BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: June 25, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
Steven Bradford, Chair
SB 1409 (Pavley) - As Proposed To Be Amended: June 25, 2012
SENATE VOTE : 38-0
SUBJECT : Office of Planning and Research: clean energy
technologies and
projects.
SUMMARY : Enhances the duties of the State Office of Planning
and Research (OPR). Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires OPR to identify which state agencies must consider
energy security and military mission goals.
2)Requires OPR to serve as a liaison to coordinate effective
inclusion of Department of Defense (DoD) in the development
and implementation of state energy and environmental policy.
3)States the bill does not intend to authorize or require DoD to
operate differently from other self-generating ratepayers, or
alter any existing rate structures.
EXISTING LAW : Establishes the Governor's Office of Planning
and Research (OPR) for the purpose of developing state land use
policies, coordinating planning of all state agencies, and
assisting and monitoring local and regional planning.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown.
COMMENTS : The author states that SB 1407 is not intended to
affect ratepayers or customers at all, as it merely requires
state agencies, at the direction of OPR, to consider DoD's
energy security and related military mission goals in addressing
state energy and environmental policy matters.
1)Background : The Office of Planning and Research (OPR),
created by statute in 1970, is part
of the Office of the Governor. OPR assists the Governor and the
Administration in planning, research, policy development, and
legislative analysis. The OPR formulates long-range state goals
and policies to address land use, climate change, population
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growth and distribution, urban expansion, infrastructure
development, and resource protection. The OPR acts as the
state's liaison to a variety of entities including local
government, planning professionals, small business, and the
military.
The OPR houses the Advisor on Military Affairs and supports the
Strategic Growth Council. The mission of CaliforniaVolunteers
is to increase the number and impact of Californians involved
with service and volunteering throughout the state.
CaliforniaVolunteers is administered through the OPR but for all
intents and purposes is a standalone entity.
2)Collaboration needed between state and the military : This
bill would require OPR to identify
which state agencies must consider DoD's energy security and
related military mission goals in developing or implementing
state energy and environmental policy. California law does not
require state agencies involved with the implementation of
energy and environmental policy to consider the DoD's energy
security and related military mission goals.
The DoD's activities in California include ongoing development
and deployment of renewable power generation and
interconnection, demand response, alternative fuel production,
and advanced vehicle deployment. All of which could potentially
impact state agencies rules and regulations, including land use,
air permitting, grid interconnection and reliability planning.
The author believes SB 1409 is necessary as it could potentially
circumvent conflicts between state law and the military energy
security objectives within the state. It may also ensure that
the DoD has the regulatory climate necessary to allow it to
aggressively pursue its mission to displace the use of petroleum
through conservation and alternative means of energy production.
The bill does not suggest which state agencies may be identified
by OPR. Though it is likely that agencies such the California
Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Air Resources Board,
Department of Water Resources, and the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission are will be identified
by OPR to collaborate with DoD. It is unknown if there are
other state agencies in the U.S. that currently collaborate with
DoD on energy security and related military mission goals.
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3)Related legislation : SB 1462 Kuehl (Chapter 906, Statutes of
2004) added Government
Code Section 65404 which designated OPR as the lead state
designee for military readiness activities related to special
use airspace.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Operation Free
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : DaVina Flemings / U. & C. / (916)
319-2083