BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: May 6, 2002
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
Roderick D. Wright, Chair
AJR 2 (Havice) - As Amended: January 15, 2002
SUBJECT : Defense industry.
SUMMARY : Memorializes the Congress to designate various defense
contractors as operating in the national interest, thereby
protecting them from possible electricity interruptions.
Specifically, this resolution :
1)Declares, among other things, that:
a) California is host to a vast array of manufacturing and
support industries essential to America's military
preparedness and national security, not the least of which
are plants engaged in the planning and production of the
C-17 Globemaster airlift plane, the Delta II Rocket, the
F-18 fighter, and other aerospace products.
b) The recent electrical supply crisis has negatively
impacted the state's vast military industrial contractors
and has resulted in temporary shutdowns and slowdowns of
production lines due to the price and availability of
electricity.
c) In the event that a future energy crisis occurs, plant
shutdowns and slowdowns due to energy policies threaten the
viability of our state's military industrial complex.
d) The security of our nation places constant demands of
readiness upon California's utility industries.
e) Energy regulators are empowered to issue rules that
delineate who are exempted from involuntary electric
service outages and interruptions.
f) It is appropriate that the Congress of the United States
act through legislation to designate the various
contractors now engaged in advanced military hardware
technology work for this nation as "operating in the
national interest," thereby protecting these businesses
from the threat of electric service interruption, owing to
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the lessons of the past and the possibility of future
energy disruptions
2)Memorializes Congress to legislatively designate the various
contractors engaged in defense work for the nation as
"operating in the national interest."
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown.
COMMENTS :
Author's statement
"Due to the current national situation regarding the security of
our nation, this resolution is important to ensure that
California has a sustained, reliable source of energy in the
event that an energy crisis may arise in the future. This
reliable source of electricity is necessary to maintain the
defense industry and military readiness of California and the
nation. This resolution is very important so that the President
and the Congress are ever aware that California is among the
leaders in the defense industry and therefore on the front lines
in protecting our national security."
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Aerojet General, Inc.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Paul Donahue / U. & C. / (916) 319-2083