California Senate Bill SB572 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 572INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Berryhill FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act to amend Section 785.2 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 572, as introduced, Berryhill. Gas corporations: natural gas production and storage. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to investigate, as part of the rate proceeding for any gas corporation, impediments to the production and storage of natural gas within the state. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt a tariff that encourages the production or storage of natural gas within the state, including, but not limited to, reducing local transmission rates applicable to in-state gas blends, unless the commission finds that adopting the tariff is likely to result in consequences adverse to the interests of gas customers. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. 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 785.2 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 785.2. The commission shall investigate, as part of the rate proceeding for any gas corporation, impediments to the  in-state  production and storage of natural  gas.   gas within the state.  The commission may adopt a tariff that encourages  in-state   the  production or storage of natural  gas,   gas within the state,  including, but not limited to, reducing local transmission rates applicable to in-state gas blends, unless the commission finds that adopting the tariff  will   is  likely  to  result in consequences adverse to the interests of gas customers.