BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 4XX
Author: Cardoza (D), et al
Amended: 7/9/01
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE ENERGY, U.&C. COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/26/01
AYES: Bowen, Morrow, Alarcon, Battin, Dunn, Murray,
Poochigian, Sher, Speier, Vasconcellos, Vincent
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 71-0, 5/24/01 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Electric power
SOURCE : California State Sheriffs Association
Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department
DIGEST : This bill requires electrical providers to
notify local law enforcement of planned blackouts.
ANALYSIS : Concerns over rolling blackouts have prompted a
review of the processes for providing customers with better
blackout information. On June 5, 2001, the Governor issued
Executive Order D-38-01 to require the California
Independent System Operator (ISO) to provide 48- and
24-hour blackout projections, require utilities to provide
specific blackout information to public safety agencies and
customers, and require the utilities to update their
rotating outage action plans as required by the California
Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Collectively, these
actions provide the information required in this bill.
Rotating outage information is now available on most
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customer bills. Several utility web sites also include
specific information about rotating blocks and sub-blocks,
down to the street level.
This bill requires electrical corporations and local
publicly owned electric utilities to immediately notify the
Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and
affected local law enforcement agencies in the event a
planned blackout is scheduled to take place in their
jurisdictions. The notification shall be provided as soon
as the time and location of the outage is known and it's
required to include the specific outage location, grid or
block numbers, and the next anticipated affected area.
Comments :
Providing law enforcement agencies with timely, specific
information about imminent and prospective blackouts is
critical to ensuring public safety. Under the Governor's
Executive Order D-38-01 and CPUC rules, the information
requested by this bill is already being provided to law
enforcement officials. This bill effectively codifies the
existing practice, meaning electricity providers will
always have to provide this information in future years,
without having to be directed by a future Executive Order
or future CPUC order to provide it.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/26/01)
California State Sheriff's Association (co-source)
Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department (co-source)
Butte County Sheriff
California Chamber of commerce
California Peace Officers' Association
California State Associations of Counties
County of Contra Costa Office of the Sheriff
County of Inyo Sheriff's Department
County of Kern Sheriff's Department
County of San Bernardino Sheriff's Department
Crime Victims United of California
Government Relations Oversight Committee
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Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Association
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Placer County Sheriff Coroner-Marshall
Riverside Sheriff's Association
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
Sempra Energy
Shasta County Sheriff
County of Sonoma Sheriff's Department
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Bates, Bogh, Briggs,
Calderon, Bill Campbell, John Campbell, Canciamilla,
Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn,
Correa, Cox, Daucher, Diaz, Dickerson, Dutra, Firebaugh,
Frommer, Havice, Hollingsworth, Horton, Jackson, Keeley,
Kehoe, Kelley, Koretz, La Suer, Leach, Leslie, Liu,
Longville, Lowenthal, Maddox, Maldonado, Matthews,
Migden, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, Robert
Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Pavley, Pescetti, Reyes, Richman,
Runner, Salinas, Shelley, Simitian, Steinberg,
Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thomson, Vargas, Washington,
Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wright, Wyland, Wyman, Zettel,
Hertzberg
NC:jk 7/6/01 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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