SB 1414 Summary

• Allows the Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to extend by order the period for acting on rehearing applications filed on or after January 1, 2011, with each extension limited to a maximum of 120 additional days if the commission has not acted within the initial 120-day period.

• Requires the CPUC to include data on the disposition of applications for rehearing in its annual report to the Governor and Legislature, alongside existing requirements to report on case resolution timelines and commissioner hearing days.

• Requires the CPUC president to annually appear before appropriate policy committees of the Senate and Assembly to report on the commission's annual workplan and cases where resolution exceeded prescribed timeframes.

• Maintains existing rehearing procedures where applications filed 10 or more days before an order's effective date must be granted or denied before the order takes effect or the order becomes suspended, with suspension lapsing after 60 days.