BILL NUMBER: AB 1389	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 16, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bermudez and Longville)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 7912 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1389, as amended, Ridley-Thomas.  Public  Utilities Commission:
  reports:  hiring:  capital investment.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities.
   This bill would require  any public utility employing more
than 750 total employees to annually report certain information to
the commission and would require  the commission to annually
report  certain   that  information
 on each public utility  to the Assembly Committee
on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy,
Utilities and Communications, or successor committees, and to make
the information available to the public on its Internet Web site.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Public utilities serve a vital function, providing basic
infrastructure essential to the efficient conduct of commerce and
societal interaction.
   (b) In exchange for the state's granting of a certificate of
public convenience and necessity  or a wireless identification
registration number  , public utilities bear a heightened
responsibility for contributing to the public interest.
   (c) The public interest has been interpreted to include providing
an adequate level of public utility service at a just and reasonable
rate.  A more complete interpretation of the public interest would
also give consideration to the benefits of public utility employment
to the state and its residents.
   (d) Given the difficult economic climate and the increasing
unemployment rate within the State of California, it is necessary and
proper state policy to encourage the employment of Californians by
California's public utilities.
   (e) The Public Utilities Commission should monitor and annually
report to the Legislature, information showing the levels of
employment of California residents and capital investment in
California by public utilities, so that the state can ensure greater
oversight of public utilities and more comprehensive, informed
policymaking.
  SEC. 2.  Section 7912 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:  
   7912.  The commission shall annually report to the Assembly
Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on
Energy, Utilities and Communications, or successor committees, and,
within a reasonable time thereafter, make available to the public on
its Internet Web site, information for each public utility, showing
 
   7912.  (a) Public utilities employing more than 750 total
employees shall annually report to the commission  all of the
following:  
   (a)  
   (1)  The number of customers served in California by the
public utility.  
   (b)  
   (2)  The percentage of the public utilities' total domestic
customer base that resides in California.  
   (c)  
   (3)  The number of California residents employed by the
public utility, calculated on a full-time or full-time equivalent
basis.  
   (d)  
   (4)  The percentage of the public utilities' total domestic
workforce, calculated on a full-time or full-time equivalent basis,
that resides in California.  
   (e)  
   (5)  The capital investment in the public utility's tangible
and intangible plant which ordinarily have a service life of more
than one year, including plant used by the company or others in
providing public utility services, in California during the yearly
reporting period.  
   (6) The number of California residents employed by independent
contractors and consultants hired by the public utility, calculated
on a full-time or full-time equivalent basis.  This subdivision is
inapplicable to contractors and consultants that are a public utility
subject to the reporting requirements of this section.
   (b) The commission may require any business that is a subsidiary
or affiliate of, or a corporation which holds a controlling interest
in, a public utility, to report similar information when reporting
this information furthers the purposes of this section.
   (c) The commission shall annually report the information required
to be reported by public utilities pursuant to subdivision (a), to
the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate
Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their successor
committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make the
information available to the public on its Internet Web site.