A Review of Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 on Energy, Oil and Recycling Programs

For this study, the Commission reviewed the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 on energy, oil and recycling programs. The plan proposed to reorganize the California Energy Commission and related governmental functions. Specifically, the plan called to eliminate the Energy Commission, transfer all existing divisions and functions of the Energy Commission and the Department of Conservation, except recycling, to a newly created Department of Energy and Conservation, move the recycling program to a modified Integrated Waste Management Board and remove oil oversight functions from the State Lands Commission. 

State law establishes that all Governors' reorganization plans must be submitted to the Commission for review at least 30 days prior to submitting it to the Legislature for its consideration. Following its review and one or more public hearings on the proposal, the Commission offers a recommendation on whether the Legislature should allow the plan to go into effect.