CaliforniaEnergy: Utility Infrastructure AI Safety, Oversight, and Workforce Protection Act.
What it does
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law requires every public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its customers, its employees, and the public.
More detail
This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2028, to adopt standards for an electrical or gas corporation's use of artificial intelligence models, as provided. The bill would require the commission to direct an electrical or gas corporation to file a plan that demonstrates the corporation's compliance with those standards. The bill would authorize the commission to prohibit an electrical or gas corporation's use of an artificial intelligence model if the commission finds that deployment of the artificial intelligence model would negatively impact the provision of safe, affordable, and reliable electrical or gas service.
The bill would require each community choice aggregator and local publicly owned electric utility to adopt a policy regarding its use of an artificial intelligence model that is consistent with the standards.
Under existing law, a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.
Because a violation of a commission action implementing those requirements would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Additionally, by imposing new duties on local publicly owned electric utilities, 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 specified reasons.
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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
- May 28Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator McNerney.Latest
- May 19Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 18Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- May 18From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4261.) (May 14).Major
- May 14
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 22Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 21From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3957.) (April 20).Major
- Apr 20
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 14From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 13. Noes 3. Page 3842.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.Minor
- Apr 13
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 20 in P., D.T., & C.P. pending receipt.
- Apr 2Set for hearing April 13.
- Feb 18Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and P., D.T., & C.P.Minor
- Feb 11From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- Feb 10Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced