California 2021 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB1145 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/16/2022

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1145Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 16, 2022 An act relating to energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1145, as introduced, Laird. Energy equity.Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law requires the commission to carry out various duties in connection with energy policy, including to evaluate policies governing the establishment of rates for electric power and other sources of energy as related to energy conservation, environmental protection, and other goals and policies, as specified, and to transmit recommendations for changes in power-pricing policies and rate schedules to the Governor, the Legislature, the Public Utilities Commission, and publicly owned electric utilities.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities, and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1145Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 16, 2022 An act relating to energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1145, as introduced, Laird. Energy equity.Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law requires the commission to carry out various duties in connection with energy policy, including to evaluate policies governing the establishment of rates for electric power and other sources of energy as related to energy conservation, environmental protection, and other goals and policies, as specified, and to transmit recommendations for changes in power-pricing policies and rate schedules to the Governor, the Legislature, the Public Utilities Commission, and publicly owned electric utilities.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities, and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill 

No. 1145

Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 16, 2022

Introduced by Senator Laird
February 16, 2022

 An act relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1145, as introduced, Laird. Energy equity.

Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law requires the commission to carry out various duties in connection with energy policy, including to evaluate policies governing the establishment of rates for electric power and other sources of energy as related to energy conservation, environmental protection, and other goals and policies, as specified, and to transmit recommendations for changes in power-pricing policies and rate schedules to the Governor, the Legislature, the Public Utilities Commission, and publicly owned electric utilities.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities, and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.

Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law requires the commission to carry out various duties in connection with energy policy, including to evaluate policies governing the establishment of rates for electric power and other sources of energy as related to energy conservation, environmental protection, and other goals and policies, as specified, and to transmit recommendations for changes in power-pricing policies and rate schedules to the Governor, the Legislature, the Public Utilities Commission, and publicly owned electric utilities.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities, and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would promote and support energy equity for tribal, low-income, and underrepresented communities and an equitable transition toward low- and zero-carbon energy appliances and generation.

### SECTION 1.