BILL NUMBER: SB 520	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Sher

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2003

   An act to add Section 351 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to electric power.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 520, as introduced, Sher.  Independent System Operator.
   The existing restructuring of the electrical services industry
provides for the authorization of direct transactions between
electricity suppliers and end use customers and for the
establishment, among other things, of an Independent System Operator.
  Existing law requires the Independent System Operator to ensure
efficient use and reliable operation of the state's electricity
transmission grid.
   This bill would require the Independent System Operator to conduct
an internal performance review and operational cost analysis
comparing its costs with other system operators and to prepare and
submit a report on its findings and conclusions to the Legislature.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 351 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   351.  The Independent System Operator shall conduct an internal
performance review and operational cost analysis comparing its costs
with other system operators and shall prepare and submit a report on
its findings and conclusions to the Legislature on or before February
1, 2004.