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Authors Irwin  
Coauthors: Archuleta   Stern  
Subject Electricity: interconnections.
Relating To relating to electricity.
Title An act to amend Sections 345.5, 454.52, and 9621 of, and to add Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 8420) to Division 4.1 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-08
State Enrolled
Status In Desk Process
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Bill Actions
2026-01-22     Stricken from file.
2025-10-03     Vetoed by Governor.
2025-10-03     Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-09-15     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-09-04     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2926.).
2025-09-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2467.).
2025-09-03     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-26     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-25     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-08-13     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-18     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15).
2025-07-18     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-19     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.
2025-06-11     Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1891.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-14     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-06     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-05     Read second time and amended.
2025-05-01     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 30).
2025-04-23     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-22     Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-04-21     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-13     Referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-22     From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To print.
Versions
Enrolled     2025-09-08
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Senate     2025-07-18
Amended Senate     2025-06-19
Amended Assembly     2025-05-05
Amended Assembly     2025-04-21
Introduced     2025-02-21
Analyses TBD
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Existing law establishes the Independent System Operator (ISO) as a nonprofit, public benefit corporation and requires the ISO, among other duties, to ensure the efficient use and reliable operation of the transmission grid consistent with the achievement of planning and operating reserve criteria, as provided.

This bill would require the ISO to integrate surplus interconnection service considerations into its long-term transmission planning and enhance transparency around surplus interconnection service opportunities, as specified.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards.

Existing law requires the commission to adopt a process for each load-serving entity to file an integrated resource plan, adopt a schedule for periodic updates to the plan, and ensure each load-serving entity take specified actions, as specified. Existing law also requires the governing board of each local publicly owned electric utility with an annual electrical demand exceeding 700 gigawatthours to adopt an integrated resource plan and a process for updating the plan at least once every 5 years to ensure the utility achieves certain goals, as specified.

This bill would require each electrical corporation, and each local publicly owned utility with an annual electrical demand exceeding 700 gigawatthours, to require the evaluation of surplus interconnection service options and to consider surplus interconnection service options, for purposes of its integrated resource plan.

This bill would also require each electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility to use available grid infrastructure through surplus interconnection service to use any available interconnection capacity, as specified.

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.