BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1036 (Pavley)
As Amended May 27, 2014
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :34-0
WATER, PARKS & WILDLIFE 13-0APPROPRIATIONS 13-4
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|Ayes:|Rendon, Allen, Bocanegra, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bocanegra, |
| |Dahle, Fong, Frazier, | |Bradford, |
| |Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, | |Ian Calderon, Campos, |
| |Bloom, Patterson, | |Eggman, Gomez, Holden, |
| |Rodriguez, Yamada | |Linder, Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Weber |
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| | |Nays:|Bigelow, Donnelly, Jones, |
| | | |Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Requires the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to
include in its guidance for preparing an urban water management
plan (UWMP) a methodology that would help any urban water
supplier that wants to make a calculation or estimate of the
energy intensity of its water system. Allows DWR to consider
Public Utilities Commission studies and calculations when
developing the methodology.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Requires all urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt UWMPs
and update them every five years. Among other requirements,
UWMPs must:
a) Provide a description of the service area of the
supplier;
b) Identify and quantify water resources; and,
c) Make water use projections.
2)Specifies that compliance with the Urban Water Management
Planning Act is a prerequisite to receiving state funding for
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water projects and programs.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, there would be minor, absorbable costs for DWR to
include this methodology in their UWMP Planning Guidebook.
COMMENTS : This bill would partially implement recommendations
from an Independent Technical Panel (ITP) that was convened to
improve UWMPs. UWMPs are a primary tool for local water
suppliers to make thoughtful projections and orderly plans for
meeting the needs of water users in their service area. UWMPs
are also the basis for making water availability determinations
under SB 610 (Costa), Chapter 643, Statutes of 2001, and SB 221
(Kuehl), Chapter 642, Statutes of 2001, which are frequently
referenced collectively as the "show me the water" statutes.
AB 1420 (Laird), Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007, among other
things, required DWR to convene the ITP to provide
recommendations to the department and the Legislature on new
demand management measures, technologies, and approaches. In
February 2014, the ITP issued its Report to the Legislature on
Urban Water Management Plan Demand Management Measures Reporting
and Requirements (Report). The Report made five recommendations
for improving UWMPs including, but not limited to, a
recommendation encouraging the voluntary reporting of
information about the energy intensity of water delivered to
customers. The Report noted that California's water supply is
highly energy intensive with the average electric intensity
level of supply two to five times greater than national averages
and that water utilities are among the largest energy users in
their communities. This bill would help achieve that
recommendation.
There are two other pending bills being considered this session
that also implement recommendations from the ITP Report: AB
2067 (Weber) of the current legislative session, would
streamline the reporting requirements for demand management
measures in UWMPs. And SB 1420 (Wolk) of the current
legislative session, requires an urban water supplier to
quantify and report distribution system water losses.
According to the author, understanding California's water-energy
relationship is an increasingly difficult task. The author
states that the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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found in 2013 that a lack of energy use data and inadequate
funding were major hurdles to joint water-energy efficiency
programs and that establishing baseline energy use estimates
would allow utilities to identify targets for conservation
programs. Other supporters of this bill advise that providing a
mechanism that allows urban water suppliers to voluntarily
report energy-related information could lead to future funding
opportunities for water efficiency measures that save energy.
Analysis Prepared by : Tina Canon Leahy / W., P. & W. / (916)
319-2096
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