Description
The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee was created on in 1981 to oversee legislation and issues involving investor-owned
public utilities such as Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Pacific Telephone, municipal energy utilities such as the Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power, common carriers such as for-hire truckers, passenger stage corporations such as Greyhound
and Trailways and charter party carriers such as sight-seeing buses. The Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee records
consist of approximately 48.5 cubic of textual and audiovisual records covering the years 1978-2005.
Background
The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee was created on January 22, 1981, by House Resolution 13, with Assembly Member
Gordon Duffy (Rep.) as chair. At its inception, the 12 members of the Utilities and Energy Committee were given jurisdiction
over "legislation and issues involving investor-owned public utilities such as Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Pacific
Telephone, municipal energy utilities such as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, common carriers such as for-hire
truckers, passenger stage corporations such as Greyhound and Trailways and charter party carriers such as sight-seeing buses."The
committee also [had] jurisdiction over legislation and issues pertaining to cable television, the San Francisco Bar Pilots
and the Inland Pilots who pilot vessels within San Francisco Bay and up to the Ports of Sacramento and Stockton. The Utilities
and Energy Committee was also given oversight responsibility for the California Public Utilities Commission.
Restrictions
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for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.
Availability
Collection is open for research.