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CA AB1456
Bill
Status
Passed
9/23/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jerry Hill
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AI Summary
- Requires the Public Utilities Commission to analyze benchmark data and adopt safety performance metrics for pipeline safety
- Safety performance metrics must be designed as indicators of safety performance, be reevaluable within useful timeframes, use verifiable data inputs, and collectively serve as robust indicators of pipeline safety
- Authorizes the Commission to evaluate gas corporations' safety performance using adopted metrics and implement a rate incentive program with penalties based on safety performance
- Enacted in response to the September 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline rupture that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes, following recommendations from an independent expert review panel
- Prohibits gas corporations from recovering any fine or penalty in rates approved by the Commission under existing Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011
Legislative Description
Gas corporations: safety performance metrics: rate
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 469, Statutes of 2012.
9/23/2012
Committee Referrals
Appropriations7/3/2012
Rules5/31/2012
Appropriations4/16/2012
Utilities and Commerce1/19/2012
Full Bill Text
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