California Assembly Bill 1273
Session 20252026
Public utilities: ratesetting proceedings: local publicly owned electric utilities: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
Active
Vetoed by Governor on Oct 1, 2025
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1273
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 1273 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Assembly Roll Call Votes
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Ávila Farías
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Johnson
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Summary
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires all charges demanded or received by a public utility for a product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or a service rendered or to be rendered to be just and reasonable. Existing law, except as provided, prohibits a public utility from changing a rate unless there is a showing before the PUC and a finding by the PUC that the new rate is justified. Existing law requires the PUC to publish and maintain on its internet website particular documents regarding the PUC's agendas, actions, decisions, resolutions, rules, and other information.
This bill would prohibit the PUC from placing the consideration of a decision in a ratesetting proceeding that would result in an increase in rates to customers of an electrical corporation that has a revenue requirement that exceeds $1,000,000,000 on its consent agenda. The bill would, except as provided, require the PUC to provide, at a meeting to vote on a decision of a ratesetting proceeding that increases the rates of an electrical corporation's customers by more than 5%, before its vote on the decision, a public comment period of at least 30 minutes on the decision.
Under existing law, the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources during certain compliance periods up to December 31, 2030. Existing law provides that a local publicly owned electric utility is not required to procure a certain amount of eligible renewable energy resources if, during a year within those compliance periods, the local publicly owned electric utility receives more than 40% of its retail sales from large hydroelectric generation under an ownership agreement or contract in effect as of January 1, 2018. Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to establish appropriate multiyear compliance periods for local publicly owned electric utilities beyond December 31, 2030.
This bill would provide that the provision related to the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources by local publicly owned electric utilities also applies to the compliance periods established by the Energy Commission.
02/21/25 - Introduced
February 21, 2025
04/07/25 - Amended Assembly
April 7, 2025
07/07/25 - Amended Senate
July 7, 2025
07/22/25 - Amended Senate
July 22, 2025
09/04/25 - Amended Senate
September 4, 2025
09/16/25 - Enrolled
September 16, 2025
04/01/25- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy
April 1, 2025
04/28/25- Assembly Appropriations
April 28, 2025
07/11/25- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
July 11, 2025
08/15/25- Senate Appropriations
August 15, 2025
09/02/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 2, 2025
09/09/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 9, 2025
09/12/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 12, 2025
10/23/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
October 23, 2025
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10/01/2025
Assembly
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
10/01/2025
Assembly
Vetoed by Governor.
09/24/2025
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
09/13/2025
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3508.).
09/13/2025
Assembly
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
09/12/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
09/12/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
09/08/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
09/04/2025
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/29/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
08/18/2025
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
07/22/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/22/2025
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 15).
07/07/2025
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
07/01/2025
Senate
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
05/21/2025
Senate
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
05/08/2025
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/08/2025
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1487.)
05/01/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
04/30/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
04/08/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/07/2025
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
04/03/2025
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 2).
03/10/2025
Assembly
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
02/24/2025
Assembly
Read first time.
02/22/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
02/21/2025
Assembly
Introduced. To print.
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Record Created
Feb 22, 2025 6:06:34 AM
Record Updated
Oct 24, 2025 8:44:43 AM