Legislative
Update
JUNE 3, 2022
Key Deadlines for the 2022 Legislative Year
• 1/3: Legislature reconvened
• 1/10: Governor submitted budget
• 1/31: Deadline to move 2-year bills out of 1st house
• 2/18: Bill introduction deadline
• 4/29: Policy cmtes to move fiscal bills to fiscal cmtes (1st house) • 5/6: Policy cmtes to move nonfiscal bills to floor (1st house) • 5/20: Fiscal cmtes must move bills to floor (1st house) • 5/27: Last day for bills to be passed out of 1st house • 6/15: Budget bill must be passed
• 7/1: Policy cmtes to meet and report bills (2nd house) • 8/12: Fiscal cmtes to move bills to floor (2nd house) • 8/31: Last day for each house to pass bills
• 9/30: Last day for Governor to sign/veto bills
Bill Tracker - Assembly
Bill # Author Description Sponsor Status
EBCE
Position
AB 1814 Grayson Authorizes CCAs to file applications for PUC programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification. CalCCA Author withdrawn SUPPORT AB 1960 Villapudua Encourages the Senate and the Governor to consider permanent residents of northern, southern and the central valley regions of the state to provide more regional diversity among CPUC commissioners.
Sen EUC Cmte
5/31 SUPPORT
AB 2061 Ting Requires data disclosure on EV charging station availability for stations using public or ratepayer money and requires the CEC to assess reliability and equitable access issues. Flo Senate- awaiting Cmte referral AB 2667 Friedman
Establishes and requires CEC to administer state IDER Fund to incentivize eligible resources to support consumer adoption of clean DERs, creates a system to equitably award incentives, and establishes a process to allow an LSE to apply for incentives on behalf of a customer as part of that LSE's program to reduce its RA obligations.
NRG / EDF Senate- awaiting
Cmte referral SUPPORT
AB 2700 McCarty
Requires IOUs and POUs to ensure that their distribution systems are upgraded to support the state’s anticipated level of EV charging; requires the CPUC to develop an expedited process to ensure that IOUs can meet the requirements to upgrade, and to direct IOUs to expedite interconnection; requires CARB to share fleet data to inform electrical grid planning and requires CEC to forecast distribution needs for DERs.
Senate- awaiting
Cmte referral
AB 2703 Muratsuchi Establishes reliability standards for ZEV refueling/charging stations. Senate- awaiting Cmte referral
AB 2765 Santiago
Creates a new taxpayer-funded fund to cover the costs of CPUC Public Purpose Programs including energy efficiency and conservation, and arrearage management, instead of continuing to rely on customer delivery rates. Reverts to utility ratepayers if fund isn’t sufficiently funded by the legislature. Excludes CARE/FERA.
Sempra Died in Approps SUPPORT
Bill Tracker - Senate
Bill # Author Description Sponsor Status
EBCE
Position
SB 45 Portantino Requires Dept of Res Recycling and Recovery to analyze progress in achieving organic waste reduction goals and assist local jurisdictions with funding to comply.
Asm Nat Res
Cmte 6/6
SB 833 Dodd
Community Energy Resiliency Act of 2022: requires the CEC to develop and implement a grant program for local govts to develop community energy resilience plans and expedite permit review of DERs.
The Climate
Center
Asm- awaiting
Cmte referral
SB 881 Min Gives CPUC authority to monitor compliance with LSE's IRP GHG emission reductions and penalties/CPUC-ordered procurement for non-compliance. UCS Died in Approps SB 1020 Laird
Sets interim targets for meeting renewable/zero-carbon goals: 90% by end-2035, 95% by end-2040; 100% for state agencies by 2030. State agencies can comply through their LSE, but LSE procurement for the state agency must meet certain criteria. Establishes new fund to support the costs of decarbonization, clean energy, and wildfire mitigation activities with funding sources outside of electricity rates. Establishes new nonprofit public benefit corporation to administer the fund.
Senate
Climate
Change
Working
Group
Asm- awaiting
Cmte referral SUPPORT IF
AMENDED
SB 1112 Becker Requires energy suppliers (including CCAs) offering decarb programs to record a decarb charge notice, then notice of full cost recovery, then notice of charge removal with the project's county.
Asm- awaiting
Cmte referral SUPPORT
SB 1158 Becker
Changes the Power Source Disclosure rules to require utilities and CCAs to report comparisons of their energy and capacity purchases with their electricity demand on an hourly basis including the associated GHG emissions.
Asm- awaiting
Cmte referral
SB 1393 Archuleta Requires local jurisdictions to consider CEC guidance before mandating that retrofits to a bldg. must upgrade fossil appliances to electric and to file records with CEC.
Asm- awaiting
Cmte referral OPPOSE
SB 1482 Allen Requires mandatory building standards for installation of EV charging infrastructure for parking spaces in new multifamily units. Acterra Asm- awaiting Cmte referral Next Steps
• Review and analyze new amendments
• Monitor bills on our watch list; determine when EBCE should formally take a position
• Send position letters for bills once EBCE formally takes a position
• Monitor Governor’s Budget request, which includes $6.1B over 5 years for Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV)
• Engage with CalCCA on legislative efforts