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KERMAN CITY COUNCIL850 S. Madera AvenueKERMAN, CA 93630Mayor – Gary YepDoug WilcoxCharlie JonesNathan Fox Phone: (559) 846-9380Raj Dhaliwal Fax: (559) 846-6199June 10, 2013The Honorable Henry T. PereaAssembly Member 31 st DistrictState Capitol, Room 4112Sacramento, CA, 95814Re: Support for AB 300 (Perea) Funding Local Emergency ServicesDear Assembly Member Perea:This letter is to express support for AB 300 – which would ensure state and local governments receive thenecessary resources for E911 programs by developing a statewide mechanism to include prepaid services in thealready-established collection of fees applied to wireless communication services.By creating a mechanism to collect the required fees from the prepaid wireless service, it would help createpredictability and enhanced revenue for state and local governments. Programs and services that would receiveadditional revenue by modernizing collection of existing taxes and fees on prepaid wireless consumers include:state and local E911 call centers, California LifeLine, The California Teleconnect Fund, The Deaf and DisabledTelecommunications Program, The California High Cost Funds, The California Advance Services Fund, and thePublic Utilities Commission Reimbursement Account.AB 300 would create a uniform, statewide point of sale collection for prepaid services administered by the BOEthat is uniformly administered and transparent to consumers, similar to postpaid services. It also requires thatfees collected be distributed to the State 911 fund, CPUC Public Purpose Fund and Local Governments.I strongly support AB 300 (Perea,) which would modernize the collection of existing wireless taxes and fees tomaximize revenue and help fund critical programs.Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request.Sincerely,Gary YepMayorCc: Kerman City CouncilAlex Valdez”COMMUNITY COMES FIRST”10
AB 327 (Perea)Rate Payer Equity Act(As amended 04/23/13)SUMMARYAB 327 would eliminate provisions in AB1 Xand SB 695 relating to residential rate designretuning the code to the language thatexisted prior to the energy crisis, whichallowed the CPUC to do ratemaking withminimal statutory restriction.BACKGROUNDDuring the energy crisis, the Legislatureenacted ABX1 1 (Keeley) Chapter 4, Statutesof 2001, First Extraordinary Session, whichincluded a provision that capped residentialelectricity rates for investor-owned utilitiesfor usage up to 130 percent of baseline,meaning that the rates for Tier 1 and 2 usagecould not increase. This rate cap remained inplace until the enactment of SB 695 (Kehoe)Chapter 337, Statutes of 2009, which allowedfor modest increases in rates in Tiers 1 and 2as well as customers on the CaliforniaAlternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program.Specifically, SB 695 allowed for non-CARErates in Tiers 1 and 2 to increase by 3-5percent annually based on the ConsumerPrice Index (CPI), and CARE rates to increaseby 0-3 percent annually based on the CalWORKS index.Over the course of the AB 1X rate cap, theincreased cost of electricity shifted completelyto the upper tiers (over 130 percent ofbaseline) usage, setting those rates at levelsfar above the actual cost of providing serviceto those customers. The increase in the costof service was a result of higher costs undervarious public policies including enactment ofthe Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), theCalifornia Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32), reliability and safety investments,infrastructure replacement and inflation.In addition, Tier 1 and 2 rates are not keepingpace with the increased costs mentionedabove. Without an ability to keep pace withthe increase in costs in the lower tiers, theupper tier usage is saddled with theadditional cost burden resulting in thoserates being even higher than the costs toserve the customers paying those rates. Forexample, the gap between Tier 2 and Tier 3rates actually grew after enactment of SB 695going from 13.0 cents per kWh to 15.3 centsper kWh currently.Currently, the CPUC has an open proceeding-Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR)-on policyguidance for rate design. This measure doesnot interfere with that proceeding instead itprovides the CPUC authority to actuallyimplement the policies that they ultimatelyadopt before there is a residential ratepayerrevolt as a result of the punitive upper tierrate structure.THIS BILLSpecifically, AB 327 would:• Repeal limitations to raising residentialrates adopted during the energy crisisthereby getting the Legislature out ofthe ratemaking business, which theCPUC is best equipped to do.• Requires the CPUC, when approvingchanges to rates, that the changes arereasonable and necessary.• Requires the CPUC to report to theLegislature findings andrecommendations related to tieredrates in a specified rulemaking byJanuary 21, 2014.SUPPORT1 st Guaranty Mortgage and Realty100 Black Men of Long BeachAge Well Senior Services5/20/2013 1:02 PM Office of Assemblymember Henry T. Perea • AB 327 Fact Sheet • Page 111
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