CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 641Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 12, 2021 An act to amend Section 910 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 641, as introduced, Holden. Public Utilities Commission: reporting.Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop, publish, and annually update a report containing specified information, including the commissions annual work plan, performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, an accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, and a description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. Existing law requires the commission to post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.This bill would make a a nonsubstantive change to the requirement that the commission post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 910 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:910. (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior years workplan.(3) An accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the states industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 641Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 12, 2021 An act to amend Section 910 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 641, as introduced, Holden. Public Utilities Commission: reporting.Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop, publish, and annually update a report containing specified information, including the commissions annual work plan, performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, an accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, and a description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. Existing law requires the commission to post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.This bill would make a a nonsubstantive change to the requirement that the commission post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 641
Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 12, 2021
Introduced by Assembly Member Holden
February 12, 2021
An act to amend Section 910 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 641, as introduced, Holden. Public Utilities Commission: reporting.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop, publish, and annually update a report containing specified information, including the commissions annual work plan, performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, an accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, and a description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. Existing law requires the commission to post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.This bill would make a a nonsubstantive change to the requirement that the commission post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop, publish, and annually update a report containing specified information, including the commissions annual work plan, performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, an accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, and a description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. Existing law requires the commission to post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.
This bill would make a a nonsubstantive change to the requirement that the commission post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 910 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:910. (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior years workplan.(3) An accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the states industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 910 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:910. (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior years workplan.(3) An accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the states industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.
SECTION 1. Section 910 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:
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910. (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior years workplan.(3) An accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the states industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.
910. (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior years workplan.(3) An accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the states industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.
910. (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior years workplan.(3) An accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the states industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.
910. (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:
(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.
(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior years workplan.
(3) An accounting of the commissions transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the states industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.
(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.
(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.
(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.
(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.