BILL NUMBER: AB 2679INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eng FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act relating to public resources. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2679, as introduced, Eng. Energy and water: consumption reductions. Existing law, the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation Development Act, declares, among other things, that electrical and natural gas utilities should have as a principal goal of their resource planning and investment to minimize the cost to society of reliable energy services, improve the environment, and encourage the diversity of energy sources. The act also declares that those utilities should seek to exploit all practicable and cost-effective conservation and improvements in the efficiency of energy use and distribution that offer equivalent or better system of reliability. Existing law authorizes any specified public entity to adopt and enforce a water conservation program to reduce the quantity of water used by specified persons for the purpose of conserving the water supplies of the public entity. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that creates a tiered system for achieving consumption reductions in energy and water in all public sector agencies for cost reduction, cost avoidance, and environmental compliance purposes. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that creates a tiered system for achieving consumption reductions in energy and water in all public sector agencies for cost reduction, cost avoidance, and environmental compliance purposes.