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Power Source Disclosure (Under Senate Bill 1305)
A Program of the California Energy Commission

Senate Bill 1305 (Sher - Statutes of 1997) requires retail suppliers of electricity to disclose to consumers "accurate, reliable, and simple-to-understand information on the sources of energy that are (being) used...."; (Public Utilities Code Section 398.1(b))

The law basically requires that these suppliers tell consumers about what type of resource is used to generate the electricity being used. The suppliers are required to use a format developed by the California Energy Commission called the Power Content Label. An example from the City of Burbank's Dept of Water and Power is on the right.

SB 1305 also requires electricity generators that report meter data to a system operator to report generation, fuel type and fuel consumption data to system operators on a quarterly basis.

Generators that do not report information to system operators but whose electricity is being claimed as a specific purchase report this data directly to the Energy Commission.

System operators must then make the generation and fuel source information available to the Energy Commission for the dual purposes of verifying information disclosed to consumers and calculating net system power.

This page links electricity consumers, retailers and generators to information and the forms needed under this program. Also see our Program Details & Background.

For more information about this program contact:

California Energy Commission
Lorraine Gonzalez
1516 Ninth Street, MS-45
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-654-5997
FAX: 916-653-8251
E-mail: LGonzale@energy.state.ca.us