BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1488
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1488 (Bowen)
As Amended June 9, 2004
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :28-8
UTILITIES AND COMMERCE 10-1 APPROPRIATIONS 16-5
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|Ayes:|Reyes, Aghazarian, Bogh, |Ayes:|Chu, Laird, Calderon, |
| |Calderon, Diaz, Jerome | |Corbett, Correa, |
| |Horton, Levine, Maddox, | |Firebaugh, Goldberg, |
| |Ridley-Thomas, Wesson | |Leno, Nation, Negrete |
| | | |McLeod, Oropeza, Pavley, |
| | | |Levine, Steinberg, |
| | | |Wiggins, Yee |
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|Nays:|La Malfa |Nays:|Runner, Bates, Daucher, |
| | | |Haynes, Keene |
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SUMMARY : Requires the California Public Utilities Commission
(PUC) to initiate a proceeding to review its public disclosure
practices. Specifically, this bill requires PUC to initiate a
proceeding to review its practices under its electricity
procurement proceeding and it public disclosure rules to ensure
meaningful public participation and open decision making.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : The purpose of this bill is to require PUC to
initiate a proceeding to review its information disclosure
practices to ensure meaningful public participation and open
decision making. This comes as a result of an increase amount
of information being redacted by PUC before disclosure to the
public. Currently PUC has initiated a process to review the
public disclosure process for information in the long-term
electricity procurement proceeding where numerous parties
involved representing both ratepayers and competitors want
greater disclosure for different reasons. Since decisions made
by PUC can affect market decisions a more thorough review of the
public disclosure practices of the agency would go a long way
towards ensuring that the public and interested parties see
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process as fair and open.
Analysis Prepared by : Daniel Kim / U. & C. / (916) 319-2083
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