BILL NUMBER:  AB 976
  VETOED	DATE: 09/27/2012




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 976 without my signature.

This bill prohibits any company from doing business with a Community
Choice Aggregation program if that company advised a local government
on establishing the program.

This goes too far --local governments already have plenty of laws on
conflicts of interests and transparent decision making. Adding the
restriction in this bill would serve only to impede efforts to
establish community choice energy programs.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.