Electric distribution: efficiency.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities including electrical corporations, as defined. Under existing law, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, generally has authority over the activities of the utility. Under existing law, various provisions are applicable to both privately owned and publicly owned utilities. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to conduct various assessments and forecasts on energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery and distribution, demand, and prices. This bill would require the PUC, using existing resources and in consultation with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, electrical transmission and distribution owners, users, and consumers, to the extent feasible, to develop electric transmission and distribution efficiency measures applicable to electrical corporations. The bill would require a local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 customers, to the extent feasible, to develop electric distribution efficiency measures. The bill would require the PUC, by January 1, 2012, to develop a prescribed plan to improve electric distribution efficiency within the service territory of an electrical corporation with more than 100,000 customers, and would impose a similar requirement on each local publicly owned electric utility. By placing requirements upon local publicly owned electric utilities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.