SECTION 1.
 The Public Utilities Commission shall evaluate the interrelationship between the commission’s electricity policy and water policy as it relates to saline water conversion through ocean desalination and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 2006, on the balance between the interests of electricity and water ratepayers. The commission shall invite the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Fish and Game, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the California Coastal Commission, to participate in the evaluation.