The state code modfied by AB 1X will be subject to new proposed modfications 
in SB 8X.  Language is expected soon.
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"Robert Weisenmiller" <rbw@mrwassoc.com> on 03/21/2001 04:14:37 PM
To: roger Yang <RYY@mrwassoc.com>, bill Monsen <wam@mrwassoc.com>, Duane 
Nelsen <dnelsen@gwfpower.com>, Alan.Comnes@enron.com, Brian Cragg 
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Subject: fyi


Wednesday, March 21, 2001 Rash power bill may need fix By Will Shuck
From our Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO Even as lawmakers lament the slow pace 
of solving California's energy crisis, the cost of haste has cropped up in 
their first major act, a multibillion dollar measure that put the state in 
the power-buying business. 



 Rate cut expected to open doors for spenders 
 Power: Left in the dark 
 Blackouts threaten sick 
 Sonic boom may be shuttle 
 L.B., L.A. sue gas firms for conspiracy 
 Police deploy tire spikes to end pursuit 
 Death urged in Grinder trial 
 Funeral to be held for teen-ager 
 Rash power bill may need fix 
 L.B. trash plant keeps burning 
 P-T drops price back to 25 cents 
 Sub skipper blames errors by himself, crew 


AB1X, the highly touted bill that put California in the power-buying 
business, may have been so rashly crafted that it will take another piece of 
legislation to fix it, an influential senator said Tuesday. 
At issue is vague wording that makes it unclear when and to what extent 
Southern California Edison and other utilities have to repay the state for 
buying power. 
State Sen. Debra Bowen, chairwoman of the Senate Energy, Utilities and 
Communications Committee, said the bill apparently has left room for utility 
lawyers to argue that their companies needn't repay the state until they have 
covered other costs. 
But Bowen, a Redondo Beach Democrat who represents downtown and western Long 
Beach, said "the legislative intent is crystal clear" that the state wanted 
to be repaid directly for supplying about a third of the power utility 
companies deliver to their customers. 
"We need a cleanup bill" to set the matter straight, she said. 
Although AB1X illustrates the flaws that come with speed, Bowen said, the 
Legislature can't afford to delay. 
"I think we are much too slow in our response," she said. "But that has to be 
balanced against things we've done in a tearing hurry and then have had to 
fix later." 
No matter what the Legislature does in the coming weeks, she said, California 
is in for a tough summer, and only determined conservation efforts will put 
much of a dent in a precarious supply-demand equation.