California 2021 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB987 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/18/2021

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 987Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 18, 2021 An act to amend Section 590 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 987, as introduced, Low. Electrical corporations: reporting.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards for the distribution systems of electrical corporations in order to provide high-quality, safe, and reliable service. Existing law requires the commission to require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with those standards. Existing law requires the electrical corporations report to be made available to the public, except as provided.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the public reporting provision.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 590 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:590. The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with the standards or rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 364. That The electrical corporations report shall be made available to the public, except that the commission may, consistent with other provisions of law, withhold from the public information generated or obtained pursuant to this section that it deems would pose a security threat to the public if disclosed.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 987Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 18, 2021 An act to amend Section 590 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 987, as introduced, Low. Electrical corporations: reporting.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards for the distribution systems of electrical corporations in order to provide high-quality, safe, and reliable service. Existing law requires the commission to require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with those standards. Existing law requires the electrical corporations report to be made available to the public, except as provided.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the public reporting provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 987

Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 18, 2021

Introduced by Assembly Member Low
February 18, 2021

 An act to amend Section 590 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 987, as introduced, Low. Electrical corporations: reporting.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards for the distribution systems of electrical corporations in order to provide high-quality, safe, and reliable service. Existing law requires the commission to require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with those standards. Existing law requires the electrical corporations report to be made available to the public, except as provided.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the public reporting provision.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards for the distribution systems of electrical corporations in order to provide high-quality, safe, and reliable service. Existing law requires the commission to require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with those standards. Existing law requires the electrical corporations report to be made available to the public, except as provided.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the public reporting provision.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 590 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:590. The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with the standards or rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 364. That The electrical corporations report shall be made available to the public, except that the commission may, consistent with other provisions of law, withhold from the public information generated or obtained pursuant to this section that it deems would pose a security threat to the public if disclosed.

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 590 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:590. The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with the standards or rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 364. That The electrical corporations report shall be made available to the public, except that the commission may, consistent with other provisions of law, withhold from the public information generated or obtained pursuant to this section that it deems would pose a security threat to the public if disclosed.

SECTION 1. Section 590 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

590. The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with the standards or rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 364. That The electrical corporations report shall be made available to the public, except that the commission may, consistent with other provisions of law, withhold from the public information generated or obtained pursuant to this section that it deems would pose a security threat to the public if disclosed.

590. The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with the standards or rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 364. That The electrical corporations report shall be made available to the public, except that the commission may, consistent with other provisions of law, withhold from the public information generated or obtained pursuant to this section that it deems would pose a security threat to the public if disclosed.

590. The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with the standards or rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 364. That The electrical corporations report shall be made available to the public, except that the commission may, consistent with other provisions of law, withhold from the public information generated or obtained pursuant to this section that it deems would pose a security threat to the public if disclosed.



590. The commission shall require each electrical corporation to report annually on its compliance with the standards or rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 364. That The electrical corporations report shall be made available to the public, except that the commission may, consistent with other provisions of law, withhold from the public information generated or obtained pursuant to this section that it deems would pose a security threat to the public if disclosed.