California Senate Bill 319
Session 20232024
Electricity: transmission planning and permitting.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 7, 2023
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
319
State
California
Session
20232024
Mike McGuire
grade
Author
Motion Text
Unfinished Business SB319 McGuire Concurrence
Senate Roll Call Votes
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Yes
Dahle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nguyen
Yes
Niello
Yes
Rubio
Yes
Yes
Summary
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , on or before March 31, 2024, to provide transmission-focused guidance to the Independent System Operator about resource portfolios of expected future renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources, including the allocation of those resources by region based on technical feasibility and commercial interest in each region to allow the Independent System Operator to identify and approve transmission facilities needed to interconnect resources and reliably serve the needs of load centers, as specified.
On December 23, 2022, the PUC, Energy Commission, and Independent System Operator entered into a memorandum of understanding related to resource and transmission planning, transmission development and permitting, procurement, and interconnections in order to achieve reliability and policy needs and to coordinate the timely development of resources, resource interconnections, and needed transmission infrastructure.
This bill would require the Energy Commission and PUC, in coordination with the Independent System Operator, every 5 years, to review the memorandum of understanding and a related workplan to ensure the memorandum and workplan reflect the coordination that is needed to help meet the state's energy goals.
This bill would require the Energy Commission, PUC, and Independent System Operator, on or before July 1, 2025, to jointly develop an electrical transmission infrastructure development guidebook that describes the state's electrical transmission infrastructure planning and permitting processes conducted by the Energy Commission, PUC, and Independent System Operator, and to provide an opportunity for stakeholder input and public comment on the guidebook, as specified.
This bill would require the PUC, in consultation with California balancing authorities, on or before December 1, 2024, and biennially thereafter, to submit a report to the Legislature that includes specified information related to electrical transmission projects.
02/06/23 - Introduced
February 6, 2023
03/22/23 - Amended Senate
March 22, 2023
05/03/23 - Amended Senate
May 3, 2023
09/01/23 - Amended Assembly
September 1, 2023
09/18/23 - Enrolled
September 18, 2023
10/07/23 - Chaptered
October 7, 2023
04/21/23- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
April 21, 2023
05/12/23- Senate Appropriations
May 12, 2023
05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses
May 20, 2023
08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations
August 14, 2023
09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 5, 2023
09/06/23- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy
September 6, 2023
09/14/23- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 14, 2023
10/07/2023
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 390, Statutes of 2023.
10/07/2023
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/21/2023
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
09/14/2023
Senate
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2832.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
09/13/2023
Senate
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
09/13/2023
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3398.) Ordered to the Senate.
09/05/2023
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
09/01/2023
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
09/01/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (September 1).
08/16/2023
Assembly
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
07/13/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/08/2023
Assembly
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
05/25/2023
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
05/25/2023
Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1298.) Ordered to the Assembly.
05/23/2023
Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar.
05/18/2023
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/18/2023
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1165.) (May 18).
05/16/2023
Senate
Set for hearing May 18.
05/15/2023
Senate
May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
05/05/2023
Senate
Set for hearing May 15.
05/03/2023
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
05/02/2023
Senate
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 870.) (April 24).
04/18/2023
Senate
Set for hearing April 24.
04/17/2023
Senate
April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
04/10/2023
Senate
Set for hearing April 18.
03/29/2023
Senate
Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
03/22/2023
Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
02/15/2023
Senate
Referred to Com. on RLS.
02/07/2023
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
02/06/2023
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 7, 2023 12:02:56 PM
Record Updated
Dec 2, 2023 12:16:32 PM