BILL NUMBER: AB 1585	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  579
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 6, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 6, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Blakeslee and Levine
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Simitian)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add and repeal Section 25305.2 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to energy resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1585, Blakeslee  Renewable energy resources: State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission:  reporting.
   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature, in
establishing the Renewable Energy Resources Program, to increase the
amount of renewable electricity generated per year, so that it equals
at least 17% of the total electricity generated for consumption in
California per year by 2006.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission (Energy Commission) to certify eligible
renewable energy resources, to design and implement an accounting
system to verify compliance with the renewables portfolio standard by
retail sellers, and to allocate and award supplemental energy
payments to cover above-market costs of renewable energy.
   Existing law requires the Energy Commission to prepare an
integrated energy policy report every 2 years. Existing law requires
the report to contain 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.
   This bill would require the Energy Commission to include in the
integrated energy policy report to be adopted November 1, 2007, a
review of the feasibility of increasing the target for the amount of
electricity to be procured from eligible renewable energy resources
to 33% by the year 2020, with the review including specified
information.
   The bill would provide that it shall only become operative if SB
107 of the 2005-06 Regular Session is also enacted and becomes
operative on or before January 1, 2006.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 25305.2 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   25305.2.  (a) In addition to the assessments required by Section
25305, the public interest energy strategies portion of the
integrated energy policy report to be adopted November 1, 2007, shall
include a review of the feasibility of increasing the target for
electricity to be procured from an eligible renewable energy
resource, as defined in Section 399.12 of the Public Utilities Code,
to 33 percent by the year 2020. The review shall consider and report
on all of the following:
   (1) Deliverability of electricity from eligible renewable energy
resources to end users and any needed additions or upgrades to the
transmission grid system.
   (2) Dispatchability of electricity from eligible renewable energy
resources and the consequences for the reliability of the electrical
system.
   (3) Long-term planning requirements identified in the 2006
procurement plans for electrical corporations approved by the Public
Utilities Commission pursuant to Section 454.5 of the Public
Utilities Code.
   (4) Potential impacts upon the rates of electrical corporations
and whether or not a renewable energy public goods charge is
necessary to fund the above-market costs of electricity generated
from eligible renewable energy resources.
   (5) The progress made by electrical corporations toward meeting
the goal of procuring 20 percent of the electricity sold to retail
customers per year by the year 2010, and the results of electrical
corporation bid solicitations pursuant to a renewable energy
procurement plan approved by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant
to Section 399.14 of the Public Utilities Code.
   (6) The progress made by all load-serving entities other than
electrical corporations, including the progress made by local
publicly owned electric utilities as defined in subdivision (d) of
Section 9604 of the Public Utilities Code, toward meeting the goal of
procuring 20 percent of the electricity sold to retail customers per
year by the year 2010.
   (b) The commission shall use existing resources to comply with
this section.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2008, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall become operative only if Senate Bill 107 of
the 2005-06 Regular Session is also enacted and becomes operative on
or before January 1, 2006.