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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 2760
          Author:   Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21


           SENATE ENERGY, UTIL. & COMMUNIC. COMM.  :  10-0, 6/23/14
          AYES:  Padilla, Fuller, Cannella, Corbett, De Le�n, DeSaulnier,  
            Hill, Knight, Pavley, Wolk
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Block

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  73-0, 5/8/14 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Public utilities:  contracting:  women, minority,  
          and disabled veteran business enterprises

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill clarifies applicability of the minority,  
          women, and disabled veteran business enterprises procurement for  
          renewable energy providers by adding a definition that  
          references the existing definition of renewable energy in the  
          Renewable Energy Portfolio statute.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          Existing law:

          1.Directs the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to require each  
            electrical, gas, water, and telephone corporation, and each  
            wireless telecommunications service provider, with gross  
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            annual revenues exceeding $25 million, to submit annually a  
            plan for increasing procurement with women, minority, and  
            disabled veteran business enterprises, generally known as the  
            Supplier Diversity program.

          2.Requires each utility to submit an annual report to the PUC  
            regarding implementation of its Supplier Diversity program and  
            requires the PUC to annually report to the Legislature on the  
            progress of utilities in implementing these programs.

          3.Applies the Supplier Diversity program to procurement in all  
            categories, including, but not limited to, renewable energy,  
            wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and rail  
            projects.

          This bill defines renewable energy for purposes of the Supplier  
          Diversity program as a project for the development and operation  
          of an eligible renewable energy resource meeting the requirement  
          of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

           Comments
           
          According to the author's office, this bill clarifies  
          applicability of Supplier Diversity procurement for renewable  
          energy providers by adding a definition for renewable energy  
          that references the existing definition of renewable energy in  
          the Renewable Energy Portfolio statute.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   Local:  
           No


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  73-0, 5/8/14
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian  
            Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,  
            Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth  
            Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove,  
            Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,  
            Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,  
            Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,  
            Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,  
            Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,  
            Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez







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          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Donnelly, Eggman, Gorell, Mansoor, Melendez,  
            V. Manuel P�rez, Vacancy

          JG:e  6/24/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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