BILL NUMBER: SB 1055	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Morrow

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to amend Section 2772 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1055, as introduced, Morrow.  Public Utilities Commission:
customer priorities:  health facilities.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish
priorities among the types or categories of customers of every
electrical corporation and every gas corporation.  Existing law
requires the commission to include specified considerations when
establishing these priorities.
   This bill would require the commission to include as a
consideration when establishing these priorities a determination that
certain health facilities shall have access to uninterruptible
supplies of electricity.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2772 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   2772.  In establishing the priorities pursuant to Section 2771,
the commission shall include, but not be limited to, a consideration
of all the following:
   (a) A determination of the customers and uses of electricity and
gas, in descending order of priority,  which  
that  provide the most important public benefits and serve the
greatest public need.
   (b) A determination of the customers and uses of electricity and
gas  which   that  are not included under
subdivision (a).
   (c) A determination of the economic, social, and other effects of
a temporary discontinuance in electrical or gas service to the
customers or for the uses determined in accordance with subdivision
(a) or (b).
   (d) Any curtailment or allocation rules, orders, or regulations
issued by any agency of the federal government.  
   (e) A determination that any nursing facility, skilled nursing
facility, and intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled
nursing, as defined pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety
Code shall have access to uninterruptible supplies of electricity.