Ava Community Energy Marketing, Regulatory and Legislative Subcommittee
February 16, 2024

Ava 2024 Legislative
Update
Legislative Updates
2 • 2023 had over 3,000 bills introduced and nearly 400 signed into law • Staff currently tracking the growing list of Assembly and Senate bills • Staff plans to recommend bill positions to Ava Board during March public meeting
Key Deadlines for the 2024 Legislative
Year
3 January 3: Legislature reconvenes
January 10: Governor submitted budget
February 16: Bill introduction deadline
April 26: Policy cmtes to move fiscal bills to fiscal cmtes (1st house) May 3: Policy cmtes to move nonfiscal bills to floor (1st house) May 17: Fiscal cmtes must move bills to floor (1st house) May 24: Last day for bills to be passed out of 1st house June 15: Budget bill must be passed
July 3: Policy cmtes to meet and report bills (2nd house) August 16: Fiscal cmtes to move bills to floor (2nd house) August 31: Last day for each house to pass bills
September 30: Last day for Governor to sign/veto bills
4 Bill # (Author) Description
Brown Act
AB 817 (Pacheco) Permits subsidiary bodies (i.e. CAC) to call in remotely and not disclose locations if quorum is met in a physical location until 2026
Affordability
AB 1999 (Irwin) Permits CPUC to create income-graduated fix charges no higher than $5 for CARE/FERA customers and $10 for non-CARE/FERA customers
Utilities
AB 2054 (Bauer- Kahan) Prohibits CEC or CPUC commissioners to be employed by an entity they regulate (including IOUs and CCAs) for 10 years after their commissioner role SB 938 (Min) Prohibits IOUs from charging ratepayers for political lobbying Electric Vehicles
AB 2125 (Garcia) Requires CEC to create a grant program to facilitate EV sharing services at affordable, multifamily housing properties
SB 233 (Skinner) Requires CARB to ensure all new vehicles have bidirectional capabilities 5 Bill # (Author) Description
Transmission
SB 1006 (Padilla) Requires the CPUC to ensure that CA is on track to deliver sufficient transmission capacity Clean Energy Bonds
AB 1567 (Garcia) Authorizes $2 billion in bonding for clean energy projects SB 867 (Allen) Authorizes $2 billion in bonding for clean energy projects