Address system cost drivers – State policy should examine utility wildfire liability, transmission expansion costs, and rate structures that drive up bills, and create reforms to stabilize rates
Challenge/Local/State
Priority Area: Clean Energy and Building Decarbonization
Description
State Solution
(Type of Activity: Policy/Regulation )
Existing Examples of Progress: A package of 2025 CA legislation aptly refocused on system cost drivers rather than cuts to energy programs. AB 825 was amended to cut energy costs and improve grid reliability by joining a Western regional power market. SB 254 sets up a public financing system to build new transmission lines, and bars utilities from earning profit on the next $6 billion spent on wildfire-safety upgrades.
Region: San Diego, Statewide
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