Bill Text: CA SB456 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 456 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Disclosure of sources of electrical generation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-23 - Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [SB456 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB456-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 456	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 6, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section  1341.1 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to health care coverage.   398.4 of the
Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 456, as amended, Padilla.  Health care coverage.
  Disclosure of sources of electrical generation. 

   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
as defined, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as
defined, are under the direction of their governing board. Existing
law establishes a program under which retail suppliers of
electricity, including electrical corporations and local publicly
owned electric utilities, disclose accurate, reliable, and simple to
understand information on the sources of energy that are used to
provide electric services.  
   This bill would require that the information disclosed include the
total electricity purchases derived from generation sources within
the state and total electricity purchases derived from generation
sources that are located outside the state as well as the percentage
of annual sales of electricity that was dispatched from an energy
storage system, as defined.  
   Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975,
provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service
plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful
violation of its provisions a crime. Existing law provides for the
establishment and operation of a principal office and branch offices
of the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care. 

   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 398.4 of the   Public
Utilities Code   is amended to read: 
   398.4.  (a) Every retail supplier that makes an offering to sell
electricity that is consumed in California shall disclose its
electricity sources for the previous calendar year.
   (b) The disclosures required by this section shall be made to
potential end-use consumers in all product-specific written
promotional materials that are distributed to consumers by either
printed or electronic means, including the retail supplier's Internet
Web site, if one exists, except that advertisements and notices in
general circulation media shall not be subject to this requirement.
   (c) The disclosures required by this section shall be made
annually to end-use consumers of the offered electricity. The annual
disclosure shall be made by the end of the first complete billing
cycle for the third quarter of the year, and shall be consistent with
information provided to the Energy Commission pursuant to Section
398.5.
   (d) The disclosures required by this section shall be made
separately for each offering made by the retail supplier.
   (e) On or before January 1, 1998, the Energy Commission shall
specify guidelines for the format and means for disclosure required
by Section 398.3 and this section, based on the requirements of this
article and subject to public hearing.
   (f) The costs of making the disclosures required by this section
shall be considered to be generation related.
   (g) The disclosures required by this section shall comply with the
following:
   (1) A retail supplier's disclosure of its electricity sources
shall be expressed as a percentage of annual sales derived from each
of the following categories:
   (A) Unspecified sources of electricity.
   (B) Specific purchases.
   (2) A retail supplier's disclosure of its electricity sources
shall also separately identify total California system electricity,
which is the sum of all in-state generation and net electricity
imports by fuel type. 
   (3) A retail supplier's disclosure of its electricity sources
shall identify the total electricity purchases derived from
generation sources within the state and total electricity purchases
from generation sources that are located outside the state. 
   (h) Each of the categories specified in subdivision (g) shall be
additionally identified as a percentage of annual sales that is
derived from the following fuels or sources of energy:
   (1) Coal.
   (2) Large hydroelectric (greater than 30 megawatts).
   (3) Natural gas.
   (4) Nuclear.
   (5) Eligible renewable energy resources pursuant to the California
Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with
Section 399.11)), including any of the following:
   (A) Biomass and biowaste.
   (B) Geothermal.
   (C) Eligible hydroelectric.
   (D) Solar.
   (E) Wind. 
   (6) Electricity dispatched from an energy storage system, as
defined in Section 2835.  
   (6) 
    (7)  Other categories as determined by the Energy
Commission.
   (i) All electricity sources disclosed as specific purchases shall
meet the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 398.2.
   (j) Specific purchases identified pursuant to this section shall
be from sources connected to the Western Electricity Coordinating
Council interconnected grid.
   (k) Compliance with this section by a local publicly owned
electric utility shall constitute compliance with  paragraph
(2) of subdivision (b) of Section 387   subdivision (l)
of Section 399.30  .
   (l)  The provisions of this   This  
 section shall not apply to generators providing electric
service onsite, under an over-the-fence transaction as described in
Section 218, or to an affiliate or affiliates, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 372. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 1341.1 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
   1341.1.  The director shall have his or her principal office in
the City of Sacramento, and may establish branch offices in the City
and County of San Francisco, in the City of Los Angeles, and in the
City of San Diego. The director shall from time to time obtain the
necessary furniture, stationery, fuel, light, and any other proper
convenience for the transaction of the business of the Department of
Managed Health Care.