California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB3246 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/16/2024

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3246Introduced by Assembly Member Garcia(Coauthor: Senator Dodd)February 16, 2024 An act relating to electricity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3246, as introduced, Garcia. Electricity: transmission.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act prohibits any electrical corporation from beginning the construction of, among other things, a line, plant, or system, or of any extension thereof, without having first obtained from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require that construction.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.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 will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3246Introduced by Assembly Member Garcia(Coauthor: Senator Dodd)February 16, 2024 An act relating to electricity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3246, as introduced, Garcia. Electricity: transmission.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act prohibits any electrical corporation from beginning the construction of, among other things, a line, plant, or system, or of any extension thereof, without having first obtained from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require that construction.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 3246

Introduced by Assembly Member Garcia(Coauthor: Senator Dodd)February 16, 2024

Introduced by Assembly Member Garcia(Coauthor: Senator Dodd)
February 16, 2024

 An act relating to electricity. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3246, as introduced, Garcia. Electricity: transmission.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act prohibits any electrical corporation from beginning the construction of, among other things, a line, plant, or system, or of any extension thereof, without having first obtained from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require that construction.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act prohibits any electrical corporation from beginning the construction of, among other things, a line, plant, or system, or of any extension thereof, without having first obtained from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require that construction.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.

## 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 will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.

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 will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that will enable the integration of advanced conductor technology with Californias transmission system to maximize system efficiency and reduce ratepayer electricity costs.

### SECTION 1.