CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 49Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Holden)May 28, 2021 Relative to Public Power Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 49, as introduced, Hueso. Public Power Week.This measure would designate the first full week of October of each year as Public Power Week in the State of California in honor of public power utilities and their customer-owners, policymakers, and employees who work together to provide the best possible energy service for the benefit of their communities.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, Public power utilities have served California for more than a century with reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity; andWHEREAS, Over 10,000,000 Californians in 46 communities are served by a community-owned, not-for-profit public power utility; andWHEREAS, The residents and businesses in those communities have a direct say in utility operations and policies that shape their communitys energy future; andWHEREAS, Public power utilities provide homes, businesses, schools, and government agencies with safe, reliable, and efficient electricity and employ sound business practices designed to ensure the best possible service at not-for-profit rates; andWHEREAS, Public power utilities are valuable community assets that contribute to the well-being of local residents through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental protection, economic development, and safety awareness; and WHEREAS, Public power utilities are dependable and trustworthy institutions whose local operations continue to make California a better place to live and work, all while making contributions to enhancing statewide climate solutions; andWHEREAS, Californias public power communities are part of a national community of more than 2,000 other public power systems in the United States; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the first full week of October each year be designated Public Power Week in the State of California in honor of public power utilities and their customer-owners, policymakers, and employees who work together to provide the best possible energy service for the benefit of their communities; and be it furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 49Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Holden)May 28, 2021 Relative to Public Power Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 49, as introduced, Hueso. Public Power Week.This measure would designate the first full week of October of each year as Public Power Week in the State of California in honor of public power utilities and their customer-owners, policymakers, and employees who work together to provide the best possible energy service for the benefit of their communities.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 49
Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Holden)May 28, 2021
Introduced by Senator Hueso(Coauthor: Assembly Member Holden)
May 28, 2021
Relative to Public Power Week.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 49, as introduced, Hueso. Public Power Week.
This measure would designate the first full week of October of each year as Public Power Week in the State of California in honor of public power utilities and their customer-owners, policymakers, and employees who work together to provide the best possible energy service for the benefit of their communities.
This measure would designate the first full week of October of each year as Public Power Week in the State of California in honor of public power utilities and their customer-owners, policymakers, and employees who work together to provide the best possible energy service for the benefit of their communities.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, Public power utilities have served California for more than a century with reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity; and
WHEREAS, Over 10,000,000 Californians in 46 communities are served by a community-owned, not-for-profit public power utility; and
WHEREAS, The residents and businesses in those communities have a direct say in utility operations and policies that shape their communitys energy future; and
WHEREAS, Public power utilities provide homes, businesses, schools, and government agencies with safe, reliable, and efficient electricity and employ sound business practices designed to ensure the best possible service at not-for-profit rates; and
WHEREAS, Public power utilities are valuable community assets that contribute to the well-being of local residents through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental protection, economic development, and safety awareness; and
WHEREAS, Public power utilities are dependable and trustworthy institutions whose local operations continue to make California a better place to live and work, all while making contributions to enhancing statewide climate solutions; and
WHEREAS, Californias public power communities are part of a national community of more than 2,000 other public power systems in the United States; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the first full week of October each year be designated Public Power Week in the State of California in honor of public power utilities and their customer-owners, policymakers, and employees who work together to provide the best possible energy service for the benefit of their communities; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.