BILL NUMBER: AB 2014INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Torrico FEBRUARY 17, 2010 An act to amend Section 385.2 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2014, as introduced, Torrico. Energy efficiency. Existing law requires a local publicly owned electric utility, by a specified date, to be responsible for implementing an energy efficiency program that recognizes the Legislature's intent to encourage energy savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions in existing residential and nonresidential buildings. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this requirement. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 385.2 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 385.2. (a) Upon the completion and promulgation of regulations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25943 of the Public Resources Code, each governing body of a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3,shall be responsible for implementing an energy efficiency program that recognizes the intent of the Legislature to encourage energy savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions in existing residential and nonresidential buildings, while taking into consideration the effect of the program on rates, reliability, and financial resources. (b) In the report prepared pursuant to Section 9615, each local publicly owned electric utility shall include both of the following: (1) The utility's status in implementing an energy efficiency program pursuant to subdivision (a) and the utility's progress toward attaining the goal of the program. (2) The net energy savings from energy efficiency improvements installed pursuant to this section.