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          Date of Hearing:   August 17, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                   SB 23 (Simitian) - As Amended:  April 26, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              
          UtilitiesVote:10-2
                        Natural Resources                       5-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill defers three deadlines established in recently enacted 
          legislation increasing the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard 
          (RPS) to 33% by 2020. Specifically, this bill extends, from June 
          30, 2011 to June 30, 2012, the deadlines for:

          1)The California Energy Commission (CEC) to study and report to 
            the Legislature on run-of-river hydroelectric generating 
            facilities in British Columbia and to adopt regulations for 
            enforcement of the RPS requirements of the publicly owned 
            utilities (POUs).

          2)The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to determine resource 
            adequacy standards for wind and solar energy resources.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          By establishing more realistic deadlines, the CEC and PUC will 
          realize minor administrative cost savings in completing the 
          required tasks.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose . SB X1 2 (Simitian), which was signed by the governor on 
          April 12, 2011, increases the state's RPS requirement for 20% of 
          state energy to be generated from eligible renewable resources 
          by 2010 to 33% by 2020. This legislation will take effect 90 
          days after the adjournment of the first extraordinary session, 
          which has not yet occurred. The delay in adjournment of the 
          special session requires that the above deadlines be extended by 








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          one year for CEC and PUC to complete their work.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081