Legislative Tracker Database
Below you will find the 2025 legislative tracker that will be used throughout the year to track relevant climate and energy legislation as it moves through the California Legislature. If you are interested in a particular bill, we encourage you to follow the link in the bill number to read the full text.
Last updated: 5/28/2025
Existing law directs the Legislative Counsel to advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary to maintain the codes.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in various provisions of the law to effectuate the recommendations made by the Legislative Counsel to the Legislature.
This bill expands the I-Bank’s authority to include projects focused on decarbonizing industrial facilities’ heat and power use, such as industrial heat pump and thermal energy storage projects. It also creates the Industrial Facilities Thermal Energy Storage Program within the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program to incentivize decarbonization efforts. Additionally, the bill renames the Industrial Grid Support and Decarbonization Program to the Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid Operations Program, expanding its focus to include health-harming pollutants and requiring projects to create high-road jobs, use project labor agreements, and address pollution remediation, particularly for facilities with air permit violations. The bill also prioritizes projects in under-resourced communities and those that pursue community benefits agreements.
This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would require each city, county, or city and county, on or after January 1, 2027, but no later than January 1, 2030, to prepare and adopt a specified plan, or integrate a plan in the next adoption or revision of the general plan, that includes locally based goals, objectives, policies, and feasible implementation measures that include, among other things, the identification of opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging and other zero-emission vehicle fueling infrastructure, as specified, and includes policies and implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses for equitable and prioritized investments in zero-emission technologies that directly benefit these groups. For these purposes, the bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to designate a previously adopted similar plan that meets the above-described requirements, as specified. By increasing the duties of local public officials, the bill would establish a state-mandated local program.
The bill would deem a plan adopted pursuant to these provisions as a regional plan for specified purposes. The bill would require that the above-described provisions only apply to a city, county, or city and county with a population greater than 75,000 residents. The bill would define terms for these purposes.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to mandate that electrical corporations adjust consumer protections by July 1, 2026, to safeguard customers from damaging voltage fluctuations, evaluating specific factors to determine necessary adjustments, while also requiring local publicly owned electric utilities to adopt similar protective policies and publicly post their claims processes by January 1, 2027. It expands the commission’s annual safety report to include data on voltage-related damage incidents, claims filed, and resolutions, and establishes that violations of these provisions would be subject to criminal penalties, creating a state-mandated local program for both investor-owned and publicly owned utilities without requiring state reimbursement for associated costs.
This bill would require the Energy Commission, on or before March 1, 2027, to designate a person within the Energy Commission or identify and retain an external candidate to serve as the Senior Counselor on Industrial Policy and Clean Energy Development, and would require the senior counselor to, among other things, convene working groups that focus on certain issues, as provided. The bill would require the Energy Commission, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of General Services, and the office of the Treasurer, on or before March 1, 2027, to enter into a memorandum of understanding on equitable clean energy supply chains and industrial policy in California with specified goals and provisions, as provided. The bill would require the senior counselor to track and coordinate the work under the memorandum of understanding and to prepare an annual report summarizing the key findings and recommendations resulting from that work. The bill would require that the report be presented at a public meeting of the Energy Commission and be published on the Energy Commission’s internet website. The bill would establish in the State Treasury the Equitable Clean Energy Supply Chain and Industrial Policy Fund and would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, authorize the moneys in the fund to be expended for purposes of the bill.
To help users visually see the status of each bill, CCEC launched a new progress status under each bill that simplifies the legislative process into 10 key steps. However, it should be noted that the percentages used in the visual tracker do not correspond with the actual amount of time it takes for bills to move through the legislative process.
| 10% | Introduction / First reading in the house of origin |
| 20% | Committee hearings |
| 30% | Second reading |
| 40% | Third reading |
| 50% | First reading in the other house |
| 60% | Committee hearings |
| 70% | Second reading |
| 80% | Third reading |
| 90% | Resolution of differences |
| 95% | Enrolled and presented to the Governor |
| 100% | Signed by Governor and chaptered into law |
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Take a look at the 2024 Legislative Update that covers all 2024 legislation related to climate change and energy issues.
This bill would expand California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard Program by redefining eligible renewable energy resources to include all hydroelectric generating facilities (removing the current 30-megawatt cap for small hydro facilities), while requiring the Public Utilities Commission and local publicly owned utilities to incorporate these resources into their renewable energy procurement targets and plans, with conforming updates to program definitions. The change aims to broaden clean energy options under the state’s renewable mandate while maintaining existing compliance structures.
This bill would require public utilities (including electrical and gas corporations) to clearly display on customer bills—in a visible format matching other billing details—a quarterly breakdown of additional costs attributable to state-mandated programs or requirements, whether imposed by law, regulation, or agencies like the PUC or Energy Commission. While existing law already mandates that utility bills itemize charges like taxes and generation fees, this measure enhances transparency by specifically highlighting state-driven costs. Violations of PUC orders enforcing this requirement would remain punishable as crimes under the Public Utilities Act, potentially creating state-mandated local obligations—though the bill specifies no reimbursement is required for associated costs. The change aims to improve consumer awareness of how state policies impact utility rates.
This bill would require the commission, on or before June 1, 2026, to evaluate all customer billing and noticing requirements existing on January 1, 2026, that apply to gas or electric utilities, and to identify and consider potential avenues to consolidate and enhance billing transparency, including avenues that clearly show the source and value of each charge within each customer’s bill, as specified, and use the most cost-effective communications channels, as provided. The bill would authorize the commission to seek and consider input from utilities and other relevant stakeholders to inform its evaluation and identification and consideration of potential avenues to consolidate notices and enhance billing transparency.
Current law designates the Independent System Operator (ISO) as a nonprofit responsible for managing California’s transmission grid and energy markets to ensure efficiency and reliability. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC), in consultation with the ISO, sets resource adequacy requirements for electricity providers (such as utility companies and community choice aggregators) to maintain grid reliability. The ISO must ensure grid efficiency and reliability and can modify its tariff (with federal approval) to meet these goals.
This bill proposes a nonsubstantive (minor, non-policy) change to the existing requirement that the ISO ensures efficient and reliable grid operation.
This bill makes several key changes to improve indoor air quality and energy efficiency in California schools: (1) It requires the State Department of Education, in consultation with health and air quality agencies, to develop comprehensive indoor air quality standards for K-12 schools by July 1, 2027; (2) It extends and modifies the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program by pushing the spending deadline to December 1, 2030 (from 2026) and program sunset to January 1, 2031 (from 2027), expands the definition of noncompliant appliances to include certain water heaters, and gives the Energy Commission flexibility to reallocate funds between ventilation improvement and plumbing/appliance replacement programs after the first two years; (3) It extends annual reporting requirements on program activities through March 1, 2031. The bill also maintains existing requirements for schools to meet ventilation standards while creating new mandates that may require state reimbursement, though it specifies no reimbursement is needed for certain provisions. Additionally, it makes technical changes to utility regulations that could create new crimes under the Public Utilities Act.
This bill would prohibit electrical corporations from proposing systemwide rate increases exceeding the inflation rate in general rate cases, unless the Public Utilities Commission specifically approves higher increases for safety improvements, grid modernization, or rising fuel/commodity costs. While maintaining the commission’s authority to ensure just and reasonable rates, the measure creates a new inflation-based cap on utility rate hikes with limited exceptions. Violations of commission orders enforcing this prohibition would be punishable as crimes under the Public Utilities Act, potentially creating state-mandated local costs, though the bill specifies no reimbursement is required. The legislation aims to constrain utility rate increases while preserving flexibility for essential infrastructure and cost-driven adjustments.
Existing law gives the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission exclusive jurisdiction to certify the construction of thermal powerplants and exempts certain projects with generating capacities of up to 100 megawatts from certification if there are no substantial environmental or energy resource impacts.
This bill would additionally authorize the commission to exempt from the certification requirement, only until January 1, 2030, a thermal powerplant that generates electricity using exclusively geothermal resources and is found by the commission to meet specified criteria, including that the person proposing the powerplant files an application on or before June 30, 2029, with the local governmental agency that has land use and related jurisdiction over the area in which the powerplant is located, that the local governmental agency will be the lead agency for the project and will require a discretionary permit that is subject to environmental review pursuant to CEQA, that the person proposing the powerplant certifies that specified skilled and trained workforce requirements will be followed if the exemption is granted, and that the powerplant has a net generating capacity of 50 to 150 megawatts or that modifications are being made to the powerplant to add capacity resulting in total net generating capacity of 50 to 150 megawatts. megawatts, and for any plan for multiple geothermal powerplants that use at least one common infrastructure component and those powerplants, in total, have a net generating capacity of 50 or more megawatts. Upon the commission granting an exemption, the bill would require the local governmental agency to be the lead agency for purposes of CEQA to certify the site and related facility, as provided. The bill would would, until January 1, 2030, make the local governmental agency that has land use and related jurisdiction over the area of the proposed site and related facility the lead agency pursuant to CEQA for any project that the commission exempts from the certification requirement and that generates electricity using geothermal resources as provided.
This bill would require the commission, through a new or existing proceeding, to develop optional dynamic rate tariffs applicable to each large electrical corporation for the large electrical corporation’s customers. The bill would require at least one optional dynamic rate tariff for each segment of medium and large commercial and industrial customers no later than on or before July 1, 2028, and at least one optional dynamic rate tariff for each segment of residential and small commercial customers no later than on or before July 1, 2030. The bill would require each optional dynamic rate tariff to include, at minimum, specified components, including a time-varying transmission and distribution rates rate that reflect reflects dynamic grid constraints constraints, a time-varying generation rate that reflects wholesale market conditions, and nonbypassable charges, as specified. The bill would require the commission to ensure, among other things, any overcollection of transmission-, distribution-, and generation-related revenue requirements from participating bundled customers is returned to the participating bundled customers and any undercollection of those revenue requirements is borne by those same customers. The bill would additionally require that any overcollection of transmission- or distribution-related revenue requirements from unbundled customers be returned to the same unbundled customers, and any undercollection of those revenue requirements be borne by those same customers. The bill would require that any customer of an electrical corporation with an installed smart meter who chooses to take service under an optional dynamic rate tariff be provided access to their own interval usage data directly from the smart meter as that data is generated, as provided. The bill would also require the commission to determine whether each large electrical corporation would be required to allow medium and large commercial and industrial customers taking service under an optional dynamic rate tariff to also participate in supply-side resource demand response programs, as provided. The bill would require that any new medium and large commercial and industrial customer energized on or after July 1, 2028, that opts to take service under an optional dynamic rate tariff be eligible to receive generation service from an electric service provider, if specified conditions are met. The bill would require the commission to consider rules or conditions on participation by vulnerable residential customers to ensure adequate protection for those customers, as provided. The bill would require the commission to incorporate the load shift and load reduction effects of dynamic rate adoption in proceedings on revenue requirement cost recovery, as provided. The bill would require the commission to ensure load-serving entities provide adequate electricity bill comparison information to residential and small business customers interested in taking service under an optional dynamic rate tariff.
This bill would add to the categories of programs and projects eligible for funding under the Clean Transportation Program programs and projects to deter and combat vandalism of publicly available electric vehicle charging stations.
This bill would include as a “renewable electrical generation facility” for purposes of the program a facility that commenced initial commercial operation on January 1, 2005, and would make nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to establish an expedited utility distribution infrastructure undergrounding program for large electrical corporations. In order to participate in the program, existing law requires a large electrical corporation to submit to the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety a distribution infrastructure undergrounding plan, as provided. Upon approval of the plan by the office, existing law requires the large electrical corporation to submit to the commission an application requesting review and conditional approval of the plan’s costs and other specified information.
This bill would specify that the approval of a distribution infrastructure undergrounding plan is not a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, as specified.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to evaluate customer renewable energy subscription programs to determine their benefits and establish or modify tariffs for community renewable energy programs. This bill would revise the requirements for these programs, specifying that avoided costs include certain values, and impose additional requirements. It would require the PUC to modify the community renewable energy program by March 1, 2026, or adopt a new program, with a final decision by September 1, 2026. The bill also mandates the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to evaluate community solar and storage projects as load-modifying resources.
This bill would prohibit the commission from placing the consideration of an application from an electrical corporation for a rate increase on its consent calendar. The bill would, except as provided, require the commission to provide a public comment period for the application of not less than 30 minutes at the hearing considering the application.
Existing law establishes a Power Exchange as a nonprofit public benefit corporation to provide an efficient competitive auction, open on a nondiscriminatory basis to all suppliers of electricity, that meets the loads of all of its customers at efficient prices.
This bill would abolish the Power Exchange and would make various conforming changes.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to develop and coordinate a program of research and development in energy supply, consumption, and conservation and the technology of siting facilities, and to give priority to those forms of research and development that are of particular importance to the state, as specified.This bill would require the commission, until December 31, 2031, to study and design a new system for allowing electrical customers of electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, local publicly owned electric utilities, and electrical cooperatives to generate their own electricity on their commercial or residential sites. The bill would require the commission, in designing the new system, to ensure all electrical customers are treated fairly, increase transparency in the calculation and application of departing load charges, promote the development and integration of renewable energy sources, support the state’s clean energy goals, consider the benefits of customer-generated energy, and provide a mechanism for stakeholder input, as provided. The bill would require the commission, on or before December 31, 2027, to submit a report to the Legislature detailing the proposed new process for departing load charges and any recommendations for legislative action.
This bill would require an electrical corporation to connect an affordable housing project, as defined, to the electrical distribution grid within 60 days, except as specified. The bill would require the commission to streamline any necessary review on an affordable housing project that is ready to connect but sitting vacant and that has not been connected by an electrical corporation within the required 60 days. The bill would delay the effective date of a rate increase approved by the commission for the greater of either the amount of time the electrical corporation took, beyond 90 days from receipt of the project building plans, to provide a final contract, or the amount of time the electrical corporation took, beyond the 60 days allowed, to connect the most recently completed affordable housing project within the electrical corporation’s service area. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
Existing law, in effect until January 1, 2020, required the Policy and Planning Division of the Public Utilities Commission to undertake one or more studies of outreach efforts undertaken by other state and federal utility regulatory bodies and make recommendations to the commission to promote effective outreach, including metrics for use in evaluating success.This bill would repeal that obsolete provision.
This bill would require the PUC to determine whether those costs and expenses in an application by an electrical corporation to recover costs and expenses arising from, or incurred as a result of, the construction of a new data center or a substantial alteration to an existing data center are just and reasonable. The bill would require the PUC to minimize the shifting of costs attributable to the construction or alteration of the data center to ratepayers who do not directly benefit from the data center.
This bill would require the commission to reduce generate a report outlining recommendations to decrease the kilowatt-per-hour rate for electricity charged to ratepayers by not less than 30%. 30% by January 1, 2027. The bill would require the commission, in making that reduction, those reduction recommendations, to take certain actions, as specified.
Existing law allows the certification of energy storage systems, including those capable of storing 200 megawatt-hours or more, by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, replacing other permits until June 30, 2029. This bill would exclude battery energy storage systems from this provision and require the commission to deny applications for such systems pending as of the bill’s effective date. It would also prohibit the authorization of development projects with battery energy storage systems storing 200 megawatt-hours or more if located within 3,200 feet of a sensitive receptor or on an environmentally sensitive site.
Existing law prohibits the Energy Commission from certifying nuclear fission thermal powerplants, except for specified ones, and sets conditions for land use related to nuclear fuel rod processing and high-level nuclear waste disposal. This bill would exempt small modular reactors from these provisions. Additionally, the bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to adopt a plan by January 1, 2028, to increase electricity procurement from nuclear facilities and phase out procurement from natural gas facilities, aligning with the state’s goal for 100% renewable and zero-carbon electricity by 2045.
This bill requires the Energy Commission, in coordination with relevant agencies, to develop a strategic plan for the development of new in-state geothermal energy by June 30, 2027. The plan will include an evaluation of geothermal energy’s capacity to provide benefits related to reliability, decarbonization, and employment, as well as megawatt planning goals for 2035 and 2045. The Energy Commission will work with stakeholders to identify suitable locations for geothermal development, establish leasing goals, and collaborate with federal agencies on geothermal lease sales. It will also assess the necessary transmission investments, develop a permitting roadmap, and evaluate geothermal rentals and royalties to support renewable energy and emissions reduction goals. The plan will include an assessment of impacts on Native American tribes and biological resources, with strategies to address these concerns.
This bill would require the office to establish, by January 1, 2027, a program to, upon request of the Legislature, analyze legislation that would establish a mandated requirement or program or otherwise affect electrical or gas ratepayers, as specified. The bill would require the office to develop and implement conflict-of-interest provisions that would to prohibit a person from participating in an analysis for which the person knows or has reasons to know that the person has a material financial interest. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
This bill amends the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by requiring the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to certify the environmental impact report for priority electrical infrastructure projects within 270 days of determining the application is complete. The bill defines a priority project and mandates that the applicant identify this designation in the application, specifying the basis for it. PUC staff must review applications within 30 days, notifying applicants of any deficiencies, which must be corrected or explained within 60 days. Once deficiencies are addressed, the PUC will issue a preliminary ruling, setting the scope and schedule for the project.
This bill establishes a Transmission Infrastructure Accelerator within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to develop financing and development strategies for eligible clean energy transmission projects. To finance these projects, the bill creates the California Transmission Accelerator Revolving Fund within the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank), deeming such projects to be in the public interest and eligible for various forms of financial assistance, including bonds.
The bill provides incentives for project development, including a tax credit for qualified expenditures on eligible transmission projects and removes the financing cap for the California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority, allowing it to sponsor new transmission projects. It also streamlines the permitting process for energy facilities by extending application deadlines, modifying California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements, and creating a rebuttable presumption that projects have a net positive economic benefit for local governments.
The bill also enacts significant reforms to wildfire mitigation plans, changing the submission cycle for utilities to every four years and altering the review and approval process between the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Wildfire Safety Division. It also reforms the Wildfire Fund by creating a new “Continuation Account” with updated financing mechanisms, including the potential for new bonds, and introduces a process for utilities to use securitization (recovery bonds) for certain wildfire-related costs.
Additional provisions include requirements for better planning around subsurface utilities, reforms to utility wildfire risk mitigation strategies to emphasize cost-effectiveness, and new reporting requirements for the CPUC on utility assets and energization times for new customers.
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities and requires those rates and charges to be just and reasonable.
This bill would require the commission to prioritize the gathering, analysis, and independent verification of utility data used to justify general rate case proposals to ensure the cost-effective use of ratepayer funds for capital investments in electrical distribution and transmission grid infrastructure and the operation and maintenance of that infrastructure.
This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to create the Data Access Governance Committee, with specified membership, and would require the committee, on or before January 1, 2027, to provide initial recommendations on prescribed topics to the Energy Commission and the PUC, as specified. The bill would authorize the Energy Commission to work with certain gas corporations, electrical corporations, and local publicly owned utilities that provide gas or electrical service to enact cost-effective energy utility data programs, as specified. The bill would create, and would require the PUC and the Energy Commission to administer and enforce, the Customer Energy Utility Data Bill of Rights, with specified protections and customer rights.
Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime.
Because a violation of a PUC action implementing the requirements of this bill would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.In addition, to the extent the bill would impose new requirements on local publicly owned utilities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons
This bill requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to establish a statewide certification program for licensed contractors to install residential heat pump water heaters and HVAC systems by January 1, 2027, including a state training program. Licensed contractors with certification would be allowed to self-certify installations, and local entities must accept this certification. Local jurisdictions must also provide alternative inspection options, create automated permitting platforms by July 1, 2027, and issue permits in real-time if installations meet specified requirements. The bill prohibits local entities from charging excessive permit fees and makes provisions in governing documents that prohibit the installation of heat pump systems or the replacement of fuel-gas-burning appliances with electric appliances unenforceable. Additionally, it includes provisions for statewide implementation, with reimbursement for any costs mandated by the state.
This bill would authorize the Governor to establish one or more pilot projects to develop, finance, or operate electrical transmission infrastructure that meet the specified criteria, including, among other things, that the transmission line is identified by the Independent System Operator in its transmission planning process as a project subject to competitive bidding and necessary to support clean energy generation to meet the state’s clean energy goals. The bill would require the Governor to designate existing state agencies, local public agencies, tribal organizations, or joint powers authorities to implement the pilot projects. The bill would authorize the pilot projects to develop, finance, operate, and maintain electrical transmission lines and all works, facilities, improvements, and property, or portions thereof, necessary or convenient for the conveyance of electricity, as specified. The bill would authorize the Governor to issue guidelines regarding application and certification of pilot projects.
This bill would require the state board to establish the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Appeals Advisory Committee to review appeals of denied exemption requests, with committee members from specified governmental and nongovernmental entities. The committee must meet monthly, publicly share meeting recordings, and make recommendations on appeals within 60 days. The state board must consider these recommendations at a public meeting within 60 days. The bill also expands the emergency vehicle exemption under the regulation and modifies the daily usage exemption for state and local government fleets, prohibiting the board from requiring documentation of a zero-emissions vehicle purchase agreement for certain compliance extensions.
This bill makes significant changes to California’s energy governance by: (1) eliminating provisions for transforming the CAISO into a regional organization while authorizing participation in voluntary energy markets governed by an independent regional organization starting January 1, 2028, subject to strict governance conditions including state policy protections, consumer representation, and market transparency requirements; (2) maintaining CAISO’s core transmission and reliability functions while allowing it to operate under the regional organization’s market rules if specified conditions are met; (3) preserving state authority over renewable energy policies by explicitly excluding the regional organization from California’s balancing authority designation and strengthening eligibility requirements for out-of-state renewable resources; (4) establishing mechanisms for California to withdraw from regional markets if they conflict with state policies or unfairly burden ratepayers; and (5) repealing obsolete provisions related to the former Power Exchange. The bill includes robust safeguards for California’s clean energy goals and ratepayer protections while creating a framework for potential regional market participation.
Existing law prohibits electrical and gas corporations from disconnecting service for certain residential customers who are financially unable to pay and meet specific requirements.
This bill would expand protections by prohibiting disconnection for six months for qualifying customers. It would require corporations to grant a 6-month payment deferment and, after that period, enroll customers in an arrearage management program or an eligible payment plan. The Public Utilities Commission would be authorized to adopt rules to implement these provisions.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to administer ratepayer-funded programs. An executive order directs both commissions to review these programs and identify any that unnecessarily increase electricity rates without providing justifiable benefits. The executive order requires those 2 commissions to report back to the Governor by January 1, 2025. This bill would require the Energy Commission and PUC to submit a report to the Legislature by July 1, 2025, in response to the executive order, and would declare the bill an urgency statute, taking effect immediately.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to provide transmission guidance for renewable and zero-carbon resources by March 31, 2024, to help identify needed transmission facilities. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between these agencies was established to coordinate transmission planning and resource development. This bill would shorten the review and update timeline for the MOU and workplan from every 5 years to every 3 years.
To help users visually see the status of each bill, CCEC launched a new progress status under each bill that simplifies the legislative process into 10 key steps. However, it should be noted that the percentages used in the visual tracker do not correspond with the actual amount of time it takes for bills to move through the legislative process.
| 10% | Introduction / First reading in the house of origin |
| 20% | Committee hearings |
| 30% | Second reading |
| 40% | Third reading |
| 50% | First reading in the other house |
| 60% | Committee hearings |
| 70% | Second reading |
| 80% | Third reading |
| 90% | Resolution of differences |
| 95% | Enrolled and presented to the Governor |
| 100% | Signed by Governor and chaptered into law |
Using the filter functions below, you may search for bills sponsored by specific authors, or set at a specific status.
Feel free to use any or all of these filters to find the most relevant bills!
Filtered results will include opportunities that meet at least one filter selected within a category, and will also show opportunities that meet 2+ filters across multiple categories.
To help users visually see the status of each bill, CCEC launched a new progress status under each bill that simplifies the legislative process into 10 key steps. However, it should be noted that the percentages used in the visual tracker do not correspond with the actual amount of time it takes for bills to move through the legislative process.
| 10% | Introduction / First reading in the house of origin |
| 20% | Committee hearings |
| 30% | Second reading |
| 40% | Third reading |
| 50% | First reading in the other house |
| 60% | Committee hearings |
| 70% | Second reading |
| 80% | Third reading |
| 90% | Resolution of differences |
| 95% | Enrolled and presented to the Governor |
| 100% | Signed by Governor and chaptered into law |
Using the filter functions below, you may search for bills sponsored by specific authors, or set at a specific status.
Feel free to use any or all of these filters to find the most relevant bills!
Filtered results will include opportunities that meet at least one filter selected within a category, and will also show opportunities that meet 2+ filters across multiple categories.
