Joint Informational Hearing

Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee and Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee

CHAIRS: Senator Alex Padilla and Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes

Proposition 16: New Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Local Public Electricity Providers
Initiative Constitutional Amendment

State Capitol, Room 4202
February 25, 2010
Upon Adjournment of Floor Sessions

Welcome

• Senator Alex Padilla, Chairman
  Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Secretary of State
• Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, Chairman
  Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee

Panel 1: Overview from the Legislative Analyst’s Office

• Tiffany Roberts, Fiscal and Policy Analyst - Energy & Climate Change
  Office of the Legislative Analyst Office

Panel 2: Proponents of Proposition 16

• Ed Bedwell, Senior Director - State & Local Government Affairs
  Pacific Gas & Electric
• Marc Burgat, Vice President - Government Relations
  California Chamber of Commerce
• Michelle Pielsticker, Vice President/General Counsel
  California Taxpayers’ Association

Panel 3: Opponents of Proposition 16

• John L. Geesman, Former Chair
  California Energy Commission
• Paul Hauser, Director
  Redding Electric Utility
• Michael Boccadoro, Executive Director
  Agricultural Energy Consumers Association
• Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, District 5, Board of Supervisors,
  City and County of San Francisco

Public Comment