Energy & Utilities

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Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission

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SB 37 (De León-D) Energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to require investor-owned utilities to develop and implement residential on-bill repayment programs for eligible energy efficiency, renewable energy, distributed generation, energy storage, or demand response improvements under which a customer pays down a loan from a third-party lender with payments that are listed as a separate line item on the customer's utility bill.
(Failed passage in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 48 (Hill-D) Public utilities: research and development projects

Requires the Public Utilities Commission, by 7/1/13, and every three years thereafter, to require electrical corporations with more than 100,000 customer accounts, to file a three-year research plan, which includes, among other things, proposals for specific research and development projects and the estimated costs of the projects to the ratepayers.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

SB 129* (Wright-D) Deaf and disabled telecommunications program

Extends the sunset on the Public Utilities Commission's authority to collect a surcharge on intrastate telephone service to fund the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program until 1/1/20, and extends the reporting requirement until 1/1/21.
Chapter 332, Statutes of 2013

SB 291 (Hill-D) Public Utilities Commission: safety enforcement

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop and implement a safety enforcement program for gas and electrical corporations by 7/1/14, and 1/1/15, respectively.
Chapter 601, Statutes of 2013

SB 418 (Jackson-D) Energy: nuclear fission powerplants

Requires a detailed study of project needs and costs to be provided to the Public Utilities Commission when requesting ratepayer funding for a nuclear power plant seeking relicensing from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

SB 448 (Leno-D) Energy: petroleum supply and pricing

Requires the California Energy Commission, upon appropriation of funds, to investigate suspected motor vehicle fuel price manipulation and make recommendations to the Legislature on how to limit motor vehicle fuel price volatility.
Vetoed

SB 489 (Fuller-R) Water corporations: sewer system corporations

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to enter into an agreement with another water corporation or qualified entity to serve as an interim operator of a water system and provides that the interim operator shall have the powers of a receiver. Authorizes the Commission to approve the sale of the water corporation to a new owner without any court involvement.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 656 (Wright-D) Electrical restructuring: natural gas restructuring

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to provide information only during certain periods when enrollment in the Direct Access program grows by 5% each month and establishes a regulatory framework for core transport agents at the Commission.
Chapter 604, Statutes of 2013

SB 674 (Corbett-D) Energy: renewable energy

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adjust the payment rate for electricity purchased from electrical generation facility projects that integrate energy storage to adequately compensate for the additional value that energy storage system provides.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 699 (Hill-D) Electricity: electrical corporations

Requires an electrical corporation to annually report to the Public Utilities Commission capital expenditures, as specified, and requires an electrical corporation to report all interconnection costs charged to the customer for each interconnection agreement to interconnect distributed energy resources.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

SB 715 (Lara-D) Renewable energy resources: municipal solid waste combustion

Defines two additional municipal solid waste combustion facilities from Los Angeles County as eligible for the Renewable Portfolio Standard credit and requires the facilities to convert to non-combustion facilities by 2045 or forfeit eligibility for credit.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 740* (Padilla-D) Telecommunications: universal service programs

Expands eligibility in the California Advanced Services Fund, establishes a program goal, and increases funding for the program.
Chapter 522, Statutes of 2013

SB 760 (Wright-D) California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program

Revises and adds sections to the Renewables Portfolio Standard Program and provides that each electrical corporation shall consider the best-fit attributes of resource types that ensure a balanced resource mix to maintain the reliability of the electrical grid, as specified.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

SB 767 (Lieu-D) California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: biomethane

Extends the "flow deadline" as it pertains to biomethane from 4/1/14 to 1/31/15.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 29 (Williams-D) Proposition 39: implementation

Requires the California Energy Commission to administer, as specified, grants, loans, or other financial assistance to the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges for projects that create jobs in California by reducing energy demand and consumption at eligible institutions.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 39 (Skinner-D) Energy: conservation: financial assistance

Extends the sunset date of the Energy Conservation Assistance Account program from 2018 until 2020.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 66 (Muratsuchi-D) Electricity: system reliability

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to require an electrical corporation to include information on geographical information on the frequency and duration of electrical service interruptions in their annual reliability reports.
Chapter 578, Statutes of 2013

AB 177 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Renewable resources

Requires, among other things, an electrical corporation, as specified, to adopt a long-term procurement strategy to achieve a target of procuring 51% of its electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources by 12/31/30, and to achieve the 2050 goal for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases adopted by the State Air Resources Board, consistent with the potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and efficiency targets established for an electrical corporation by the Public Utilities Commission.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 217 (Bradford-D) Electricity: solar electricity: low-income households

Extends the low-income programs of the California Solar Initiative from 2016 until 2021; authorizes the collection of an additional $108 million for these programs; and adds additional standards to the program, as specified.
Chapter 609, Statutes of 2011

AB 248 (Gorell-R) Energy: powerplants: Ventura County

Requires the Public Utilities Commission and the California Independent System Operator to prepare a specified report regarding the future of two aging power plants on the Ventura County coast.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 270 (Bradford-D) Ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to direct investor-owned utilities to establish a single public Internet Web site containing aggregate information on ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs by 6/1/14.
Chapter 610, Statutes of 2013

AB 293 (Allen-R) Energy: California Clean Energy Jobs Act: implementation

Requires the California Energy Commission to develop a program to award funding for the purposes of the Clean Energy Jobs Act.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 327 (Perea-D) Electricity: natural gas: rates: net energy metering

Restructures the rate design for residential electric customers; creates a new net energy metering program; and specifies that the Public Utilities Commission may require the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources in amounts greater than what is required in statute.
Chapter 611, Statutes of 2013

AB 340 (Bradford-D) Public utilities: Electric Program Investment Charge

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a program to encourage the use of women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises as prime contractors and subcontractors for all grants, contracts, subsidies, financing, and activities administered through the Electric Program Investment Charge.
Vetoed

AB 415 (Garcia-D) Solar energy: water heating

Modifies the eligibility criteria for solar water heater incentive rebates to include certification by an accredited listing agency according to standards adopted by the Public Utilities Commission.
Chapter 612, Statutes of 2013

AB 448 (Quirk-D) Renewable energy resources

Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to include in its integrated energy policy report an assessment of the flexible capacity, to reliably operate the electrical system as energy resources are diversified, as specified.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 489 (Skinner-D) Energy: conservation

Allows state funds to be used to achieve energy efficiency improvements in existing buildings, as specified.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 687 (Roger Hernández-D) Electricity

Gives public drinking water systems serving a disadvantaged community or a severely disadvantaged community the highest priority in acquiring electricity through direct access subscription for the treatment and remediation of contaminated groundwater.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 869 (Medina-D) Utilities: emergency response

Requires the Public Utilities Commission, gas corporations, and electric corporations, that provide gas or electric service to more than 5,000 customers, to develop and publish plans to respond to emergencies, including natural disasters, that have the potential to disrupt natural gas or electric service and cause damage, as specified.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 876 (Bonta-D) California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to revise the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund, as specified, to give priority for advanced high-quality communication services over legacy communication services.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 922 (Patterson-R) Electrical and gas service: rates: CARE program

Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from using any means to determine the California Alternate Rates for Energy program eligibility that results in eligibility being extended to customers whose income exceeds 200% of the federal poverty guideline levels, as specified.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 923 (Bigelow-R) Public Utilities Commission: direct transaction proceedings

Requires the Public Utilities Commission, in a proceeding relating to direct transactions, to consider the federal restrictions on a preference power electricity provider, as defined, to engage in direct transactions.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 995 (Frazier-D) Public utilities: intervenor fees: customers

Makes changes to the current Intervenor Compensation Program administered by the Public Utilities Commission.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1014 (Williams-D) Energy: electrical corporations: shared renewable program

Creates a new renewable energy program substantially similar to a settlement agreement filed at the Public Utilities Commission.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1257 (Bocanegra-D) State Energy Resources Conservation: natural gas

Requires the California Energy Commission, beginning 11/1/15, and every four years thereafter, to identify in conjunction with the integrated energy policy report strategies to maximize the benefits regarding natural gas, as specified.
Chapter 749, Statutes of 2013

AB 1258 (Skinner-D) Electricity: hydroelectric and pumped storage facilities

Requires the California Energy Commission, in consultation with other state and federal agencies, electrical corporations and publicly owned utilities, to perform a technical analysis of the potential uses of existing hydro-electric and pumped storage facilities to provide additional operational flexibility to integrate eligible renewable energy sources, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1295 (Roger Hernández-D) Renewable energy: community renewables option

Requires electrical corporations to establish a program, by advice letter or an application, under which the customers of the state's electrical corporations can purchase generation directly from a "community renewable facility" at a rate determined between the facility and the customer.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 1299 (Bradford-D) Telecommunications: universal service programs

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to fund grants for the deployment and adoption of broadband services in publicly supported communities using the Broadband Public Housing Account established within the California Advanced Services Fund, as specified.
Chapter 507, Statutes of 2013

AB 1350 (Roger Hernández-D) Electricity: direct transactions

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt and implement a schedule that implements a second phase-in period for expanding specified direct transactions, over a reasonable time commencing not later than 7/1/14.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1361 (Bonilla-D) Public utilities: tariff schedules

Requires the rates, fares, charges, and classifications for the transportation of persons and property between termini within the state, to be made available for inspection upon the demand of any organization or government agency, as specified.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1366 (Allen-R) Charter-party carriers of passengers

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to include a summary of the specified results and conclusions in its annual report.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1406 (Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee) Energy: renewable energy resources

Eliminates two obsolete requirements in the California Renewables Portfolio Standard statutes.
(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1407 (Bradford-D) Public utilities: lifeline program

Phases out the existing lifeline program for basic landline service and creates a new lifeline discount of $11.85 per month for voice communication services from a telephone corporation or eligible wireless and Voice over Internet Protocol providers. Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from requiring state lifeline providers to offer more than is required under the federal lifeline program.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1408 (Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee) Distributed energy resources: tariffs

Deletes the reference to the report the Public Utilities Commission is required to prepare and submit to the Legislature on or before 6/1/02, that describes its proposed methodology for determining the new rates and the process by which it will establish those rates.
(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1409* (Bradford-D) Public utilities: Moore Universal Telephone Service Act

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to update the Moore Universal Service Lifeline Program to include rules that allow all providers to participate, including wireless and Voice over Internet Protocol providers, as specified.
Vetoed

Renewable/Efficiency

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SB 35 (Pavley-D) Higher education: energy conservation

Requires the California State University Board of Trustees and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and requests the University of California Regents to each establish a special subcommittee to develop and administer a Systemwide Energy Solutions Action Plan to provide near and long term strategy concerning energy savings projects, as specified.
(In Senate Education Committee)

SB 37 (De León-D) Energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to require investor-owned utilities to develop and implement residential on-bill repayment programs for eligible energy efficiency, renewable energy, distributed generation, energy storage, or demand response improvements under which a customer pays down a loan from a third-party lender with payments that are listed as a separate line item on the customer's utility bill.
(Failed passage in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 43 (Wolk-D) Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program

Establishes a Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program to allow investor-owned utilities to administer a program that allows utility customers to voluntarily purchase electricity from renewable energy facilities.
Chapter 413, Statutes of 2013

SB 715 (Lara-D) Renewable energy resources: municipal solid waste combustion

Defines two additional municipal solid waste combustion facilities from Los Angeles County as eligible for the Renewable Portfolio Standard credit and requires the facilities to convert to non-combustion facilities by 2045 or forfeit eligibility for Renewable Portfolio Standard credit.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

AB 122 (Rendon-D) Energy: energy assessment: nonresidential buildings

Requires the California Energy Commission to create a financing program for energy efficiency improvements in nonresidential buildings.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 177 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Renewable resources

Requires, among other things, an electrical corporation, to adopt a long-term procurement strategy to achieve a target of procuring 51% of its electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources by 12/31/30, and to achieve the 2050 goal for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases adopted by the Air Resources Board.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 327 (Perea-D) Electricity: natural gas: rates: net energy metering

Restructures the rate design for residential electric customers, creates a new net energy metering program, and specifies that the Public Utilities Commission may require the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources in amounts greater than what is required in statute.
Chapter 611, Statutes of 2013

AB 341 (Dickinson-D) Green building standards

Requires the Building Standards Commission to incorporate future green building standards directly into the relevant portions of the California Building Code and makes other changes to the process for developing green building standards.
Chapter 585, Statutes of 2013

AB 415 (Garcia-D) Solar energy: water heating

Modifies the eligibility criteria for solar water heater incentive rebates to include certification by an accredited listing agency according to standards adopted by the Public Utilities Commission.
Chapter 612, Statutes of 2013

AB 427 (Mullin-D) Electrical corporations: uneconomic cost recovery

Exempts electrical corporation customers who use bottoming cycle waste heat recovery from all nonbypassable charges.
(Failed passage in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 448 (Quirk-D) Renewable energy resources

Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to include in its integrated energy policy report an assessment of the flexible capacity, to reliably operate the electrical system as energy resources are diversified. Requires the assessment to include an evaluation of how any change in flexible capacity, to accommodate energy resource diversification, impacts various aspects of the electrical system.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 627 (Gorell-R) State government: energy-independent facilities

Requires a state agency, department, or commission, if it is evaluating the construction of a new building or facility, or the transfer or renewal of a lease for a building or facility, to consider as a top priority in making that decision whether a net-zero energy consumption building or facility, also known as an energy-independent building or facility, can be constructed or occupied, as specified.
(In Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee)

AB 687 (Roger Hernández-D) Electricity: renewable

Gives public drinking water systems serving a disadvantaged community or a severely disadvantaged community the highest priority in acquiring electricity through direct access subscription for the treatment and remediation of contaminated groundwater.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 719 (Roger Hernández-D) Energy: energy efficiency: street light pole

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to require investor-owned utilities to offer a tariff for local governments to use to fund energy efficiency improvements in street light poles owned by the utility.
Chapter 616, Statutes of 2013

AB 762 (Patterson-R) Renewable energy resources: hydroelectric generation

Revises the definition of an eligible renewable energy resource for the purposes of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard to include a hydroelectric generation facility of any size.
(Failed passage in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 792 (Mullin-D) Utility user tax: exemption: distributed generation systems

Exempts from a utility users tax, the consumption of electricity generated by a distributed clean energy resource, as defined, for use by a single consumer or the customer's tenants.
Chapter 534, Statutes of 2013

AB 793 (Gray-D) Renewable energy: publicly owned electric utility

Provides that a local publicly owned electric utility is not required to procure additional eligible renewable energy resources in excess of specified levels, if it receives 50% or greater of its annual retail sales from its own hydroelectric generation meeting, as specified.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 1014 (Williams-D) Energy: electrical corporations: shared renewable program

Creates a new renewable energy program substantially similar to a settlement agreement filed at the Public Utilities Commission.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1060 (Fox-D) Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission

Reappropriates the remaining funding in the Budget Act of 2012 from the Renewable Resource Trust Fund for planning grants for renewable energy projects available to counties in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Act.
Chapter 621, Statutes of 2013

AB 1166 (Blumenfield-D) International relations: trade and economic development

Establishes the California and Israel Trade and Economic Development Act of 2013 to facilitate greater economic development and job creation opportunities for California, as specified.
(In Assembly Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Committee)

AB 1258 (Skinner-D) Electricity: hydroelectric and pumped storage facilities

Requires the California Energy Commission, in consultation with other state and federal agencies, electrical corporations and publicly owned utilities, to perform a technical analysis of the potential uses of existing hydroelectric and pumped storage facilities to provide additional operational flexibility to integrate eligible renewable energy sources into the grid.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Telecommunications

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SB 50 (Lieu-D) Telecommunications: pay telephones

Requires the owners and operators of public telephones that accept any form of payment to post and provide additional information regarding rates and call charges.
Chapter 140, Statutes of 2013

SB 380 (Padilla-D) Communications: service interruptions

Requires a governmental entity to obtain an order, signed by a judicial officer, before communications services may be lawfully interrupted, except as specified.
Chapter 371, Statutes of 2013

SB 433 (Lara-D) Emergencies: the State 911 Advisory Board

Deletes from the State 911 Advisory Board, that four of the members shall serve an initial term of three years, as specified.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 740* (Padilla-D) Telecommunications: universal service programs

Expands eligibility in the California Advanced Services Fund, establishes a program goal, and increases the program funding.
Chapter 522, Statutes of 2013

AB 300* (Perea-D) Telecommunications: prepaid mobile telephony services

Changes the point of collection for prepaid mobile services taxes from service providers to retailers and clarifies the imposition of tax directly on the consumer, as opposed to the carrier.
Vetoed

AB 876 (Bonta-D) Telecommunications

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to revise specified programs that provide discounted rates to qualifying schools, community colleges, libraries, hospitals, health clinics, and community organizations, to give priority for advanced high-quality communication services over legacy communication services.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 911 (Bloom-D) Telephone systems: 911

Requires that a 911 call made from a telephone station of a multi-line telephone service, in areas where enhanced 911 is available, to be routed with information specific to the building and floor location of the caller.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1100 (Levine-D) California Teleconnect Fund Administration Committee Fund

Eliminates the cap on the discounts California Community Colleges may receive from the California Teleconnect Fund to provide affordable telecommunications services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Miscellaneous

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SB 124 (Corbett-D) Public contracts: bid preferences: clean energy

Requires state agencies and the California State University contracting for the installation of a clean energy device, technology, or system to provide a 5% preference for bidders who certify all parts, devices and technologies of the system were manufactured in California.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 196 (Cannella-R) Utility rates: mobilehomes and apartment buildings

Allows the management in mobilehome parks and apartments that are master-metered to post, in a conspicuous place, the Internet Web site address of the current utility rate schedule as an alternative to posting the actual rate schedule and specifies that a current utility rate schedule is available to an individual upon request and at no cost.
Chapter 201, Statutes of 2013

SB 548 (Roth-D) Public utilities: renewables portfolio standard

Provides that for a publicly owned electric utility in existence on or before 1/1/10, that provides 200,000 megawatt-hours or fewer of electricity to retail end-use consumers in its service territory during a calendar year, electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources may be used for compliance with the portfolio content requirements.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)

SB 591 (Cannella-R) Renewable energy resources

Limits the Merced Irrigation District's Renewables Portfolio Standard obligation to the electricity demands that are unsatisfied by the New Exchequer Dam.
Chapter 520, Statutes of 2013

AB 239 (Hagman-R) Energy: school facilities: energy efficiency upgrade

Transfers 50% of funds allocated by the Clean Energy Jobs Act for clean energy projects to the Clean Energy School Fund to be expended by the Office of Public School Construction to fund zero-interest revolving loans and grants for energy efficiency retrofits or clean energy installation projects at public schools.
(Failed passage in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 628 (Gorell-R) Energy management plans for harbor and port districts

Provides a framework for the development of energy management plans between specified port and harbor districts and investor owned utilities, publicly owned utilities and Community Choice Aggregators, as defined, in order to reduce air emissions and promote economic development of the district.
Chapter 741, Statutes of 2013

AB 796* (Muratsuchi-D) Advanced electrical distributed generation technology

Extends the sunset date two years for a program that qualifies customer-side fuel cell technology for the same rates for natural gas as cogeneration technology.
Chapter 617, Statutes of 2013

AB 874 (Williams-D) Public utilities: unionization

Prohibits investor-owned electrical corporations from using funds from utility rates to assist or deter union organizing.
(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1073 (Torres-D) Emergency services: utility access

Requires the Office of Emergency Services to develop a universal insignia, on or before 1/1/15, for display on badges worn by a properly qualified and certified utility worker or technician that enables the person to gain access to a location subject to a disaster or other emergency to provide vital utility services, as specified.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

AB 1079 (Bradford-D) Economic development: energy management area and plans

Provides a framework for a local government to designate an energy management area for which it may develop an energy management plan, in collaboration with an electrical or gas corporation, to assist with either the stimulation of development or local manufacturing.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1228 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Electricity: eligible fuel cell customer-generators

Increases the capacity of a fuel cell electrical generating facility, operating under a Net Energy Metering tariff, from one megawatt to not more than three megawatts and makes other specified changes.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1274 (Bradford-D) Privacy: customer electrical or natural gas usage data

Prohibits a business, as defined, from sharing, selling, disclosing, or otherwise making accessible the electrical or gas consumption data of a residential or small business customer, except as specified.
Chapter 597, Statutes of 2013

AB 1362 (Ting-D) Education technology

Defines "digital divide project" to include the teaching of computer programming and digital literacy skills to youth from underprivileged communities and underrepresented populations in technology careers.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)



Index (in Measure Order)

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Measure and Reference Author Measure Title
SB 35 - Renewable/Efficiency Pavley-D Higher education: energy conservation
SB 37 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission De León-D Energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades
SB 37 - Renewable/Efficiency De León-D Energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades
SB 43 - Renewable/Efficiency Wolk-D Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program
SB 48 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Hill-D Public utilities: research and development projects
SB 50 - Telecommunications Lieu-D Telecommunications: pay telephones
SB 124 - Miscellaneous Corbett-D Public contracts: bid preferences: clean energy
SB 129* - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Wright-D Deaf and disabled telecommunications program
SB 196 - Miscellaneous Cannella-R Utility rates: mobilehomes and apartment buildings
SB 291 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Hill-D Public Utilities Commission: safety enforcement
SB 380 - Telecommunications Padilla-D Communications: service interruptions
SB 418 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Jackson-D Energy: nuclear fission powerplants
SB 433 - Telecommunications Lara-D Emergencies: the State 911 Advisory Board
SB 448 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Leno-D Energy: petroleum supply and pricing
SB 489 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Fuller-R Water corporations: sewer system corporations
SB 548 - Miscellaneous Roth-D Public utilities: renewables portfolio standard
SB 591 - Miscellaneous Cannella-R Renewable energy resources
SB 656 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Wright-D Electrical restructuring: natural gas restructuring
SB 674 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Corbett-D Energy: renewable energy
SB 699 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Hill-D Electricity: electrical corporations
SB 715 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Lara-D Renewable energy resources: municipal solid waste combustion
SB 715 - Renewable/Efficiency Lara-D Renewable energy resources: municipal solid waste combustion
SB 740* - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Padilla-D Telecommunications: universal service programs
SB 740* - Telecommunications Padilla-D Telecommunications: universal service programs
SB 760 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Wright-D California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
SB 767 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Lieu-D California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: biomethane
AB 29 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Williams-D Proposition 39: implementation
AB 39 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Skinner-D Energy: conservation: financial assistance
AB 66 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Muratsuchi-D Electricity: system reliability
AB 122 - Renewable/Efficiency Rendon-D Energy: energy assessment: nonresidential buildings
AB 177 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission V. Manuel Pérez-D Renewable resources
AB 177 - Renewable/Efficiency V. Manuel Pérez-D Renewable resources
AB 217 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bradford-D Electricity: solar electricity: low-income households
AB 239 - Miscellaneous Hagman-R Energy: school facilities: energy efficiency upgrade
AB 248 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Gorell-R Energy: powerplants: Ventura County
AB 270 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bradford-D Ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance
AB 293 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Allen-R Energy: California Clean Energy Jobs Act: implementation
AB 300* - Telecommunications Perea-D Telecommunications: prepaid mobile telephony services
AB 327 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Perea-D Electricity: natural gas: rates: net energy metering
AB 327 - Renewable/Efficiency Perea-D Electricity: natural gas: rates: net energy metering
AB 340 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bradford-D Public utilities: Electric Program Investment Charge
AB 341 - Renewable/Efficiency Dickinson-D Green building standards
AB 415 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Garcia-D Solar energy: water heating
AB 415 - Renewable/Efficiency Garcia-D Solar energy: water heating
AB 427 - Renewable/Efficiency Mullin-D Electrical corporations: uneconomic cost recovery
AB 448 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Quirk-D Renewable energy resources
AB 448 - Renewable/Efficiency Quirk-D Renewable energy resources
AB 489 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Skinner-D Energy: conservation
AB 627 - Renewable/Efficiency Gorell-R State government: energy-independent facilities
AB 628 - Miscellaneous Gorell-R Energy management plans for harbor and port districts
AB 687 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Roger Hernández-D Electricity
AB 687 - Renewable/Efficiency Roger Hernández-D Electricity: renewable
AB 719 - Renewable/Efficiency Roger Hernández-D Energy: energy efficiency: street light pole
AB 762 - Renewable/Efficiency Patterson-R Renewable energy resources: hydroelectric generation
AB 792 - Renewable/Efficiency Mullin-D Utility user tax: exemption: distributed generation systems
AB 793 - Renewable/Efficiency Gray-D Renewable energy: publicly owned electric utility
AB 796* - Miscellaneous Muratsuchi-D Advanced electrical distributed generation technology
AB 869 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Medina-D Utilities: emergency response
AB 874 - Miscellaneous Williams-D Public utilities: unionization
AB 876 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bonta-D California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund
AB 876 - Telecommunications Bonta-D Telecommunications
AB 911 - Telecommunications Bloom-D Telephone systems: 911
AB 922 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Patterson-R Electrical and gas service: rates: CARE program
AB 923 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bigelow-R Public Utilities Commission: direct transaction proceedings
AB 995 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Frazier-D Public utilities: intervenor fees: customers
AB 1014 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Williams-D Energy: electrical corporations: shared renewable program
AB 1014 - Renewable/Efficiency Williams-D Energy: electrical corporations: shared renewable program
AB 1060 - Renewable/Efficiency Fox-D Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
AB 1073 - Miscellaneous Torres-D Emergency services: utility access
AB 1079 - Miscellaneous Bradford-D Economic development: energy management area and plans
AB 1100 - Telecommunications Levine-D California Teleconnect Fund Administration Committee Fund
AB 1166 - Renewable/Efficiency Blumenfield-D International relations: trade and economic development
AB 1228 - Miscellaneous V. Manuel Pérez-D Electricity: eligible fuel cell customer-generators
AB 1257 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bocanegra-D State Energy Resources Conservation: natural gas
AB 1258 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Skinner-D Electricity: hydroelectric and pumped storage facilities
AB 1258 - Renewable/Efficiency Skinner-D Electricity: hydroelectric and pumped storage facilities
AB 1274 - Miscellaneous Bradford-D Privacy: customer electrical or natural gas usage data
AB 1295 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Roger Hernández-D Renewable energy: community renewables option
AB 1299 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bradford-D Telecommunications: universal service programs
AB 1350 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Roger Hernández-D Electricity: direct transactions
AB 1361 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bonilla-D Public utilities: tariff schedules
AB 1362 - Miscellaneous Ting-D Education technology
AB 1366 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Allen-R Charter-party carriers of passengers
AB 1406 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee Energy: renewable energy resources
AB 1407 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bradford-D Public utilities: lifeline program
AB 1408 - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee Distributed energy resources: tariffs
AB 1409* - Public Utilities Commission/Energy Commission Bradford-D Public utilities: Moore Universal Telephone Service Act