CaliforniaPublic utilities: reporting.
What it does
(1) Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires electrical corporations and gas corporations to submit specified information to the commission, and requires the commission to annually report to the Legislature on, among other things, all sources and amounts of funding and actual and proposed expenditures, including any costs to ratepayers, related to entities or programs established by the commission, as specified.
More detail
This bill would require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to include in a quarterly report certain information for any taxpayer funding, as defined, greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the corporation has applied for or received, as specified. The bill would require the commission, for each application in which an electrical corporation or gas corporation is seeking ratepayer funding, to require the electrical corporation or gas corporation to report all relevant taxpayer funding greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the electrical corporation or gas corporation is pursuing or has secured, and, if the commission determines that an electrical corporation or gas corporation is not in compliance with that reporting requirement, the bill would authorize the commission to impose a penalty against the electrical corporation or gas corporation, as specified. The bill would require the commission to require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to deliver to ratepayers the financial benefits of taxpayer funding received, as provided.
The bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, to provide a report to the Legislature with a summary of the information on taxpayer funding reported by each electrical corporation or gas corporation, including the number of grants or loans, the source of those grants or loans, the total dollar amount received, the projects funded by the grants or loans, and the total demonstrated ratepayer savings, as specified.
The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2037.
(2) Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.
Because the provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of a commission action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 20Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 20Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 30Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 6865.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 1715 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB1715 Schiavo By Stern. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5.).Passed Senate
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 20Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Jun 29In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 18Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 17From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (June 16).Major
- Jun 16
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 3Referred to Com. on E., U & C.Minor
- May 27In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 26Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 5297.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 1715 Schiavo Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 22In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Mar 23Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Mar 19Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 18From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 18).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 23Referred to Com. on U. & E.Minor
- Feb 5From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- Feb 4Read first time. To print.Introduced