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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2227
Author: Bradford (D)
Amended: 8/7/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE ENERGY, UTIL. & COMMUNIC. COMM.E : 8-0, 7/3/12
AYES: Padilla, Fuller, Corbett, De Le�n, DeSaulnier,
Rubio, Strickland, Wright
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Emmerson, Kehoe, Pavley,
Simitian
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/21/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Local publicly owned electric utilities:
State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission: reporting
SOURCE : Northern California Power Agency
DIGEST : This bill recasts and revises the reporting
requirements of the publicly-owned electric utilities
(POUs) for the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the
California Solar Initiative (CSI) which are intended to
result in a streamlining and consolidation of reporting
requirements.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
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1. Requires local POUs to periodically report to the CEC
and its customers on energy goals, expenses, and
progress including the procurement of renewable energy
resources, the CSI, energy efficiency and demand
reduction programs, energy storage system procurement
targets and policies, and the quantity and source of
electricity generated to serve customers.
2. Requires POUs to acquire all available energy efficiency
and demand reduction resources that are cost effective,
reliable, and feasible. Every third year, each POU is
required to identify all potentially achievable
cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and
establish annual targets for the next 10-year period to
be followed within 60 days with a report to the CEC.
3. Requires POUs to annually report to the CEC and its
customers, its investments in energy efficiency and
demand reduction programs, a description of programs,
expenditures, cost-effectiveness and expected and actual
energy efficiency savings and demand reduction results.
This bill extends the POUs reporting requirement, for
potentially achievable cost-effective electricity
efficiency savings, to every four years.
Background
The CEC is responsible for monitoring the compliance of the
POUs for several statutory programs including the
Renewables Portfolio Standard and the CSI and energy
efficiency and energy storage mandates. Associated with
these programs are periodic reports to the CEC. The
disclosure and reports required of the POUs to the CEC have
different deadlines and formats. Some are required
annually, but at different dates; some on demand.
A significant focus of the CEC is also the preparation and
publication of its biennial Integrated Energy Policy Report
(IEPR) for which the primary focus is to "conduct
assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry
supply, production, transportation, delivery and
distribution, demand, and prices" and to "use these
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assessments and forecasts to develop energy policies that
conserve resources, protect the environment, ensure energy
reliability, enhance the state's economy, and protect
public health and safety." In its preparation of the IEPR,
the CEC relies heavily on the state's electric and gas
utilities to provide the data which forms the basis of its
reports and the utilities must comply with data requests on
a regular and timely basis.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/7/12)
Northern California Power Agency (source)
California Municipal Utilities Association
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/7/12)
Natural Resources Defense Council (unless amended)
Sierra Club California (unless amended)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/21/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove,
Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth,
Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fletcher, Roger Hern�ndez, Perea
RM:k 8/14/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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