News - California State Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Next week, the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee
Landmark Energy Storage Legislation Now Heads to Senate SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California State Assembly yesterday passed AB 2514, landmark legislation that will create a smarter, cleaner electric grid, increase the use of renewable energy, save Californians money by avoiding costly new power plants, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants through the use of energy storage technologies by utility companies. Authored by Assembly member Nancy Skinner (D - Berkeley) Chair of the Assembly Rules Committee, in partnership with California Attorney General Edmund G.
Groups Say Assembly Bill 1998 (Brownley) Is Anti-Consumer, Anti-Job, and Anti-Environment SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An alliance of business and consumer groups opposed to legislation that would ban free, recyclable plastic shopping bags expressed dismay at the Assembly's narrow passage of the measure yesterday, saying it will negatively impact small businesses, jeopardize hundreds of manufacturing jobs, and hurt the environment.
