BILL NUMBER: AB 583	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  108
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 24, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 23, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 10, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 7, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Leslie

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2003

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 583, 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 from being disposed of prior to January 1,
2006.
   This bill would exempt from those provisions the disposition of a
facility for the generation of electricity, or the disposition of 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 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.


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


  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.