CaliforniaMicrogrid incentive program.
What it does
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Independent System Operator, to take specified actions by December 1, 2020, to facilitate the commercialization of microgrids for distribution customers of large electrical corporations, including, among other actions, by, without shifting costs between ratepayers, developing methods to reduce barriers for microgrid deployment. Under existing law, the PUC requires certain large electrical corporations to jointly develop a Microgrid Incentive Program to fund clean energy microgrids to support the critical needs of vulnerable populations impacted by a grid outage.
More detail
This bill would require the PUC to require each electrical corporation to provide to the commission, on or before January 15, 2026, the status of any awarded or unallocated funds collected for the Microgrid Incentive Program. The bill would require the commission, after reviewing that information, if it determines additional actions, using funds collected on or before January 1, 2026, are needed, to consider the use of a third-party administrator and to ensure that unallocated funds are allocated to areas that have experienced 2 or more deenergization events, prioritizing vulnerable communities, including access and functional needs populations, and prioritizing customers that operate critical community infrastructure that supports resiliency during a deenergization event. The bill would require, if there are remaining unallocated funds on January 1, 2027, that those funds to be returned to ratepayers.
Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime.
Because a violation of a PUC 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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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 28Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 1. Page 6819.)Latest
- Aug 19Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 19From inactive file.
- Aug 18Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
- Jul 2Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Garcia.
- Jun 3Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 3From inactive file.
- Jun 1Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
- 2025
- Sep 9Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
- Aug 21Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 20From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 17Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 17From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 16).Major
- Jul 17Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
- Jul 16
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 8July 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Jun 16Referred to Com. on U. & E.Minor
- Jun 5In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 4Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1503.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 23Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1201.) (May 23).Major
- May 20Set for hearing May 23.
- May 19May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- May 9Set for hearing May 19.
- May 6Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- May 5From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 935.) (April 29).Major
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 11Set for hearing April 29.
- Mar 26From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.Major
- Mar 18March 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 17Set for hearing March 24.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on E., U & C.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Feb 19Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced