Legislative & Regulatory Committee of the
Clean Power Alliance of Southern California
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
10:00am
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Clean Power Alliance
Executive Conference Room
801 S. Grand Ave., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Members of the public may also participate in this meeting at the following locations:
City of West Hollywood
3rd Floor City Manager’s Conference Room
8300 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Carson City Hall
Executive Conference Room
701 East Carson Street
Carson, CA 90745
LA County Hall of Administration
Sybil Brand Conference Room, Room
372500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Santa Monica City Hall
Room CH-201
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Lynwood City Hall
Annex Building, Conference Room
11330 Bullis Road
Lynwood, CA 90262
Redondo Beach City Hall
Planning Conference Room
415 Diamond Street, Door 2
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
PUBLIC COMMENT: Members of the public may submit their comments by one of the following options:
• Email Public Comment: Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments on any agenda item to [email protected] up to four hours before the meeting. Written public comments will be announced at the meeting and become part of the meeting record. Public comments received in writing will not be read aloud at the meeting. • Provide Public Comment During the Meeting: The General Public Comment item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Committee on any Clean Power Alliance-related matters not on today’s agenda. Public comments on matters on today’s Consent Agenda and Regular Agenda shall be heard at the time the matter is called. Comments on items on the Consent Agenda are consolidated into one public comment period. Members of the public who wish to address the Committee at CPA’s Office are requested to complete a comment card and provide it to staff. If you are attending from a remote location, please identify yourself to a CPA representative when your item is called.
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CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approve Minutes from the January 28, 2026, Legislative & Regulatory Committee Meeting
REGULAR AGENDA
2. Receive 2026 Legislative Update and Provide Feedback
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURN – NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 24, 2026
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Staff Report – Agenda Item 1
To: Legislative & Regulatory Committee
Subject: Approve Minutes from the January 28, 2026, Legislative & Regulatory Committee Meeting
Date: May 27, 2026
RECOMMENDATION
Approve.
ATTACHMENT
1. Minutes
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MINUTES
Legislative & Regulatory Committee
of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Meeting videos are available on CPA's YouTube Channel.
http://www.youtube.com/@CPApublicmeetings
Committee Members participated in this meeting from the following locations:
Carson City Hall
Executive Conference Room
701 East Carson Street
Carson, CA 90745
Clean Power Alliance Office
Executive Conference Room
801 S. Grand Ave., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90017
LA County Hall of Administration
Sybil Brand Conference Room, Room 372
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
West Hollywood City Hall
3 rd Floor City Manager’s Conference Room
8300 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Santa Monica City Hall
Room CH-201
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Lynwood City Hall
Annex Building, Conference Room
11330 Bullis Road
Lynwood, CA 90262
CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
Chair Hicks called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. and Annie Mendoza, Deputy Clerk of the Board, conducted roll call.
ROLL CALL
Carson Cedric Hicks Committee Chair Remote
Los Angeles County Rita Kampalath Alternate Remote
Lynwood Juan Muñoz-Guevara Committee Member Remote
Santa Monica Gleam Davis Committee Member Remote
West Hollywood John Erickson Committee Member Absent
All votes are unanimous, unless otherwise stated.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approve Minutes from the October 29, 2025, Legislative & Regulatory Committee Meeting
Motion: Committee Member Muñoz-Guevara, Lynwood
Second: Committee Member Kampalath, Los Angeles County
Vote: The consent agenda was approved by a roll call vote Legislative & Regulatory Committee Item 1
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REGULAR AGENDA
2. Receive 2026 Legislative Update
Gina Goodhill, Senior Director, Government Affairs, presented three bills to the Committee, including AB 2396 sponsored by CPA on transmission financing. AB 2396 clarifies that CCAs may engage in transmission financing. In addition, Ms.
Goodhill also presented two other bills sponsored by CalCCA focusing on PCIA transparency and Resource Adequacy transactability; the former would require the CPUC or the IOUs to share with CCAs how calculations are made for the PCIA and for any other charges CCA customers pay and the latter would allow energy purchases to align with the Slide of Day framework.
Chair Hicks asked about the strategy for approaching legislators on upcoming Lobby Day, and staff responded that they would target committee members working on energy issues, legislators representing the CPA territory, and those who have shown support for greater affordability. CPA will also connect with the Governor’s Office. Staff clarified for Chair Hicks that CPA’s professional lobbyists in Sacramento have been advising on strategy as well as promoting the bills.
Committee Member Muñoz-Guevara inquired whether CPA board members could help identify bill authors for the RA proposed bill, and staff stated that CalCCA is close to securing an author and that CPA-supported bills usually go through the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee or its counterpart in the Senate.
3. Receive Presentation on the Zero-Emission Standard Rulemakings at South Coast Are Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board and Provide Guidance to Staff
CC Song, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, explained that the regional South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) proposed rule on zero-emission standards for space and water heaters was rejected by the SCAQMD Board on a 7 to 5 vote last June. CPA had previously supported the SCAQMD proposal. The state California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a new Zero-Emission Standard Rulemaking proposal that aligns with what had been proposed by SCAQMD. This proposal includes setting emission limits for space, water, and pool heaters, as well as creating an emission credit trading system.
CPA staff requested guidance on whether to maintain its past position on the SCAQMD proposal, which generally supports appliance emissions reductions to support improvement in local air quality and reduction in GHG emissions, robust public outreach and education during the rulemaking and implementation processes, and use of revenues resulting from penalties and fees to support customers in need. The SCAQMD proposal also included an emissions trading system which could benefit those customers.
Staff clarified for Committee Member Muñoz-Guevara that the draft regulation will be issued in the first quarter of this year, and that there will be 45 days to provide comments. There is a possibility that another draft of revised regulations may be issued before it goes to the board. Committee Member Kampalath inquired about revisions being worked on now and also about the nature of the opposition to the standards proposal that was rejected. Ms. Song responded that revisions are not likely to come from the regional board, and that the opposition mainly came from manufacturers and their trade associations, who are concerned about cost. They were also threatening legal action. Ms. Song stated that there is strong support from environmental groups and the City of Santa Monica.
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Committee Member Davis asked about the likelihood of the standards being adopted and whether federal intervention is expected. Staff responded that adding emissions credit trading may garner support for the proposal and that planning and developing regulations must continue, regardless of who is in power at the federal level. There have been threats of DOJ intervention; those may or may not be carried out. Committee Member Davis suggested that CPA collaborate with federal elected officials from California for whatever assistance and support they can provide.
In response to Chair Hicks’ inquiry about impacts on reach codes, staff stated that two California cities have been sued by the federal government over their reach codes that proposed to ban gas appliances. CPA’s consultants working with member agencies are focusing on an emissions-based approach to reach codes, rather than complete bans on appliances. Committee Member Muñoz-Guevara made a comment about standards being voted down by the SCAQMD Board; the vote appeared to be a political gesture on the part of a couple of board members.
Chair Hicks suggested that low-income residents be considered when new standards are adopted and mandates issued; staff stated that rebates and incentives may be included in final draft regulations and if not, CPA could recommend them.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
Chair Hicks welcomed Juan Muñoz-Guevara from the City of Lynwood to the Committee.
Staff reminded the Committee to RSVP for Lobby Day on March 10, 2026, and that a planning meeting will be held with CPA lobbyists prior to the event.
ADJOURN
Chair Hicks adjourned the meeting at 10:47 a.m.
Legislative & Regulatory Committee Item 1
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Staff Report – Agenda Item 2
To: Legislative & Regulatory Committee
From: Gina Goodhill, Senior Director, Government Affairs Reviewed by: Francis Choi, Assistant General Counsel
Approved By: Ted Bardacke, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: 2026 Legislative Update
Date: May 27, 2026
Receive 2026 legislative update and provide feedback.
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2026 Mid-Session Legislative Update Presentation
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2026 Mid-Session Legislative Update
Legislative and Regulatory Committee
May 27, 2026
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Agenda
2 Updates on priority legislation
Additional legislation
Other policy updates
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Priority Legislation
3 CPA’s sponsored bill, AB 2396 (Irwin), did not make it out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee and is dead for this legislative session. CPA staff is incredibly grateful for the Board’s support of this legislation and are currently exploring next steps to advance CPA’s priorities in transmission infrastructure financing.
CPA will continue to communicate with state agencies and decisionmakers to help improve the Transmission Accelerator, which offers a pathway towards public finance and public-private partnerships for transmission development in California.
Both CalCCA sponsored bills (described on the next two slides) passed out of their house of origin, and CPA will pivot to prioritizing these two bills.
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AB 1761 – PCIA Transparency
4 AB 1761 (Rogers), sponsored by CalCCA, passed out of the Assembly and now goes to the Senate
AB 1761 is a transparency bill. Currently, CCA customers pay the PCIA charge but CCAs do not have access to all the data underlying the charge. This results in limited ability to assess the impact of proposed changes to the PCIA by the CPUC on CCA customers, audit for potential errors, and forecast future rates AB 1761 would amend the CPUC code to require the CPUC and IOUs to disclose all data used to calculate PCIA costs, including cost inputs, forecasting assumptions and methodologies. Parties that make proposals to change the PCIA would have to provide all underlying data informing that proposal
Supported by various CCAs, local governments, and local environmental organizations.
Opposed by SCE and SDGE
Next steps: Senate policy committee(s), including Senate Energy Agenda Page 11
SB 1138 – RA Transactability
5 SB 1138 (Padilla), sponsored by CalCCA, passed out of the Senate and now goes to the Assembly
Recent reforms to the State’s Resource Adequacy (RA) program requires load serving entities like CPA to procure enough energy capacity to meet each hour of the peak day in each month. This is a major change from the previous compliance requirements which set a monthly requirement based on the peak day of that month This change led to over-procurement of RA resources, creating artificial market scarcity, thereby increasing costs for customers
SB 1138 would allow LSEs to trade their hourly obligations to prevent these over-purchases, without threatening grid reliability Last year, RA comprised about one-quarter of CPA energy costs, ~$287 million dollars. Based on CalCCA’s hourly transactability reports, CPA could save $11-$13 million per year on RA procurement with hourly transactability Supported by various CCAs, local governments. No opposition on file Next steps: Assembly policy committee, likely Assembly Utilities and Energy Agenda Page 12
Additional Legislation of Note
6 Data Centers: AB 2383 (Zbur), SB 886 (Padilla), AB 1577 (Bauer-Kahan) Transmission: AB 2111 (Papan); AB 2369 (Rogers), SB 1295 (Stern) Wildfire/Home hardening: AB 1934, AB 1960, AB 1971 (all Bennett); SB 894 (Allen)
Customer decarbonization: AB 2313 (Berman) and SB 868 (Wiener) Nuclear: AB 2647 (Calderon); Diablo Canyon legislation pending for this year or next
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Additional Policy Updates
7 May Budget Revise
On May 14, Governor Newsom released the May Revision on his proposed 26/27 state budget. The Administration claims the budget eliminates the state’s deficit through July 2028, while the LAO warns of continual structural deficits.
The May Revision reflects a shift away from large brand-new climate allocations, focusing instead on structural compliance, permitting speed, and targeted safety oversight.
CARB Cap and Invest
CARB plans a vote on GHG allowance regulations that could reduce the expected amount of revenue from the cap-and-invest program to $2 billion annually, half of what was forecast last year when the legislature voted to reauthorize the program.
DC Advocacy
In April, CPA joined CCAs from around the country in bi-partisan education on how CCAs can help achieve the nation’s energy affordability goals.
CPA also met with many of its Congressional members. Collectively, Congressmembers Cisneros, Barragan and Brownley have recommended CPA for $1.35 million in Congressional funding for its multifamily cooling program and mobility and energy resiliency program.
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