California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: In Committee

AB 177 — Renewable energy resources: electrical corporations: procurement plans.

Last action — Died on inactive file.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and by November 1 of every odd year thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report which includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, an assessment and forecast of system reliability, and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation. The act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2004, and by November 1 of each even year thereafter, to prepare an energy policy review to update the analyses from the integrated energy policy report or to raise energy issues that have emerged since the release of the integrated energy policy report. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, also known as the RPS program, requires a retail seller of electricity, as defined, and local publicly owned electric utilities to purchase specified minimum quantities of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, for specified compliance periods, sufficient to ensure that the procurement of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources achieves 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, and 33% of retail sales by December 31, 2020, and in all subsequent years. This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in cooperation and consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Natural Resources Agency, and the Salton Sea Authority, to convene a stakeholders group to advise the commission on the steps that should be taken to properly develop, integrate, and transmit the electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources located in and around the Salton Sea. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to hold workshops and public hearings and to include its evaluations and recommendations in the next integrated energy policy report or energy policy review update. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and adopt a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements. The act requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and accept, modify, or reject each electrical corporation's procurement plan and requires that each approved procurement plan accomplish specified objectives. This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to establish a value for assessing all procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources that includes the cost of integration of those resources into the operation of the electrical grid and would authorize the commission to additionally include other values including voltage support. The bill would require that a procurement plan approved by the Public Utilities Commission accomplish the objective of providing for procurement of preferred resources in a manner that ensures electrical system reliability.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died on inactive file.

  2. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez.

  3. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  4. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  5. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 23).

  6. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (January 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  11. (pending re-referral to the Com. on NAT. RES.)

  12. Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3556.)

  13. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3556.)

  14. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.

  16. From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  17. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.

  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.

  25. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  26. Re-referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  27. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  28. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  29. Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & C.

  30. From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.

  31. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Do pass as amended.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10006
Democratic 1000
Total 11006
% of votes cast 65%0%0%35%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Quirk — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Pan — Yea
Weber — Yea
Allen — Not Voting
Linder — Not Voting
Donnelly — Not Voting
Wagner — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 5 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4102
Republican 0001
Democratic 1000
Total 5103
% of votes cast 56%11%0%33%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Skinner — Not Voting
Garcia — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

Passed 9 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9302
Republican 0100
Total 9402
% of votes cast 60%27%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Roger Hernández — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Subjects

environment technology energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 177 do?
The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and by November 1 of every odd year thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report which includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, an assessment and forecast of system reliability, and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation. The act requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2004, and by November 1 of each even year thereafter, to prepare an energy policy review to update the analyses from the integrated energy policy report or to raise energy issues that have emerged since the release of the integrated energy policy report. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, also known as the RPS program, requires a retail seller of electricity, as defined, and local publicly owned electric utilities to purchase specified minimum quantities of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, for specified compliance periods, sufficient to ensure that the procurement of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources achieves 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, and 33% of retail sales by December 31, 2020, and in all subsequent years. This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in cooperation and consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Natural Resources Agency, and the Salton Sea Authority, to convene a stakeholders group to advise the commission on the steps that should be taken to properly develop, integrate, and transmit the electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources located in and around the Salton Sea. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to hold workshops and public hearings and to include its evaluations and recommendations in the next integrated energy policy report or energy policy review update. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and adopt a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements. The act requires the Public Utilities Commission to review and accept, modify, or reject each electrical corporation's procurement plan and requires that each approved procurement plan accomplish specified objectives. This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to establish a value for assessing all procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources that includes the cost of integration of those resources into the operation of the electrical grid and would authorize the commission to additionally include other values including voltage support. The bill would require that a procurement plan approved by the Public Utilities Commission accomplish the objective of providing for procurement of preferred resources in a manner that ensures electrical system reliability.
Who sponsors AB 177?
AB 177 is sponsored by V. Manuel Pérez.
What is the current status of AB 177?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 177?
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