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=09"Julee Malinowski-Ball" <jmball@ns.net< =0903/02/2001 07:03 PM =09Please respond to "Julee Malinowski-Ball" =09=09=20 =09=09 To: "Jan Smutny Jones" <smutny@iepa.com<, "Steven Kelley" <steven@ie= pa.com<,=20 "Katie Kaplan" <kaplan@iepa.com< =09=09 cc: "William Hall" <wfhall2@duke-energy.com<, "Tony Wetzel"=20 <twetzel@thermoecotek.com<, "Sue Mara" <smara@enron.com<, "Steven Kelley"= =20 <steven@iepa.com<, "Steve Ponder" <steve_ponder@fpl.com<, "Steve Iliff"=20 <siliff@riobravo-gm.com<, "Stephanie Newell"=20 <stephanie-newell@reliantenergy.com<, "Ross Ain" <rain@caithnessenergy.com<= ,=20 "Roger Pelote" <roger.pelote@williams.com<, "Robert Lamkin"=20 <rllamkin@seiworldwide.com<, "Richard Hyde" <rwhyde@duke-energy.com<, "Rand= y=20 Hickok" <rjhickok@duke-energy.com<, "Paula Soos"=20 <paula_soos@ogden-energy.com<, "Nam Nguyen" <nam.nguyen@powersrc.com<, "Mar= ty=20 McFadden" <marty_mcfadden@ogden-energy.com<, "Lynn Lednicky"=20 <lale@dynegy.com<, "Larrea, John" <John.g.Larrea@williams.com<, "kent=20 Palmerton" <kent.palmerton@williams.com<, "Ken Hoffman"=20 <khoffman@caithnessenergy.com<, "Kate Castillo" <ccastillo@riobravo-gm.com<= ,=20 "Kassandra Gough" <kgough@calpine.com<, "Jonathan Weisgall"=20 <jweisgall@aol.com<, "John Stout" <john_h_stout@reliantenergy.com<, "Joe=20 Ronan" <joer@calpine.com<, "Joe Greco" <jgreco@caithnessenergy.com<, "Jim= =20 Willey" <elliottsa@earthlink.net<, "Jeff Dasovich" <Jeff.Dasovich@enron.com= <,=20 "Jack Pigott" <jackp@calpine.com<, "Jack Hawks" <jack.hawks@gen.pge.com<,= =20 "Hap Boyd" <rboyd@enron.com<, "Greg Blue" <gtbl@dynegy.com<, "Frank DeRosa"= =20 <fderosa@sanfrancisco.usgen.com<, "Eric Eisenman"=20 <eric.eisenman@gen.pge.com<, "Eileen Koch" <eileenk@calpine.com<, "Ed Tomeo= "=20 <ed.tomeo@uaecorp.com<, "Duane Nelson" <dnelsen@msn.com<, "Doug Fernley"=20 <fernley.doug@epenergy.com<, "Dean Gosselin" <dean_gosselin@fpl.com<, "Davi= d=20 Parquet" <dparque@ect.enron.com<, "Curtis Kebler"=20 <curtis_l_kebler@reliantenergy.com<, "Curt Hatton" <Curt.Hatton@gen.pge.com= <,=20 "Craig Chancellor" <craigc@calpine.com<, "Cody Carter"=20 <cody.carter@williams.com<, "Carolyn Baker" <cabaker@duke-energy.com<, "Bob= =20 Gates" <bob.gates@enron.com<, "Bob Escalante" <rescalante@riobravo-gm.com<,= =20 "Bob Ellery" <bellery@spi-ind.com<, "Bill Woods" <billw@calpine.com<, "Bill= =20 Carlson" <william_carlson@wastemanagement.com<, "Quan-Hill, Danielle"=20 <danielle.quan-hill@mirant.com<, "Chris Ellison" <CTE@eslawfirm.com<, "Andy= =20 Brown" <ABB@eslawfirm.com<, "Doug Kerner" <runwithmee@aol.com<, "Robert=20 Weisenmiller" <rbw@mrwassoc.com<, "Jean Munoz" <jmunoz@mcnallytemple.com< =09=09 Subject: Legislative Status Report Week Ending 3/2 Date: 3/2/01 To: Jan Smutny-Jones, Steven Kelly, Katie Kaplan Cc: IEP Board of Directors From: Julee Malinowski-Ball, Edson + Modisette RE: Legislative Status Report Week Ending 3/2 RECENT EVENTS: -- AB 8x (Migden), which would give the EOB additional and undefined powers related to the coordination of operation and maintenance schedules, passed the Assembly ECA committee 14 to 0. This measure came from the Governor=01= ,s office in response to one of his Executive Orders. IEP, along with several IEP members, opposed the bill in committee, but noted commitments to workin= g with the author on language. IEP counsel drafted comments which are attached. PLEASE PROVIDE COMMENT BY NOON ON MONDAY so that these changes may be considered by the author before the next committee hearing. The measure will go to the Assembly Appropriations Committee next. -- AB 60x (Hertzberg), which would have required, as a condition of permitting a powerplant, developers to offer to sell the power to Californi= a entities, was pulled from the Assembly ECA Committee hearing at the last minute. IEP is working with the Chair of the committee and the Speaker=01,= s office on appropriate language that would preferably not be tied to the siting process but provide the needed political cover on this new, growing =01&California First=018 concept. Any suggestions on how to deal with the =01&California First=018 issue is welcomed. -- IEP, along with the other QF stakeholders, had an opportunity to brief the Senate Energy Committee staff on SB 47x (Battin). The measure will be heard in the committee on Tuesday next week. -- The Senate Environmental Quality committee met this week to hear SB 28x (Sher/Battin) which makes various changes to the siting process including many IEP-sponsored proposals. So far this is the most comprehensive and positive siting bill introduced, with the greatest chance of moving forward= . The bill passed out of the committee on a 7 to 0 vote even though most of the environmental community testified in opposition. Chris Ellison and I are continuing to work with the authors=01, staff to develop additional language which should be available before the measure is heard in the Senat= e Energy Committee on Tuesday. -- AB 45x (Kelley) also passed 7 to 0 out of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee this week. AB 45x would extend the manufacturers investment credit (MIC) to include the generation of electricity through th= e use of solar, wind, geothermal, solid-fuel biomass, waste tire, municipal solid waste, digester gas, or hydropower with a generating capacity of 30 megawatts or less. The bill does not include a generator who produces electricity for sale to a utility pursuant to a contract originally entered into before January 1, 2001. The committee staff estimates revenue losses in the range of $5 to $10 million annually beginning in 2001-02. Sponsored by CalEnergy, AB 45x will heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee next. -- AB 36x (Wright), which would apply specified repower projects to the 6-month expedited siting process established in AB 970 (2000), passed out o= f the Assembly Energy Costs and Availability Committee 17 to 0. IEP testifie= d in support of the bill, noting we were still working with the author on language. IEP continues to believe that with the current language, few, if any, projects would qualify and is working with staff on fixing that. Recent conversations, however, with one of Asm. Wright=01,s staff indicates Wright would be willing to drop the bill if the language IEP wants is already in another measure (SB 28x). Wright would then carry some other siting language IEP supports and not in any other vehicle. I will be follow-up on this next week and welcome any suggestions. -- ACR 4x (Cohn), which urges the CEC to move swiftly to license the Metcal= f Energy Center and to permit its construction., passed off the Assembly floo= r 71 to 0. The measure, which has 5 primary authors and 42 co-authors, is headed to the Senate a policy committee hearing. -- A hearing in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee for AB 34x (La Suer), which would make various changes to the siting process, including some IEP-sponsored proposals, was put off again. The author will be accepting amendments that will make it a study bill in the special session. The author will try to move the larger measure in its original form during the regular session. -- The Senate Energy Committee held an informational hearing on Energy Market Reform this week. Stakeholders, especially the generators, were grilled on current market problems and solutions. Senator Bowen, Chair of the committee, was clearly unhappy with generator=01,s comments. It is unclear, however, how forthcoming her staff was regarding what participants should have been prepare for in terms of the of the line of questioning tha= t came primarily from Senators Bowen and Dunn. Bowen suggested she was going to hold another hearing on the issue on a date to be determined later. -- Attached is the most recent legislative tracking report of all the special session bills introduced to date. I have separated out the regular session list of bills since the list was getting out of control. I will send that list under separate cover as I=01,m still plowing through the ove= r 1,300 bills that were introduced last Friday. Please let me know if you need copies of any of these bills. UPCOMING EVENTS: MONDAY, March 5th Senate Appropriations Committee 10 am, Room 4203 SB 39x (Speier) =01) defines a generator as a utility Assembly Energy Costs and Availability Committee Subcommittee on Energy Oversight 2 pm, Room 4202 Info Hearing on Electricity Supply and Demand for Summer 2001. TUESDAY, March 6th Assembly Natural Resources Committee 10 am, Room 437 AB 55x (Pacheco) =01) exempts CEQA for repowers. AB 68x (Firebaugh) =01) California First ACR 2x (Cogdill) =01) power production and long-term contracts Senate Energy Committee 1:30 pm, Room 4203. SB 28x (Sher/Battin) =01) makes various changes to the siting process. SB 47x (Battin/Keeley) =01) QF bill Assembly Energy Costs and Availability Committee 2 pm, Room 4202. THURSDAY, March 8th Assembly Natural Resources Committee Room 437 AB 34x (La Suer) =01) makes various changes to siting. --end-- Julee Malinowski-Ball Senior Associate Edson + Modisette 916-552-7070 FAX-552-7075 jmball@ns.net - 2001 Tracking Report.doc - ab08x.IEP comments.doc
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