BILL NUMBER: SB 1207	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act relating to public utility rates.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1207, as introduced, Fuller. Electricity: rates.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates
and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates
and charges be just and reasonable.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require fair and equitable statewide electric
rates.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require fair and equitable statewide electric
rates.