BILL NUMBER: SB 1095	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 6, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bowen

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Section 373 of the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1095, as amended, Bowen.  Electrical restructuring.
   Existing law governing electrical restructuring authorizes
electrical corporations to apply to the Public Utilities Commission
for an order determining that certain uneconomic costs not be
collected from a particular class of customer or category of
electricity consumption, as prescribed.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in that
provision.   The bill would also state the intent of the
Legislature to ensure that the commission conducts an accurate
calculation of electrical restructuring transition costs to ensure an
equitable and timely conclusion to the transition to the competitive
generation of electricity in California. 
   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.   It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that
the Public Utilities Commission conducts an accurate calculation of
electrical restructuring transition costs to ensure an equitable and
timely conclusion to the transition to the competitive generation of
electricity in California.
  SEC. 2.   Section 373 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   373.  (a) Electrical corporations may apply to the commission for
an order determining that the costs identified in Sections 367, 368,
375, and 376 not be collected from a particular class of customer or
category of electricity consumption.
   (b) Subject to the fire wall specified in subdivision (e) of
Section 367, this section and Sections 372 and 374 shall apply if the
commission authorizes a nonbypassable charge prior to the
implementation of an Independent System Operator and Power Exchange
referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 365.