BILL ANALYSIS
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1565 (Bowen)
As Amended June 24, 2004
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :24-12
NATURAL RESOURCES 6-2 UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
12-0
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|Ayes:|Jackson, Hancock, Koretz, |Ayes:|Reyes, Campbell, Bogh, |
| |Laird, Lieber, Lowenthal | |Calderon, Canciamilla, |
| | | |Diaz, Jerome Horton, |
| | | |La Malfa, Levine, Maddox, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Wesson |
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|Nays:|La Malfa, Keene | | |
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APPROPRIATIONS 17-2
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|Ayes:|Chu, Bates, Laird, | | |
| |Calderon, Corbett, | | |
| |Correa, Firebaugh, | | |
| |Goldberg, Leno, Nation, | | |
| |Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, | | |
| |Pavley, Levine, | | |
| |Steinberg, Wiggins, Yee | | |
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|Nays:|Runner, Keene | | |
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SUMMARY : Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to
include in its biennial Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) a
strategic plan for the state's electric transmission grid by
November 1, 2005. Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires CEC, in consultation with the California Public
Utilities Commission (PUC), the California Independent System
Operator (ISO), transmission owners, users, and consumers,
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adopt a strategic plan for the state's electric transmission
grid to identify and implement investments needed to ensure
reliability and to meet future growth in load and generation,
including renewable resources, energy efficiency, and other
demand reduction measures. The strategic plan must be done
using existing resources.
2)Requires IEPR be adopted on November 1, 2005.
EXISTING LAW requires CEC, every two years, to adopt an IEPR
that contains an overview of major energy trends and issues
facing the state, including, but not limited to, supply, demand,
pricing, reliability, efficiency, and impacts on public health
and safety, the economy, resources, and the environment. The
report is broken down into three sections: electricity and
natural gas markets; transportation fuels, technologies, and
infrastructure; and, public interest energy strategies.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor absorbable costs for CEC to incorporate the
additional information into IEPR.
COMMENTS : According to the author's office, the state is
suffering from a lack of direction on the future of the state's
electric transmission infrastructure. While there has been
significant discussion about the state's electric transmission
infrastructure meeting growth in electricity demand, ensuring
reliable delivery of existing resources, and accommodating
delivery of new resources, there is no single body charged with
developing an overall strategy for the system. ISO is charged
with planning and recommending transmission projects within it's
control area, the responsibility for building lies with the
transmission-owning utilities, who must obtain approval for
projects from PUC.
CEC, which is the state's energy planning and forecasting body,
is the most appropriate entity to examine the future of the
transmission system, the concerns of various players, and
recommend a path forward. This bill requires CEC to adopt a
strategic plan in their biennial IEPR for the electric
transmission infrastructure.
Analysis Prepared by : Kyra Emanuels Ross / NAT. RES. / (916)
319-2092
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