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                SENATE ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
                                 ALEX PADILLA, CHAIR
          

          AB 2761 -  Utilities and Commerce                      Hearing  
          Date:  July 17, 2014                 A
          As Amended:         March 24, 2014      Non-FISCAL       B

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                                      DESCRIPTION
           
           Current law  requires investor-owned utilities (IOUs),  
          publicly-owned utilities (POUs), community choice aggregators,  
          and energy service providers to increase purchases of renewable  
          energy such that at least 33% of total retail sales are procured  
          from renewable energy resources by December 31, 2020. In the  
          interim each entity would be required to procure an average of  
          20% of renewable energy for the period of January 1, 2011  
          through December 31, 2013 and 25% by December 31, 2016.  This is  
          known as the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS).  (Public  
          Utilities Codes � 399.11 et seq.)

           Current law  requires the California Public Utilities Commission  
          (CPUC), by February 1 of each year, to prepare and submit to the  
          policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a report on  
          specified topics generally relating to the fiscal impact of  
          renewable energy programs on electrical corporations. (Public  
          Utilities Code � 910)

           This bill  moves that report due date to April 1 of each year.


                                       COMMENTS
           
          This bill simply moves an existing reporting requirement of the  
          CPUC from February 1 of each year to April 1st.  Under current  
          law the report results are based on forecasted versus actual  
          data from the previous year and ultimately does not allow the  
          CPUC sufficient time to compile and verify the data, analyze  
          trends, and prepare a report.  The CPUC opines that the date  











          extension will result in a report that relies on actual  
          information for the electrical corporation's RPS procurement  
          expenditures.


                                    ASSEMBLY VOTES
           
          Assembly Floor                     (75-0)
          Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee                       
          (12-0)



                                       POSITIONS
           
           Sponsor:
           
          Author

           Support:
           
          California Public Utilities Commission

           Oppose:
           
          None on file









































          Kellie Smith 
          AB 2761 Analysis
          Hearing Date:  June 17, 2014