BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1585
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1585 (Blakeslee)
As Amended April 20, 2005
Majority vote
UTILITIES & COMMERCE 11-0 NATURAL
RESOURCES 10-0
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|Ayes:|Levine, Bogh, Baca, |Ayes:|Hancock, La Malfa, |
| |Blakeslee, Cohn, De La | |Pavley, Harman, Keene, |
| |Torre, Jerome Horton, | |Koretz, Laird, Nava, |
| |Keene, Montanez, | |Saldana, Wolk |
| |Ridley-Thomas, Wyland | | |
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APPROPRIATIONS 18-0
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|Ayes:|Levine, Bogh, Baca, | | |
| |Blakeslee, Cohn, De La | | |
| |Torre, Jerome Horton, | | |
| |Keene, Montanez, | | |
| |Ridley-Thomas, Wyland | | |
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SUMMARY : Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to
review the feasibility of increasing the renewable portfolio
standard (RPS) target to 33% by 2017 and to report the results
of this review to the Legislature and the Governor by July 1,
2007.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, absorbable costs to CEC, which indicates it is
already conducting such an evaluation.
COMMENTS : SB 1078 (Sher), Chapter 516, Statutes of 2002,
creates California's RPS, under which the investor owned
utilities are required to increase their renewable procurement
each year by at least 1% of total sales, so that 20% of their
sales are from renewable energy sources by December 31, 2017.
Once a 20% RPS is achieved, no further increase is required.
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The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is required to adopt
comparable requirements for direct access providers and
community choice aggregators. The Energy Action Plan adopted by
PUC, CEC and the state Power Authority pledges that the agencies
will accelerate RPS implementation to meet the 20% goal by 2010,
instead of 2017. In the 2004 update to its Integrated Energy
Policy Report, CEC recommended further advancing the state's
commitment to renewable resources by requiring retail sellers of
electricity to achieve a 33% RPS by 2017. This bill addresses
this recommendation by requiring CEC to further study the
feasibility of mandating that goal and reporting to the
Legislature and the Governor by July 1, 2007.
Analysis Prepared by : Edward Randolph / U. & C. / (916)
319-2083
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