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        CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
        AB 2227 (Bradford)
        As Amended 
                  August 7, 2012
        Majority vote
         
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        |ASSEMBLY:  |77-0 |(May 21, 2012)  |SENATE: |37-0 |(August 23,    |
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         Original Committee Reference:    U. & C.  

         SUMMARY  :  This bill recasts and revises reporting requirements 
        applicable to publicly owned utilities and revises certain reporting 
        requirements.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

        1)Places reporting requirements related to publicly owned utilities 
          (POU) in one section of the Public Utilities Code.

        2)Changes from every three years to every four years a requirement 
          that each POU report to the California Energy Commission (CEC) on 
          POUs identification of all potentially achievable cost-effective 
          electricity savings and annual targets over the upcoming 10-years.

         The Senate amendments  remove the requirement for POUs to publish, no 
        less than quarterly, their expenditures and program information on 
        energy efficiency programs and removes the language which would have 
        made annual reports on energy efficiency and demand reduction 
        programs, annual savings, budgets, and results every other year.
         
        AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill recasts and revises the 
        reporting requirements applicable to POUs and revises certain 
        reporting requirements.

         FISCAL EFFECT  : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, 
        pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.  
         
         COMMENTS  :   

        1)California's electric utilities are required to report on a 
          regular basis to the California Energy Commission (CEC) and other 
          state and federal agencies on a wide variety of energy issues.  
          These requirements are found in various sections of the Public 
          Utilities Code and the Public Resources Code: Public Utilities 








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          Code: 385.2 (b)(1), 387.5(c), 398.4(a), 398.5(a), 399.30(l), 
          2836(b)(4), 2939(a), 9615(b, c, d, e), and 9620 (d).  This bill 
          recognizes the need for a practical and comprehensive approach 
          toward the collection of data for energy policy purposes.  This 
          bill will consolidate publicly owned electric utilities' reporting 
          requirements into a single section of the Public Utilities Code.

        2)According to the sponsor, as a result of separate pieces of 
          legislation enacted over time, many of the current energy 
          reporting requirements are now duplicative and are required at 
          different times of the year, depending on the particular policy in 
          question.  They often do not correspond with previous 
          data-disclosure requirements and schedules, creating an 
          inefficient structure of complicated, time-consuming, and costly 
          reporting obligations."


         Analysis Prepared by  :    Susan Kateley / U. & C. / (916) 319-2083 
        FN: 0004689