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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2002

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                              Darrell Steinberg, Chair

                    SB 1389 (Bowen) - As Amended:  June 24, 2002 

          Policy Committee:                              Utilities and  
          Commerce     Vote:                            14-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill consolidates and modifies the California Energy  
          Commission's (CEC) reporting requirements into one integrated  
          report and establishes processes for the CEC to collect data  
          from energy market participants.  Specifically, this bill:

          1)Repeals reporting requirements on alternative fuel vehicle  
            infrastructure, energy conservation and energy technology  
            development.  

          2)Requires the CEC to prepare an integrated energy policy report  
            by November 2003 and every two years thereafter encompassing:  
            electricity and natural gas markets; public interest energy  
            strategies; and transportation fuels, technologies and  
            infrastructure. 

          3)Establishes a process for CEC to collect data from energy  
            market participants to support its planning and forecasting  
            duties, to maintain the confidentiality of data, and to impose  
            specified civil penalties for noncompliance with data  
            reporting requirements.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          The CEC indicates that costs to implement the revise reporting  
          and data collection requirements will be absorbable.

           COMMENTS  

           Background and Purpose  .  This bill repeals and re-enacts the  
          Planning and Forecasting








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          chapter of the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources  
          Conservation and Development Act, which requires the CEC to  
          develop long-term forecasts of state energy needs, primarily to  
          serve as the basis for the planning and certification of  
          individual power plants.  The changing electrical market,  
          however, has affected the direct relationship between CEC's  
          planning and siting functions.  Chapter 581, Statutes of 1996  
          (SB 110, Peace), required the CEC to recommend ways to  
          consolidate and clarify its policy reporting obligations, and to  
          revise its authority to collect data.  This bill incorporates  
          recommendations contained in that report.  The author's intent  
          is to consolidate CEC's reporting requirements into one timely,  
          integrated report, to require reporting of the energy data  
          necessary to support this report, and to develop the capability  
          to produce the required analyses.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081