BILL NUMBER: SB 1537	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1537, as introduced, Kehoe. Energy: rates.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as
defined, are under the direction of their governing board. The
existing Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (RPS program) requires
a retail seller of electricity, as defined, and local publicly owned
electric utilities to purchase specified minimum quantities of
electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as
defined, for specified compliance periods. The specified minimum
quantities of electricity products are based upon a percentage of the
utility's total retail sales of electricity in California.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish a transparent and stable rate structure for
electrical generation by eligible renewable energy resources.
   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 to establish a transparent and stable rate structure for
electrical generation by eligible renewable energy resources.