy Resources
Program Account established pursuant to Section 25801, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to implement this section.
   (d) As a part of the integrated energy policy report that is
adopted in 2013, the commission shall report the findings of the
research  , if the commission conducted the research
  performed  pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends
that date.