BILL NUMBER: AB 583	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Leslie

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2003

   An act to  amend Section 377 of   add Section
377.2 to  the Public Utilities Code, relating to public
utilities.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 583, as amended, Leslie.  Generation facilities:  regulation.
   Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to regulate
facilities for the generation of electricity owned by any public
utility prior to January 1, 1997, until the owner of those facilities
has applied to the commission to dispose of those facilities and has
been authorized by the commission to undertake that disposal.
Existing law prohibits any facility for the generation of electricity
owned by a public utility to be disposed of prior to January 1,
2006.
   This bill would exempt from those provisions the  sale,
transfer, abandonment, or other  disposition of a facility
for the generation of electricity, or the  sale, transfer,
abandonment,  or other disposition of an interest in a
facility for the generation of electricity, that is located outside
of this state  ,   and  is owned 
exclusively  by a public utility that serves 60,000 or fewer
 service connections   customer accounts 
in this state  , and is not necessary to serve the public utility'
s customers in this state, upon the approval of the commission or
upon an exemption by the commission pursuant to existing provisions
of law  .
   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 377 of the Public Utilities Code is 

  SECTION 1. Section 377.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   377.2.  Notwithstanding Section 377, a facility for the generation
of electricity, or an interest in a facility for the generation of
electricity, that is located outside of this state, is owned by a
public utility that serves 60,000 or fewer customer accounts in this
state, and is not necessary to serve that public utility's customers
in this state may be disposed of upon approval of the commission
pursuant to Section 851 or upon exemption by the commission pursuant
to Section 853.   amended to read:
   377.   (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the commission
shall continue to regulate the facilities for the generation of
electricity owned by any public utility prior to January 1, 1997,
that are subject to commission regulation until the owner of those
facilities has applied to the commission to dispose of those
facilities and has been authorized by the commission under Section
851 to undertake that disposal.  Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, except as provided in subdivision (b), no facility for the
generation of electricity owned by a public utility may be disposed
of prior to January 1, 2006.  The commission shall ensure that public
utility generation assets remain dedicated to service for the
benefit of California ratepayers.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), this section does not apply
to the sale, transfer, abandonment, or other disposition of a
facility for the generation of electricity, or the sale, transfer,
abandonment, or other disposition of an interest in a facility for
the generation of electricity, that is located outside of this state
and is owned exclusively by a public utility that serves 60,000 or
fewer service connections in this state.