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SB 77* (Pavley-D) Energy efficiency
Creates a state Property Assessed Clean Energy Reserve program to assist local jurisdictions in financing the installation of distributed generation of renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements.
Chapter 15, Statutes of 2010

SB 338 (Alquist-D) Alternative energy
Broadens the definition of "project" under the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, to apply to the property and activities that are utilized for the design, technology transfer, manufacture, production, assembly, distribution or service of renewable energy technologies, renewable energy projects, and renewable energy manufacturing service of renewable energy technologies, renewable energy projects, and renewable energy manufacturing.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 363 (Hancock-D) Energy: school energy efficiency
Allows the creation of new accounts for deposit of funds for school energy efficiency and solar energy installation projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 366 (Aanestad-R) Biomass energy
Changes the definition of eligible customer-generators to include residential, small commercial, commercial, industrial, or agricultural customers of an electric service provider that use biomass electricity generating facilities.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 376 (Simitian-D) Liquefied natural gas
Enacts the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and requires the California Energy Commission as a component of the integrated energy policy report, to conduct a study of the need for liquefied natural gas imports to meet the state's energy demand.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 401 (Wolk-D) Renewable energy: investments
Among other provisions, excludes from income taxation receipts of federal grants authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for qualified renewable energy investments in 2009 and 2010.
Chapter 14, Statutes of 2010

SB 409 (Ducheny-D) High-Speed Rail Authority
Requires Caltrans to prepare a rail connectivity plan and requires the High Speed Rail Authority to prepare a five-year capital program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 437 (Pavley-D) Unlisted telephone numbers
Prohibits all telephone corporations, including cell phone companies, from charging customers for having an unlisted telephone number.
(Failed passage in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 455 (Lowenthal-D) High-speed rail
Requires the five gubernatorial appointees to the High-Speed Rail Authority be confirmed by the Senate.
Vetoed

SB 460 (Wolk-D) Energy: transmission lines
Defines "electronic transmission line" to include a high-voltage transmission line proposed to be built by a local publicly-owned electric utility. Requires a local publicly-owned electric utility proposing to construct an electric transmission line to certify to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission that it has undertaken a specified action.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

SB 463* (Strickland-R) Renewable energy resource projects: tax credit
Enacts a tax credit for costs paid to install renewable energy resource projects.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

SB 523 (Pavley-D) Solar Feed-in Tariff Pilot Program
Creates the Solar Feed-in Tariff Pilot Program. Requires Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric Company to enter into agreements to purchase all of the electricity generated by the owner or operator of a solar energy generation facility located within the territory served by that electrical corporation at specified prices using a contract developed by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), as provided. Specifies that the program will be limited to the City of Santa Monica and other pilot cities to be selected by the PUC.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 534* (Strickland-R) Wind and geothermal energy
Excludes the value of a small wind turbine or geothermal heat pump system from the definition of "new construction" for purposes of property tax assessment. Becomes operative only if SCA 13 (Strickland-R) is approved by the voters.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 542 (Wiggins-D) Solar energy and energy efficiency programs
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop and implement a strategy to expand the participation of multi-tenant buildings in utility energy efficiency and solar energy programs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 551 (Strickland-R) Energy: transmission lines
Expands "electric transmission line" to include an electric powerline that carries electricity from any powerplant located in the state to a point of junction with an interconnected transmission system, an electric powerline that is rated at 200 kilovolts or above, and an electric powerline that is rated between 50 kilovolts and 200 kilovolts that is needed to support the stability and reliability of the interconnected transmission line, thereby giving the California Energy Commission the exclusive power to certify these electric powerlines.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 672 (Cox-R) South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities District
Allows the South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities District, on or before 1/1/15, to submit to the State Water Resources Control Board and certain legislative committees, a report containing specified information on the installation of water meters by the district.
(Died in Senate Resources and Water Committee)

SB 675 (Steinberg-D) Energy job training
Establishes the Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Job Training, Career Technical Education, and Dropout Prevention Program by creating a grant program for California Partnership Academies that focus on clean technology and renewable energy businesses, as specified.
Vetoed

SB 712 (Padilla-D) "211" telephone number system
Requires an information and referral service provider to operate a "211" system in a manner that is consistent with the applicable orders of the Federal Communications Commission and the Public Utilities Commission.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 721 (Steinberg-D) Energy: greenhouse gas emissions
Establishes in statute the Climate Action Team, with specified membership. Requires the Climate Action Team to coordinate state policy with respect to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 722 (Simitian-D) Renewable energy resources
Increases California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal from 20% by 2010 to 33% by 2020, and revises specified provisions of the existing RPS statutes, as specified. Requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to monitor and enforce the investor owned utility (IOU) and energy service producers (ESP) compliance with the RPS targets, including directing each IOU to prepare and annually update a renewable energy procurement plan, to be reviewed and approved by the PUC, and an annual RPS compliance report. Authorizes the PUC to approve an IOU's application to construct, own and operate an eligible renewable energy resources in order to meet the RPS targets, so that such facilities represent no more than 8.25% of the IOU's retail sales by 12/1/20. Requires the Energy Commission to adopt regulations specifying procedures to ensure publicly-owned utilities (POUs) meet RPS targets and to monitor their compliance, and assigns the ARB-not the Energy Commission-responsibility to enforce POU compliance with the RPS. Requires a "balanced portfolio" of renewable energy, meaning, among other things, that 75% of the portfolio must be interconnected to the grid within, scheduled not less than hourly for direct delivery into, or dynamically transferred by a California balancing authority. Requires the PUC to issue a decision on an application for a certificate authorizing construction of new transmission facilities within 18 months of the date of filing of the completed application. Permits the PUC to delay compliance with an RPS requirement if it finds insufficient transmission exists to meet the RPS, or there were unforeseen delays in permitting or interconnecting projects. Permits the PUC to establish a cost limitation for each IOU on its expenditures to procure eligible renewable energy resources used to comply with the RPS. Relaxes the criteria by which the PUC determines the necessity of a retail electricity provider's application to build new transmission facilities to achieve the RPS. Authorizes use of renewable energy credits for RPS compliance, good for 18 months following the generation of electricity represented by the renewable energy credits. Directs the Energy Commission to update its previous studies on the capacity of the electricity grid to carry wind and solar energy resources. Requires the Department of Fish and Game to establish an internal division to conduct planning and environmental compliance services, giving priority to eligible renewable energy projects. Appropriates $322,000 from the PUC Utilities Reimbursement Account to the PUC for additional staff to transmission line applications that facilitate RPS compliance.
(Died on Senate Unfinished Business File)

SB 730 (Wiggins-D) Energy efficiency
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that local and regional interests are considered when evaluating energy-efficiency investments, and requires investor owned utilities to collaborate with regional authorities and other public agencies when developing its energy-efficiency programs.
Vetoed

SB 805 (Wright-D) Renewable energy resources: procurement
Revises the California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program by (1) requiring investor-owned utilities to increase total procurement of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources by at least an additional 1% of retail sales annually so that 33% of its retail sales are procured from eligible renewable energy resources no later than 12/31/20, (2) requiring that, beginning 1/1/12, the cost limitation established by the Public Utilities Commission be 3% of the previous year's annual revenue requirement for all direct and indirect RPS costs, and (3) requiring the Commission to adopt flexible rules for compliance with the existing and proposed RPS procurement thresholds.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 814 (Ashburn-R) Public utilities: eminent domain
Provides that specified notice requirements do not apply a condemnation eminent domain action brought by a public utility consistent with existing law.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 854* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) High Speed Rail
Among other provisions (1) authorizes the Governor to appoint six management level exempt positions to the High Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) upon the recommendation of the executive director. Compensation for these positions shall not exceed the highest comparable compensation for a position of that type, as established through a salary survey, and shall require approval of the Department of Personnel Administration, (2) requires the HSRA to report biannually to the Legislature, beginning 3/1/11, on the status of development and implementation of intercity high-speed rail service, (3) requires that the members of the High Speed Rail Independent Peer Review Group be designated by 11/1/10, and requires that group to designate a chairperson. Requires the HSRA to designate a liaison for the Independent Peer Review Group. Lastly, authorizes the members of the peer review group to collect a $100 per-day per diem that cannot exceed $500 per month.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)
A similar bill was AB 1614 (Assembly Budget Committee) which failed passage on Senate Floor.

SB 855* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Energy programs: budget trailer bill
Among other provisions, makes various changes to renewable energy sitings, renewable fuel and vehicle technology, and energy assistance funding laws in the 2010 Resources Budget Trailer Bill.
Chapter 718, Statutes of 2010
A similar bill was AB 1615 (Assembly Budget Committee) which died on the Assembly Third Reading File.

SB 920 (Yee-D) Telephone directories
With respect to any telephone directory distributed by a telephone corporation or one of its affiliates, requires each corporation to (1) allow any telephone service customer to opt-out of receiving a telephone directory published by a telephone corporation, (2) not deliver a directory, to any subscriber who has opted-out of delivery until the subscriber requests delivery be resumed as specified, and (3) provide on the front cover of its telephone directory, a clear and conspicuous language of the following information (a) a telephone number or Internet Web site address, or both for a subscriber to use in submitting a request to opt-out of delivery of future directories, and (b) a statement that the directory can be recycled.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 936* (Strickland-R) Energy property: taxation
Provides under the income tax/corporation tax laws that gross income does not include any grant to a taxpayer who places in service specified energy property in accordance with the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, but requires that the amount of any grant be used to adjust the basis of the property in accordance with specified requirements.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

SB 947 (Leno-D) Electrical corporations: political expenditures
Prohibits a specific electrical and gas corporation from spending funds received from ratepayers on political and public affairs related to state or local governments.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Utilities and Commerce Committee)

SB 964 (Alquist-D) High Speed Rail Authority
Requires that the High-Speed Rail Authority and the Employment Development Department collaboratively prepare a labor market assessment of the workforce needs associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the high-speed train system.
Vetoed

SB 965 (DeSaulnier-D) High Speed Rail Authority
Encourages the timely development of high-speed rail to enhance job creation and establishes reporting requirements.
Vetoed

SB 988* (Huff-R) Energy regulations
Requires the Bureau of State Audits to review and make recommendations on all energy-related regulations five years after their adoption or amendment. Requires the agency that adopted the regulation to allow the regulation to sunset, adopt the Bureau's recommendations, or develop its own plan for addressing the Bureau's recommendations.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1035 (Hancock-D) Municipal utility districts
Authorizes a municipal utility district to collect delinquent fees incurred by a commercial or residential lessee, tenant, or subtenant by charging the delinquent fees to the property owner's tax roll, as specified, and deletes a provision of existing law which exempts water and sewer service to residential property from the lien remedy.
Chapter 485, Statutes of 2010

SB 1040* (Padilla-D) Telecommunications universal service programs
Authorizes an additional $125 million for the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) for allocation between 2010-11 and 2015-16, designates separate accounts within the CASF to promote broadband deployment statewide. Specifies that all moneys in the Fund are to be made available upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Requires the PUC to annually provide a report to the Legislature, until 1/1/16, relating to CASF, as specified.
Chapter 317, Statutes of 2010

SB 1073* (Ashburn-R) Renewable energy research: tax credit
Increases the research and development tax credit from 15% to 20% for green technology and renewable energy research and development costs.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

SB 1074* (Ashburn-R) Renewable energy: manufacturer's investment tax credit
Provides a manufacturer's investment tax credit of 6% of the cost of qualified property used in green technology and renewable energy resources business.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

SB 1097 (Strickland-R) Utility services: master-meter customers: mobilehome parks
Requires electric and natural gas utilities to accept the transfer of electricity or natural gas systems serving master-metered mobilehome parks, provided that certain criteria are met.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1153 (Hancock-D) Energy: sustainable energy zone
Authorizes the California Energy Commission (CEC) to designate sustainable energy zones that are suitable for the development of renewable energy projects. Makes the adoption of sustainable energy zones subject to the California Environmental Quality Act-equivalent review process of the CEC.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1154 (Cedillo-D) Public Utilities Commission: Earned Income Tax Credit
Requires, until 1/1/15, the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that all applications for the California Alternate Rates for Energy and the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service programs include information about the applicant's eligibility to qualify for the federal earned income tax credit.
Vetoed

SB 1198 (Huff-R) Energy: regulation
Prevents the California Energy Commission from implementing existing television product labeling regulations before 7/1/11. In addition, regulations shall only be effective if a Federal Trade Commission labeling rule for television products is not effective on or before 7/1/11.
Chapter 486, Statutes of 2010

SB 1212 (Leno-D) Cellular telephone devices: specific absorption rate
Requires specific language relating to the specific absorption rate, to be included at the point of sale on the Internet Web site of a phone service provider or manufacturer, on the exterior packaging, and in the instruction manuals of cellular telephone devices that are sold in the State of California, as specified.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 1247* (Dutton-R) Energy: projects
Defines as Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) eligible incremental increases gained from efficiency improvements at the Rock Creek Powerhouse as long as the efficiency improvements receive approval from the State Water Resources Control Board. Provides that hydroelectric facilities qualify toward meeting RPS compliance regardless of whether the facilities cause a change in the volume or timing of streamflow pursuant to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license condition for licenses issued after 1/1/10 (This provision is in response to a Sacramento Municipal Utility District project).
Chapter 488, Statutes of 2010

SB 1248* (Dutton-R) Electricity generating bicycles: corrections
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, until 1/1/12, to create and administer a pilot program at a facility with a low-risk inmate population for testing one or more stationary electricity generating bicycles to create additional, renewable energy to mitigate the facility's electricity use by powering one or more television monitors for viewing by inmates, as specified.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 1264 (Leno-D) Commercial airlines: passenger rights
Establishes rights for passengers who are detained on an airlines for over 2 hours.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 1276 (Cox-R) Public utility liens
Requires the trustee or mortgagee of a defaulted deed of trust mortgage on real property to satisfy any existing judgment liens, as provided, filed by a public utility of any city, county, or city and county against the judgment debtor prior to sale of the real property.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1320 (Hancock-D) Transit agencies: violations
Allows specified local transit agencies to adopt an adjudication process and imposes an administrative penalty for transit-related offenses committed by non-minors, and these local transit agencies from establishing administrative penalties that exceed the maximum criminal fine set forth in current law.
Chapter 493, Statutes of 2010

SB 1340 (Kehoe-D) Energy: alternative fuels and vehicle technologies
Expands the use of the voluntary contractual assessment to finance electric vehicle charging infrastructure affixed on real property and expands the Property Assessed Clean Energy Reserve program to assist local jurisdictions in financing the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Chapter 649, Statutes of 2010

SB 1341 (Price-D) L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracts
Enacts additional provisions applicable to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority relative to preferences in contracting for small business enterprises, as defined.
Chapter 494, Statutes of 2010

SB 1367 (Wyland-R) Renewable energy: 20% procurement attainment date
Extends the target date for a retail seller to procure 20% of its retail sales from eligible renewable energy resources from 12/31/10 to 12/31/20.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 1375 (Price-D) Telephone corporations: residential telephone service: "911"
Allows a local telephone corporation to provide access to 911 emergency services for at least 120 days after disconnection of residential basic phone service for nonpayment of any delinquent account, instead of indefinitely. Allows a telephone corporation to disconnect any line in existence on 1/1/11, that provides access to 911 emergency services with no customer account attached for that line, if a 90-day notice is provided that contains specified information.
Chapter 332, Statutes of 2010

SB 1398 (DeSaulnier-D) Public utilities: property tax revenue allocations
Revises property tax formulas to allocate property tax revenues from a proposed public utility power plant in Contra Costa County to benefit the Oakley Redevelopment Agency.
(Died on Senate Unfinished Business File)

SB 1414 (Kehoe-D) Public Utilities Commission: procedures: rehearings
Clarifies the timeline and manner in which the Public Utilities Commission may extend the review period for a rehearing application. Double-jointed with AB 2769 (Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee).
Vetoed

SB 1435 (Padilla-D) Electrical vehicle charging stations
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules as it deems necessary for the charging of plug-in electric vehicles.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

SB 1437 (Kehoe-D) Electricity: Independent System Operator: activities report
Requires a representative of the California Independent System Operator to annually appear before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and Assembly.
Vetoed

SB 1441 (Leno-D) Public utilities: holding company
Prohibits a public utility from transferring moneys to its holding company unless approved by a 2/3 vote of the public utility's ratepayers.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 1455 (Kehoe-D) Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles: Internet Web site
Requires the California Energy Commission, by 7/1/11, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, to develop and maintain an Internet Web site containing specific links to electrical corporation and local publicly owned electric utility Internet Web sites or other Internet Web sites that contain information specific to plug-in hybrid or fully electric vehicles, including information on the following: (1) resources to direct a consumer on how to find out if his/her residence will require a utility service upgrade, (2) basic charging circuit requirements, (3) utility rate options, and (4) load management techniques.
Chapter 337, Statutes of 2010

SB 1462 (Padilla-D) California Broadband Council
Establishes a 9-member California Broadband Council (Council) to promote broadband deployment and adoption throughout the state, and requires the Council to ensure that state agencies are coordinating efforts and resources to promote broadband deployment and adoption.
Chapter 338, Statutes of 2010

SB 1465 (Lowenthal-D) Energy: microturbines
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to require an electrical corporation to purchase excess electricity from a customer of an electrical corporation that uses a microturbine with a generating capacity of not more than one megawatt that runs off of waste or standard gas associated with the extraction of oil or gas and has a time-of-use meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in 2 directions.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 1467 (Padilla-D) Public utilities
Corrects certain existing references in the Public Utilities Code by revising "electric corporation" to "electrical corporation". Requires the chair of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to appear annually before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and Assembly to report on the activities of the commission. Revises provisions in statute to refer to local exchange carrier, instead of local exchange service providers and local exchange telephone corporation. Removes the repealing of a provision in law concerning wharfinger to condemn property. Repeals and amends several sections of the Public Utilities Code and the Public Resources Code which are obsolete.
Vetoed

SB 1476 (Padilla-D) Public utilities
Requires an investor-owned utility (IOU) or publicly owned utility (POU) using advanced metering (smart meters) to protect consumers' energy usage data from an unauthorized access or disclosure, and prohibits IOUs and POUs from certain activities. Deletes a pilot project relating to the relative value to ratepayers of information, rate design, and metering innovations.
Chapter 497, Statutes of 2010

SB 34X8* (Padilla-D) Solar and photovoltaic powerplants: siting
Seeks to facilitate renewable energy projects proposed for siting in the California desert that are eligible for federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, by allowing eligible project developers to pay in-lieu fees that would then be used by the Department of Fish and Game to acquire and restore habitat lands for species impacted by the projects. Clarifies that communications relating to applications for site certification before the California Energy Commission (CEC) that are made by employees of other state agencies to the presiding officer or agency head, or between a presiding officer and a commissioner, for the purpose of enabling the presiding officer to effectively manage the proceeding, are not subject to the general prohibition on ex-parte communications during pending administrative adjudicatory proceedings. Allows siting applicants to voluntarily pay CEC's costs to have outside consultants to expedite siting application review. Allows CEC to pay recruitment and retention differentials to certain employees working in the powerplant siting division.
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session

SCR 60 (Negrete McLeod-D) Water utility and chemical facilities
Urges the state, county, and local governments, the owners and operators of water utility facilities, and the chemical companies that supply these utilities to mitigate the potential harm involved in the release of hazardous substances by substituting Inherently Safer Technology.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 40 (Smyth-R) Electrical generation facilities
Declares that the use of potable domestic water for cooling towers that are part of a generating system that is an eligible renewable energy resource is a reasonable use of water if certain requirements are met.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 51 (Blakeslee-R) Energy: agricultural customers
Permits agricultural electricity customers who have installed solar or wind generation systems to aggregate the electricity use of adjacent properties, in order to use the excess generation from solar or wind systems to offset all of the customer's electricity usage.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 150* (Smyth-R) Energy efficiency products
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for "energy efficient products" sold or purchased during a "qualified period" each year beginning in 2010.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 212 (Saldana-D) Energy: building standards: zero net energy buildings
Requires the California Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the utilities, and interested parties, to adopt standards requiring new residential construction to utilize "zero net energy," effective the latter of 1/1/20, or the date on which the Commission determines that the use of photovoltaic technology is cost effective.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 228 (Huffman-D) Energy: net energy metering
Expands the net metering energy participation cap from 5% to 6% and allocates the additional 1% to large commercial or industrial customers but prohibits those customers from offsetting charges for transmission and distribution services. Expands the size of eligible wind and solar facilities from 1 megawatt to 5 megawatts.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 289 (Galgiani-D) High Speed Rail Authority
Authorizes the Governor, subject to on appropriation, to appoint up to six additional civil service-exempt staff for the management and administration of the High-Speed Rail Authority, and requires certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to be used for planning and engineering, and for capital costs, for the high-speed train system consistent with federal law and regulations and specified provisions of SB 965 (DeSaulnier-D).
Vetoed

AB 380 (De La Torre-D) California Clean Energy Curriculum and Training Initiative
Enacts the California Clean Energy Curriculum and Training Initiative by having the Labor Agency establish standardized courses of study covering components necessary to effectively and safely install, inspect, or repair clean energy systems, and to train others to do so. Directs the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to convene the Electrical Industry Training Committee to develop a model solar curriculum.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 424 (Torres-D) 911 emergency telephone system
Requires the Office of the Chief Information Officer to develop and implement a public education campaign regarding appropriate and inappropriate uses of the 911 emergency telephone system.
Vetoed

AB 432 (Nestande-R) Renewable energy resources: solar feed-in tariff
Establishes a solar fee-in tariff, as defined, pilot program that is applicable to the City of Palm Desert, which is within the service territory of Southern California Edison Company.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 437 (Yamada-D) Mobile telephony service
Prohibits a mobile telephony service provider from directing a customer to a sales representative for the provider when the customer attempts to use the service to complete a telephone call to a person or business other than the provider.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 510 (Evans-D) Net energy metering
Requires that the standard contract or tariff for net energy metering be offered on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. Requires an electrical corporation to include a provision in the net energy metering contract or tariff requiring that any customer with an existing electrical generating facility and meter who enters into a new net energy metering contract to provide an inspection report to the electrical corporation, unless the electrical generating facility and meter have been installed or inspected within the previous three years.
Chapter 6, Statutes of 2010

AB 546* (Knight-R) Solar photovoltaic panels: sales tax
Provides a state sales and use tax exemption for tangible personal property purchased for use primarily in any stage of the manufacturing of solar photovoltaic panels.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 560 (Skinner-D) Net energy metering
Increases, from 2.5% to 5%, the percentage of an electric utility's peak load that may be provided by customers operating solar or wind systems under a net energy meeting tariff.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)

AB 617 (Blumenfield-D) Reduction of energy use
Requires the Office of the Chief Information Officer to establish and enforce a state information technology strategic plan to protect the environment and reduce energy use.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 684* (Ma-D) Alternative energy
Allows the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, in coordination with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to establish the Clean Energy and Fuels Manufacturing Financial Assistance Program to solicit submission of applications from lender-applicants in the form of requests for bond financing, loans, loan loss reserve, or risk-sharing loan guarantees, for eligible projects, as defined, in order to promote the creation of California-based manufacturing, California based jobs, and the reduction of greenhouse gas, air , or water pollution.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 709 (Lieu-D) Charter-party carriers: airports
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt and enforce rules requiring drivers for charter-party carriers serving airports to undergo criminal background checks.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 771 (Torres-D) Public utilities: residential utility services
Prohibits utility corporations from seeking to recover charges or penalties, in connection with furnishing services to a tenant of the owner of the residential property to which services were provided, from any subsequent tenant or the property owner. Prohibits those corporations from demanding or receiving a security deposit in an amount that is more than two times the estimated average periodic bill or three times the estimated average monthly bill for the provision of services and prohibits those corporations from imposing a reconnection charge for terminated service if the customer provides that security deposit.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 901 (Davis-D) Public utilities: corporate responsibilities
Requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to compile and make publicly available a comprehensive list of corporate responsibility principals to be followed by all public utilities whose rates and charges are regulated under rate-of-return regulation by the PUC. Requires that a public utility whose rates and charges are regulated under rate-of-return regulation by the PUC, with annual gross revenue of $50 million or more, report by April 1 of each year to the Legislature and the PUC and make publicly available on a company Internet Web site certain information relative to employee and executive compensation.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 922* (Miller-R) Biomass-based diesel fuel: tax
Exempts temporarily biomass-based diesel fuel produced in this state with "California feedstock" from the tax imposed under the Diesel Fuel Tax Law.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 960 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Renewable energy resources: powerplant siting
Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to establish a process for certain applicants for certification of a geothermal powerplant that is proposed to be constructed in the planning area for the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, that allows the applicant to elect to pay additional fees to be used by the CEC to contract with third parties to assist the CEC staff in performing the analysis otherwise performed by staff in determining whether or not to issue a certification.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee)

AB 1012 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Renewable energy resources: endangered species
Establishes a procedure for the Department of Fish and Game to assess a permit application fee from the owner or developer of an eligible renewable energy project.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)

AB 1023 (Ruskin-D) Renewable energy resources
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop a feed-in tariff program for eligible renewable electric generation that is less than 10 megawatts in size.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1028* (Blumenfield-D) Renewable energy systems: sales and use tax exemption
Provides a sales tax exemption for qualified renewable energy systems (solar, wind, geothermal systems) for homes and small businesses during each April, from 2010 to 2020, subject to future implementation of a carbon-based tax in this state.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1030 (Blumenfield-D) Renewable energy projects: Department of Transportation
Authorizes the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles to map the renewable energy development potential of property owned or controlled by the Department of Transportation, upon receipt of funding for the project.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1035 (DeVore-R) Nuclear power plants
Exempts from the California Energy Commission power plant certification laws the first nuclear power plant to obtain an early site permit from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1078* (Feuer-D) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Changes the notification to Los Angeles County Members of the Legislature required for amendments to the Measure R transportation sales tax expenditure plan.
Chapter 568, Statutes of 2010

AB 1105 (Blakeslee-R) Energy: building retrofit loans
Requires the California Energy Commission to implement the Building Energy Retrofit Revolving Loan Program to provide loans for energy conservation projects retrofitting nonresidential buildings built before 7/1/78.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1106* (Fuentes-D) Alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology
Permits the California Energy Commission to contract with small business financial development corporations to expend Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Technology Program funds.
Chapter 356, Statutes of 2010

AB 1108 (Fuentes-D) Electric and gas utility service: master-meter customers
Requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), by 7/1/11, to open an investigation or other appropriate proceeding to evaluate and report to the Legislature by 1/1/14, when an owner of a master-metered mobilehome park or manufactured housing community that provides gas or electric service to residents should be required to transfer responsibility for gas or electric service to the gas or electrical corporation providing service in the area in which the park or community is located, along with those plant, facilities, and interests in real property that the PUC, in consultation with the gas or electrical corporation, determines are necessary, convenient, or cost effective to provide service, as specified. Sunsets on 1/1/18.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 1111 (Blakeslee-R) Energy projects
Expands the types of projects for which the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority may authorize a sales tax exclusion to encompass sales lease-back arrangements involving facilities and equipment used to manufacture renewable energy components.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1159* (V. Manuel Perez-D) Renewable energy: enterprise zones
Authorizes a taxpayer engaged in a trade or business in enterprise zones to aggregate the value of sales and use tax credits attributable to the purchase, and placement in service, of machinery and machinery parts used for the production of renewable energy resources in all of the enterprise zones in which the taxpayer is engaged in a trade or business and apply the tax credit to tax liabilities attributable to activities within one or more enterprise zones, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 1184* (Adams-R) Automatic dialing-announcing devices: governmental officials
Exempts from the prohibition on the use of automatic dialing-announcing devices, calls made by a state or local public official for a governmental purpose. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to determine what is not a governmental purpose.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1283 (Smyth-R) Public Utilities Commission: review of legislation
Require the Public Utilities Commission to advise the Legislature whenever it comes to the attention of the Commission that a bill that is pending before the Legislature would likely (1) reduce the reliability of the electrical transmission and distribution system in any area of the state, (2) result in a shortage of electricity needed to meet projected demand in any area of the state, (3) impair the ability of retail sellers or local publicly owned electric utilities to meet their renewables portfolio standard, or (4) impair the ability of any electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, electric service provider, or community choice aggregator to meet its emission reduction goals pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1305 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Air pollution: imported electricity: mitigation fee
Imposes an import fee of $0.001 per kilowatt hour on electricity from new power plants in Mexico to fund air pollution control in adjacent California air districts.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1315 (Ruskin-D) Telecommunications
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to participate in a proceeding if an incumbent local exchange carrier files a forbearance petition with the Federal Communications Commission, which in this case, is a petition to request that the local exchange carrier not be required to provide access to its network to any requesting telecommunications carrier.
Chapter 358, Statutes of 2010

AB 1316 (Ma-D) Public utilities: low-income customers
Expands the size and responsibilities of the Low-Income Oversight Board within the Public Utilities Commission.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 1333 (Hagman-R) Electrical transmission lines
Prohibits an electrical corporation from reconstructing an electrical transmission line that runs through a residential community unless it undertakes several requirements, such as compensating residential landowners near the transmission line for any reduction in property values.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1348 (Blakeslee-R) Electrical corporations: procurement of electricity
Requires the investor-owned electrical utilities (electrical corporations) to submit fossil fuel procurement plans to the Public Utilities Commission.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 1350 (Blakeslee-R) Energy: regional mitigation
Authorizes the California Energy Commission to communicate, coordinate, and work with other state agencies to consider and implement regional mitigation measures for renewable energy projects developed pursuant to the Renewable Portfolio Standard.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 1371 (Smyth-R) Generating facilities
Declares that the use of potable domestic water for cooling towers that are part of a generating facility that is an eligible renewable energy resource is a reasonable use of water if certain conditions are met.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1375 (Galgiani-D) High Speed Rail Authority
Authorizes the Governor, for purposes of managing and administering the ongoing work of the High Speed Rail Authority in implementing the high-speed train project, and upon the recommendation of the executive director, to appoint up to six additional authority employees, exempt from civil service, who would serve in specified positions at the pleasure of the executive director. Requires a salary survey to be conducted to determine the maximum compensation for the executive director and additional exempt employees, and requires the salaries to be approved by the Department of Personnel Administration.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1480 (Tran-R) Telephone corporations
Provides that the definition of a telephone corporation does not include any service using voice communication technology primarily to allow individual users to navigate and retrieve information from the Internet, as defined.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1496 (Skinner-D) Energy efficiency measures: contractors
Establishes sanctions for contractors who fail to comply with energy efficiency standards.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1497 (Hall-D) Public utilities: intervenor fees
Provides that the cost of intervenor fees awarded for proceedings related to specific telephone corporations shall be paid from the Public Utilities Commission's intervenor compensation fund and not by the telephone corporation.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1528 (Ruskin-D) Telecommunications: lifeline service rates
Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from authorizing a telephone corporation to increase rates or charges for local exchange services provided to lifeline telephone service subscribers above those in effect on 1/1/09, except that rates and charges for local exchange services provided to lifeline telephone service subscribers may be increased in an amount no greater than the maximum annual cost-of-living percentage increase established for the CalWORKS program.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1536 (Blakeslee-R) Distributed energy resources incentive program
Authorizes an eligible "customer-generator," as defined, to participate in resource adequacy distributed generation, as specified.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 1552 (Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee) Coastal Powerplants
Provides that for a municipally owned coastal powerplant that is not new, as defined, the best available technology for a municipally owned powerplant shall be evaluated on a facility-wide basis using design flow.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1586 (Swanson-D) Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Authorizes the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to establish an office of independent police auditor to investigate complaints against district police personnel. Requires that, if the BART Board does establish a police auditor's office, the powers and duties of the auditor would be as specified.
Chapter 78, Statutes of 2010

AB 1650 (Feuer-D) Energy Sector Investment: Iran
Prohibits the State of California and its subdivisions from contracting for over $1 million dollars with companies that have specified business activities in Iran's petroleum sector and requires a company seeking to bid on state and local government contracts to certify that they are not engaged in developing Iran's petroleum resources.
Chapter 573, Statutes of 2010

AB 1660 (Salas-D) Emergency aircraft flights
Adds to the definition of emergency aircraft flight for medical purposes an emergency medical flight returning to its home base during curfew hours with the health professionals that accompanied patients or medical products on the in-bound flight.
Chapter 54, Statutes of 2010

AB 1705* (V. Manuel Perez-D) Energy property grants: income tax exclusion
Conforms to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to create an exclusion from gross income for energy grants received by a taxpayer, in lieu of the federal energy credits.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 1809 (Smyth-R) Home Energy Rating System: energy audits
Allows a client to request a home inspection to be accompanied by a Home Energy Rating System energy audit and requires such an audit to comply with the specified standards established by the California Energy Commission for Home Energy Rating System home energy audits.
Chapter 453, Statutes of 2010

AB 1873 (Huffman-D) Property Assessed Clean Energy bonds
Allows the State Treasurer, the California Public Employees Retirement System, and the State Compensation Insurance Fund to invest in Property Assessed Clean Energy bonds. Double-jointed with SB 1407 (Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee).
Chapter 583, Statutes of 2010

AB 1879 (Beall-D) Electrical and gas corporations
Provides that if the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has not reconsidered Decision 86-06-035 it made in 1986, in a proceeding on or before January 1, 2011, the PUC is to open a proceeding to examine whether the 3-year limit on billing adjustments for meter and billing errors is an appropriate timeframe for small commercial customers of gas and electrical corporations.
Vetoed

AB 1918 (Davis-D) Public utilities: wireless telecommunications: providers
Requires the California Public Utilities Commission to require specified wireless telecommunications service providers to annually report on their progress in increasing contracting with women- and minority-owned businesses and disabled veteran business enterprises.
Chapter 456, Statutes of 2010

AB 1923 (Evans-D) Solar energy systems: theft prevention
Allows the Public Utilities Commission to use funds dedicated for research and development from the California Solar Initiative for antitheft technology to protect investments in solar energy systems.
Vetoed

AB 1947 (Fong-D) Solar energy
Permits a publicly owned utility to implement a solar program that allows customers to offset part or all of their electricity demand, with a solar energy system not located on the premises of the consumer.
Chapter 459, Statutes of 2010

AB 1954 (Skinner-D) Electrical transmission: renewable energy resources
Allows the Public Utilities Commission to approve in advance the recovery through electricity rates of the costs of a transmission proposed to meet the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard goals. Double-jointed with SB 722 (Simitian).
Chapter 460, Statutes of 2010

AB 2014* (Torrico-D) Energy efficient homes: income taxes: credits
Establishes a pilot program for the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, whereby homeowners can claim an income tax credit for energy efficiency improvements on their principal residence.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2037 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Electricity: air pollution
Prohibits a load-serving entity or local publicly-owned electric utility from entering into and the Public Utilities Commission from approving a long-term financial commitment for a new electrical generation facility built in California, or in a shared pollution area if that facility does not meet Best Available Control Technology standards and air pollution emissions requirements.
Chapter 422, Statutes of 2010

AB 2061 (Carter-D) Electric distribution: efficiency
Requires the development of electric transmission and distribution efficiency measures by California utilities with more than 100,000 customers.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2132 (Carter-D) Energy efficiency improvements
Allows funds in the Renewable Resources Trust Fund to be used for energy improvements in existing buildings, until 1/1/12.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2162 (Niello-R) Public utilities: eminent domain
Provides that existing prohibition upon specified public utilities condemning property if they offer competitive services does not apply to a gas corporation seeking to develop a natural gas storage facility in a natural gas reservoir if the need for the storage project at the proposed location was determined in an evidentiary hearing before the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 2207 (Fong-D) Utilities: termination of services
Requires investor-owned utilites to allow a customer who is subject to termination of service for nonpayment of a delinquent bill to enter into a bill payment plan and re-establishment of credit-deposits for low-income customers. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a benchmark to monitor disconnection rates and to conduct biennial affordability surveys.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 2213 (Fuentes-D) Moore Universal Telephone Service Act
Requires that every household in the state be given access to lifeline telephone service, rather than every individual and allows the Public Utilities Commission to determine what is considered lifeline service.
Chapter 381, Statutes of 2010

AB 2231 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Renewable Energy Action Team
Requires the California Energy Commission to convene the Renewable Energy Action Team to develop and adopt the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 2296 (Saldana-D) Energy: solar energy systems
Allows a solar energy system that is located on a near-site location to the end-use consumer, to be eligible for ratepayers funded incentives from the California Solar Initiatives, and defines near-site as located on or adjacent to the customer's owned, leased, or rented premises.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 2378 (Tran-R) Renewable energy program
Includes any combination of the renewable resources to qualify as an eligible renewable energy device under the California Energy Commissions Renewables Program and for Renewable Portfolio Standard compliance.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 2441 (Tom Berryhill-R) Natural gas surcharge
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to open a ratemaking to examine among ratepayer classes of the surcharge (Public Goods Charge) on natural gas customers, and in doing so consider job creation, job retention, and job training.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2514 (Skinner-D) Energy storage systems
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to determine appropriate targets, if any, for load serving entities to procure energy storage systems and requires load serving entities to meet any targets adopted by the Commission by 2015 and 2020.
Chapter 469, Statutes of 2010

AB 2519 (Arambula-IN) Net energy metering
Requires, for the purposes of determining whether an agricultural customer-generator using wind or solar electric generation is a net consumer or a net surplus customer-generator during a 12-month period, the electric utility to aggregate the electrical load of the agricultural customer under the same ownership located on property adjacent or contiguous to the generation facility.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 2525* (Blumenfield-D) Clean energy technology: sales tax exemption
Exempts from sales and use taxes the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of, tangible personal property purchased by a qualified person for use in the manufacturing process of clean energy technology as specified.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 2545 (De La Torre-D) Prepaid communications services
Requires that no later than 60 days after the effective date of the bill, the Public Utilities Commission is to conduct a public process for the purpose of developing an equitable and uniform method of collection for state and local government imposed communications taxes, fees, and surcharges end-user consumers.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 2561 (Villines-R) Department of Energy
Establishes a new Department of Energy headed by a Secretary of Energy appointed by the Governor and transfers functions of the California Energy Commission to the new department as specified.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

A similar bill was AB 1016 (Villines-R) which died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee) and AB 33 X3 (Villines-R) which died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.

AB 2572 (Bradford-D) Charter-party carriers
Expands the definition of a charter-party carrier to include any person, or entity engaged in providing transportation service where the vehicle is rented is operated by a for-hire driver and changes certificate renewal fees and imposes additional enforcement provisions to allow the California Public Utilities Commission to exercise enforcement techniques.
Chapter 472, Statutes of 2010

AB 2589* (Tran-R) Income taxes: renewable energy credits
Allows personal and corporate income tax credits of 1.8 cents per kilowatt hour, for electricity produced by a dual renewable energy device by qualified producers at facilities located in the state or within three miles offshore.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 2614 (John Perez-D) Energy home retrofit
Requires the California Energy Commission to undertake several activities upon enactment of the federal Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 regarding energy efficiency. Sunsets on 1/1/12.
(Died in Senate Inactive Files)

AB 2628 (V. Manuel Perez-D) Renewable Energy Workforce
Requires the California Workforce Investment Board to establish a Renewable Energy Workforce Readiness Initiative to ensure green collar career placement and advancement opportunities within California's renewable energy generation, manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, and operation sectors that is targeted towards specified populations.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

AB 2662 (Hagman-R) Electrical transmission towers
Prohibits an electrical corporation from building substantially larger transmission towers when the easement runs through an occupied residential area.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 2679 (Eng-D) Energy use: State Buildings
Requires specified reductions in energy and water use over time in state buildings whose operating costs are funded from the General Fund.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2690 (De La Torre-D) Telephone corporations: call centers
Requires telephone corporations to post information on their Internet web sites that identifies the location of each call center that receives calls from California-based customers, and the number of calls received by each call center from the telephone corporation's California customers.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 2724 (Blumenfield-D) California Solar Initiative
Expands the California Solar Initiative Program for any state agency for incentive payments for facilities sized up to 5 megawatts (MW) with a cap of 26 MWs.
Chapter 474, Statutes of 2010

AB 2737 (Block-D) "211" telephone number system
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to designate a lead entity for the implementation of a "211" abbreviated telephone dialing system throughout the state to provide information and referral services in accordance with applicable federal law.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 2758 (Bradford-D) Public Utilities Commission: regulated corporations
Requires the California Public Utilities Commission to include in their required report to the Legislature, the renewable energy, wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid and rail projects as categories for which utilities should increase procurement from women, minority and disable veteran business enterprises, as specified. Double-jointed with AB 1918 (Davis).
Chapter 475, Statutes of 2010

AB 2769 (Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee) Public Utilities Commission: President
Combines two disparate code sections that relate to the requirement that the president of the California Public Utilities Commission appear before the Legislature to report on the annual work plan, and the requirement that the Commission develop the annual work plan.
Chapter 477, Statutes of 2010

AB 33X3 (Villines-R) Energy Commission: reform
Reforms the California Energy Commission, a state entity under the Resources Agency, into a cabinet-level Department of Energy, and adds energy-related responsibilities previously performed by the Electricity Oversight Board and the Department of Community Services and Development.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

ACR 115 (Emmerson-R) California Safe Digging Month
Proclaims the month of April 2010 as California Safe Digging Month. In California, there are two One Call Centers to call and request the marking of utility line locations prior to digging: the Underground Service Alert of Southern California and the Underground Service Alert of Northern California and Nevada; and, calling 811 to be connected to a One Call Center prior to digging, will help keep Californians safe and prevent damage and destruction.
Resolution Chapter 11, Statutes of 2010

AJR 3 (Nava-D) Offshore oil drilling
Requests the Legislatures support of legislation currently pending in the United States Congress that will protect the Pacific Coast from new offshore oil drilling, and memorializes the Legislature's opposition to the proposed expansion of oil and gas drilling off the Pacific Coast and any federal energy policies and legislation that would weaken California's role in energy siting decisions due to those policies.
(Died in Senate Inactive File)

AJR 30 (Salas-D) Geothermal power projects: section 1603 grant
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to request that the United States Treasury Department clarify that for purpose of eligibility for a grant under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 in lieu of tax credits, "exploring" with respect to geothermal power projects does not constitute physical work for determining when construction commences.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

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