20250AB__134297AMD INTRODUCED 2025-02-21 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-03-28 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-04-21 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Soria LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Soria

An act to amend

Section 913.9 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities. public utilities Public Utilities Commission: energy efficiency programs: report.

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before December 31, 2018, and biennially thereafter, as part of a specified report, to identify and report to the Legislature on electrical and gas corporation ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs that are similar to programs administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the State Air Resources Board, and the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.

This bill would instead require the commission to identify and report to the Legislature on those programs on an annual basis. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms in regulating those emissions.

The implementing regulations adopted by the state board provide for the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical corporations and gas corporations pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism. </xhtml:p><xhtml:p>Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations.

Existing law, except as provided, requires revenues received by an electrical corporation as a result of the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical distribution utilities to be credited directly to residential, small business, and emissions-intensive trade-exposed retail customers of the electrical corporation, commonly known as the electric California Climate Credit.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would require that the electric California Climate Credit be provided to residential customers in the months of June, July, August, and September.

The bill would require the commission to ensure that a larger portion of those revenues be allocated as electric California Climate Credits to residential customers living in the hotter regions of the state, as provided.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>Because the above provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing this bill’s requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>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.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</xhtml:p>"?> MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 913.9 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 913.9. On or before December 31, 2018, and annually thereafter, the commission shall, in its annual report prepared pursuant to

Section 913, identify and report to the Legislature on electrical and gas corporation ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs that are similar to programs administered by the Energy Commission, the State Air Resources Board, and the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, and on those programs revised pursuant to

Section 381.4. <caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_AMENDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:PUC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'1.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'4.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'2.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'748.5.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section 748.5 of the <caml:DocName>Public Utilities Code</caml:DocName> is amended to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_B61980B3-C583-4AFE-9D08-674B1280DDEE"><caml:Num>748.5.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_F6ED712E-9599-471C-B3D3-A1A24A865FE6"><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>(1)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>Except as provided in subdivision (c), the commission shall require revenues, including any accrued interest, received by an electrical corporation as a result of the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electric utilities pursuant to subdivision (

b) of

Section of Title of the California Code of Regulations to be credited directly to the residential, small business, and emissions-intensive trade-exposed retail customers of the electrical corporation in the months of June, July, August, and September.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(2)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>If the operation of

Section of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of 2017, is extended beyond January 1, 2031, the commission shall, upon that extension, ensure that a larger portion of the revenues described in paragraph (1) be allocated for residential customers living in hotter regions of the state.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>Not later than January 1, 2013, the commission shall require the adoption and implementation of a customer outreach plan for each electrical corporation, including, but not limited to, such measures as notices in bills and through media outlets, for purposes of obtaining the maximum feasible public awareness of the crediting of greenhouse gas allowance revenues.

Costs associated with the implementation of this plan are subject to recovery in rates pursuant to

Section 454.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(c)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The commission may allocate up to percent of the revenues, including any accrued interest, received by an electrical corporation as a result of the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical distribution utilities pursuant to subdivision (

b) of

Section of Title of the California Code of Regulations, for clean energy and energy efficiency projects established pursuant to statute that are administered by the electrical corporation, or a qualified third-party administrator as approved by the commission, and that are not otherwise funded by another funding source.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection><caml:BillSection id="id_3A33BAD1-F55A-4FCB-8CF5-C72724A5FAFE"><caml:Num>SEC. 2.</caml:Num><caml:Content><xhtml:p>No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to

Section of

Article XIII<xhtml:span class="ThinSpace"/>B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of

Section of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of

Section of

Article XIII<xhtml:span class="ThinSpace"/>B of the California Constitution.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:BillSection>"?>