BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                    SB 1409 (Pavley) - As Amended:  June 28, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              
          UtilitiesVote:14-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to 
          act as a liaison between state energy agencies and the 
          Department of Defense (DoD). Specifically, this bill:

          1)Requires OPR to serve as a liaison to coordinate inclusion of 
            the DoD in the development and implementation of energy and 
            environmental policy with the state agencies who develop such 
            policies.

          2)Requires state agencies, as identified by OPR, which develop 
            energy and environmental policies to consider the direct 
            impacts of those policies on the DOD's "energy security and 
            military mission goals," as defined.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          No additional cost. The bill's provisions are consistent with 
          current activities conducted by OPR. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background  . The 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 growth and distribution, urban expansion, 
            infrastructure development, and resource protection, and acts 
            as the state's liaison to a variety of entities including 
            local government, planning professionals, small business, and 
            the military. The OPR also houses the Advisor on Military 








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            Affairs.  

          2)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.

           3)Purpose  . The author believes that formalizing these 
            coordination efforts in statute could potentially circumvent 
            conflicts between state law and the military energy security 
            objectives within the state. It may also help ensure that the 
            DoD has the regulatory climate necessary to allow it to 
            aggressively pursue its mission to displace the use of 
            imported petroleum through conservation and alternative means 
            of energy production.
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081