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                                                                  SB 1036
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          Date of Hearing:   August 6, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                    SB 1036 (Pavley) - As Amended:  May 27, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                             Water, Parks and  
          Wildlife     Vote:                            13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to  
          develop a methodology to allow for the voluntary reporting of  
          the energy intensity of water systems in an urban water  
          management plan (UWMP).  This bill allows DWR to consider  
          California Public Utilities (PUC) studies and calculations when  
          developing the methodology.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor, absorbable costs for DWR to include this methodology in  
          their Urban Water Management Planning Guidebook.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background and Purpose.   Urban water suppliers are required to  
            prepare and adopt an UWMP for submission to the Department of  
            Water Resources (DWR) every five years.  The plans must  
            provide a description of the service area of the supplier, the  
            identification and quantity of water resources, and water use  
            projections.     

             An urban water supplier will not be eligible for state water  
            management grants or loans after July 1, 2016 unless demand  
            management measures and reduction targets comply with the  
            state mandated 20% reduction in water use by 2020.

            DWR convened a task force, the Independent Technical Panel  
            (ITP) to provide recommendations to the Legislature for  
            improving demand management measures technologies and  
            approaches.  In February, 2014, the ITP issued its Report to  








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            the Legislature on Urban Water Management Plan Demand  
            Management Measures Reporting and Requirements.   The report  
            made recommendations for improving UWMPs including a  
            recommendation encouraging the voluntary reporting of  
            information about the energy intensity of water delivered to  
            customers.  This bill will help water districts comply with  
            that recommendation.  
           
           2)Related Legislation.   AB 2067 (Weber) revises the reporting  
            requirements for demand management measures in UWMPs.  This  
            bill is currently pending on the Senate Floor.  AB 1420 (Wolk)  
            requires UMWPs to include the quantification of water loss in  
            distribution systems.  This bill is currently pending in this  
            committee.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081