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                                                                  AB 2696
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          Date of Hearing:   May 7, 2012

                    ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
                               Steven Bradford, Chair
           AB 2696 (Committee on Utilities and Commerce) - As Introduced:  
                                   March 19, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   Energy.

           SUMMARY  :   Corrects incorrect Public Utilities Code references 
          to code sections that were moved or repealed as a result of 
          other enacted statutes.  
           
          EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Mandates the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has 
            regulatory authority over public utilities, including 
            electrical corporations, as defined.

          2)Requires the PUC to undertake certain steps in implementing 
            the California Solar Initiative.

          3)Requires a local publicly owned electric utility that sells 
            electricity at retail to adopt, implement, and finance a solar 
            initiative program for the purpose of investing in, and 
            encouraging the increased installation of, residential and 
            commercial solar energy systems.

           FISCAL EFFECT  : Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   This is a committee code clean-up bill.  This bill 
          would move certain requirements for local publicly owned 
          electric utilities from an area of the PU Code pertaining to 
          electrical restructuring, to the area of the code pertaining to 
          the implementation of the California Solar Initiative.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    DaVina Flemings / U. & C. / (916) 
          319-2083