Bill Text: CA SCR49 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Public Power Week.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 124, Statutes of 2021. [SCR49 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SCR49-Enrolled.html

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Enrolled  September 07, 2021

Passed  IN  Senate  August 23, 2021

Passed  IN  Assembly  September 01, 2021

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Concurrent Resolution

No. 49

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Introduced by Senator Hueso
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Holden, Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bryan, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Megan Dahle, Davies, Flora, Fong, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Lorena Gonzalez, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, O’Donnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Seyarto, Smith, Stone, Ting, Valladares, Villapudua, Voepel, Waldron, Ward, Akilah Weber, Wicks, and Wood)

May 28, 2021

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Relative to Public Power Week.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 49, 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  

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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 community’s 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, California’s 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.