ASSEMBLY MEASURES
AB 581 (Martinez)--Last Amended, 06/29/98Would have created a comprehensive registration program for providers of electric service and a more detailed customer education program than provided for in current law. The California Public Utilities Commission would have been charged with enforcement of the proposed programs.
Status:Died in Assembly
AB 1019 (Machado)--Last Amended,
07/07/98
Would have exempted liquefied petroleum gas from the state Sales
and Use Tax Law, but would have allowed for a city and/or county
to impose a similar tax. Status: Died in Senate Appropriations
Committee
Status: Died in Senate Appropriations Committee
AB 1368 (Villaraigosa)--Last Amended, 08/10/98
Would have created a program to provide incentives for heavy-duty
engine replacements and retrofits. established an alternative
fuel infrastructure development program, and an advanced
technology research program. The Air Resources Board would have
been responsible for administering the incentive program, and the
Energy Commission would have been responsible for administering
the infrastructure and RD&D programs. All funding would have
ceased prior to January 1, 2003.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 1387 (Murray)--Last Amended, 6/09/98
Would have appropriated federal oil overcharge funds ot the
Energy Commission for unspecified energy conservation
projects.
Status: Died in Senate Appropriations Committee
AB 1513 (Cardoza)--Last Amended,
07/08/98
Would have granted growers a $30 tax credit per ton of
agricultural pruning provided without charge to a biomass
conversion facility for generation of electricity.
Status: Assembly Committee On Appropriations
AB 1605 (Committee on Utilities and
Commerce)--Last Amended, 08/12/98
Would have eliminated obsolete provisions of the Public Utilities
Code and updated the Public Utilities Code considering regulatory
changes made by state and federal laws.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 1642 (Bowen)--Last Amended,
07/07/98
Would have expanded the types of fuel additives that are
authorized for use in the state. The bill would have additionally
allowed the California Air Resources Board to specify a higher
oxygen content value for reformulated gasoline.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 1755 (Keeley)--as Enacted,
09/25/97
Updates current law regarding net energy metering for electricity
by correcting some limitations of the original legislation and
updating its provisions to reflect the restructured electricity
market. In addition, the bill restores the solar energy system
property-tax exemption that sunset in 1994.
Status: Chaptered No. 855
AB 2016 (Brown)--Last Amended,
08/18/98
Would have prohibited the management of mobile homes from
charging fees in excess of the actual price paid for liquid
propane butane if the management does not permit the purchase of
liquid propane butane from outside sources.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 2085 (Ortiz)--Last Amended,
08/19/98
Would have provided for the taxation of experimental fuel at a
rate of $0.06 per gallon, except for an initial period of 24
months.
Status: Died in Assembly Appropriations
Committee
AB 2112 (Wright R)--Last Amended,
08/20/98
Would have required regulated gas utilities to collect a public
good surcharge from their customers, with specified exemptions,
between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2001. The surcharge
would have been in an amount determined by the California Public
Utilities Commission. The surcharge would have funded low-income
assistance programs, energy efficiency and conservation programs,
and public interest research and development programs.
Status: Died in Senate
AB 2192 (Kuehl)--Last Amended,
08/13/98
Would have established a comprehensive protocol for safe
transportation of spent nuclear waste including training
requirements, emergency response, and inspection requirements.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 2194 (Washington)--Last Amended,
04/27/98
Would have extended the $1 fee on registration renewals in the
South Coast Air Quality Management District until August 1, 2004
used to support alternative fuel projects.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 2273 (Woods)--as Enacted,
06/29/98
Requires the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection
Agency to submit an annual report concerning shifting costs from
electric utility ratepayers to other classes of beneficiaries for
biomass conversion facilities.
Status: Chaptered No. 816
AB 2432 (Bowen)--Last Amended,
08/17/98
Would have required, after January 1, 2000, that all new state
buildings exceed energy minimum efficiency standards and
incorporate all cost-effective efficiencies. The bill would have
additionally require that all cost-effective efficiencies be
incorporated into affected building systems when a state building
is renovated or retrofitted. The bill would have required that
specific methodologies be employed when designing public
buildings and that a postconstruction process be employed to
ensure that public buildings function as intended. Finally, the
bill would have required the Integrated Waste Management Board to
adopt green building standards, and that those standards be
employed in state office buildings constructed after June 30,
2000.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 2461 (Campbell)--Last Amended,
08/26/98
Would have placed eight California Public Utilities Commission
established advisory board funds within the State Treasury. The
California Board for Energy Efficiency would have been one of the
affected boards.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB 2728 (Martinez)--Last Amended,
06/30/98
Would have prohibited the Public Utilities Commission from
providing funding to an entity for the purpose of engaging in
consumer education, where that entity had a financial interest in
the electric, gas, or telephone market.
Status: Died in Senate Appropriations
Committee
AB 2742 (Wildman)--Last Amended,
06/17/98
Would have required the Independent System Operator to consult
with appropriate regulatory agencies and transmission owners in
other western states in addition to entities currently counseled.
Status: Died in Senate
AB 2794 (Ducheny)--as Enacted,
09/30/98
Augments and restores several appropriations from the Budget Act
of 1998. Energy-related provisions that would have appropriated
funds for Consumer Electric Users Cooperatives and an
Environmental, Energy, and Highway Research Test Track were
line-item vetoed.
Status: Chaptered No. 1050
(line-item veto)
AB 2815 (Committee on
Transportation)--Last Amended, 08/14/98
Would have appropriated federal oil overcharge funds to the
Energy Commission for unspecified energy conservation
projects.
Status: Died in Assembly Transportation
Committee
ACR 64 (Knox)--as Introduced,
06/05/98
Requests the Department of Transportation, California Highway
Patrol, and the Department of Motor Vehicles to immediately
recognize and enforce access of high occupancy vehicle lanes by
alternative fuel vehicles.
Status: Chaptered No. 149
SENATE MEASURES
SB 52 (Kopp) As amended May 23, 1997 (2 year bill)Would require the Energy Commission to report every six months on the percentage of fuel sold through outlets owned by refiners versus those owned independently. Would freeze this percentage in place until January 1, 2001, if the percentage of refiner-owned outlets increases by more than 5% from the highest monthly level between May 1996 through April 1997. Also, would prohibit discrimination against alternative fuels.
Location: Senate Committee on Appropriations
SB 116 (Peace)--Last Amended,
08/21/98
Would have authorized the Energy Commission to implement a grant
program for solar energy systems.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
SB 606 (Sher)--Last Amended,
6-26-98
Would make several technical changes to last year's SB 90. SB 90
enacted the administrative and expenditure criteria necessary for
the California Energy Commission to implement the in-state
renewables support and public interest energy research programs
mandated by AB 1890 (Chapter 854, Statutes of 1996). Generally,
the proposed changes correct errors that could potentially hinder
effective implementation of SB 90.
Status: Vetoed Amended, 6-25-98
SB 977 (Sher)--as Enacted, 09/30/98
Changes the Energy Commission's renewable customer credit program
by expanding the category of eligible renewable purchases to
include energy generated by facilities owned by one or more
in-state municipal utilities or by an in-state, investor-owned
utility that is not required to sell into the Power Exchange.
This expanded eligibility would apply only over the period April
1, 1998, to September 30, 1998.
Status: Chaptered No. 1042
SB 1083 (Polanco)--Last Amended,
08/10/98
Would have authorized the State Air Resources Board to list
components of diesel exhaust as toxic air contaminants, but
prohibited the identification of diesel exhaust as a toxic air
contaminant. Would have authorized the state to adopt control
measures for those toxic air contaminants.
Status: Died in Assembly Rules Committee
SB 1602 (Peace)--Last Amended,
08/10/98
Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from enacting any gas
industry restructuring decisions or from enforcing any natural
gas restructuring decisions from core customers prior to January
1, 2000.
Status: Chaptered No. 401
SB 1714 (Hayden)--Last Amended,
08/21/98
Would have required the California Public Utilities Commission to
perform a cost-benefit analysis of all orders related to
electricity industry restructuring. The bill would have
specifically prohibited orders resulting in new costs to
consumers unless outweighed by potential benefits. Finally the
bill would have required the CPUC to submit a report to the
Legislature regarding rate-reduction bonds and transition
costs.
Status: Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce
Committee
SB 1757 (Peace)--Last Amended,
08/28/98 Urgency
Would have prohibited the California
Public Utilities Commission from enacting any natural gas
industry restructuring decisions prior to January 1, 2000. Would
have additionally required the CPUC and Electricity Oversight
Board to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding
the lead agency on specific issues at the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. These provisions were also contained
within the Budget Act.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
SB 1782 (Thompson M)--as Enacted,
09/28/98
Exempts from the vehicle license fee the
incremental cost of a new, alternative fueled, ultra-low emission
vehicle (ULEV). Existing qualifying vehicles would be electric
and natural gas vehicles. The incremental cost is the additional
cost charged for the vehicle over that which a comparable
conventional fuel vehicle would cost. This bill will sunset on
January 1, 2003.
Status: Chaptered No. 888
SB 1834 (Mountjoy)--as Enacted,
07/21/98
Applies current laws pertaining to annual fees of utility meters
to marinas.
Status: Chaptered No. 205
SB 1838 (Kopp)--as Enacted,
07/21/98
Exempts the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District's
(BART) preference for federal power delivery from regulatory
statutes and California Public Utilities Commission regulations
relating to electrical power.
Status: Chaptered No. 206
SB 1857 (Brulte)--Last Amended,
08/28/98 Urgency
Would have created a program for the purpose of funding grants
for repowers and retrofits of heavy duty engines for vehicles,
equipment, and other vessels. Would have appropriated an
additional $2.5 million for infrastructure development.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
SB 1941 (Sher)--Last Amended,
08/24/98
Would have required the Energy Commission to complete an
inventory of greenhouse emissions from all California sources and
provide feasible methods for reducing emissions.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
SB 2204 (Calderon)--Last Amended,
06/24/98
Would have established a method for ensuring that only
appropriate trees are planted on public lands in close proximity
to electric power lines.
Status: Died in Assembly
SJR 36 (Johannessen)--as Enacted,
07/14/98
Requests the Congress of the United States to enact legislation
allowing California flexibility in adopting reformulated gasoline
rules.
Status: Chaptered No. 99