Adopt Resolution 2026-136
On October 11, 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California State Assembly Bill 162 (“AB 162”), which amended the Power Content Label reporting requirements originally set forth in Senate Bill 1305. The amendments changed the reporting requirements from quarterly to annual, and required that electric utilities report actual power content information instead of projected.
The information must be provided to the utility’s customers through either printed or electronic means, including posting it on the City’s website. The utility will provide it by posting an electronic copy of the Power Content Label on the City’s website.
The California Energy Commission (CEC), which has oversight authority for this requirement, has stated that the governing body of each locally owned public utility must approve both the Power Source Disclosure Annual Report and the annual Power Content Label for the utility(s) under its jurisdiction. Therefore, Staff is requesting that the City Council approve Resolution 2026-136, accepting both the City of Banning Electric Utility’s Power Source Disclosure Annual Report, attached herewith as Exhibit “A”, and the City of Banning Electric Utility’s Power Content Label, attached herewith as Exhibit “B”.
AB 162 requires that all load serving electric utilities develop and provide to its customers on an annual basis an approved Power Content Label. The Power Content Label shows the percentages of each type of energy resources that are used to serve an electric utility’s customers. The regulation was amended beginning in calendar year 2019, requiring the governing body of each locally owned public utility to approve both the Power Source Disclosure Annual Report and the Power Content Label.
There is no fiscal impact in the adoption of Resolution 2026-136.