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AB 745

Authors

Irwin

Subject

Electricity: climate credits.

Relating To

relating to electricity.

Title

An act to amend Section 748.5 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

Last Action Dt

2025-05-30

State

Amended Assembly

Status

In Floor Process

Active?

Vote Required

Majority

Appropriation

Fiscal Committee

Yes

Local Program

Yes

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

Tax Levy

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Actions

2025-09-10		Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.
2025-08-29		From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-29		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-18		In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-16		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-18		Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2025-06-09		In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-05		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2115.)
2025-06-04		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-03		From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3).
2025-05-30		Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
2025-05-30		Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-27		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23		Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23		From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (May 23).
2025-05-23		Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-14		In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-01		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23		In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-23		Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-04-22		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-02		In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-13		Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-03-12		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-03		Referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-02-19		From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18		Read first time. To print.

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Amended Assembly		2025-05-30
Amended Assembly		2025-05-23
Amended Assembly		2025-04-22
Amended Assembly		2025-03-12
Introduced		2025-02-18

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The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms in regulating those emissions. The implementing regulations adopted by the state board provide for the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electrical corporations pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law, except as provided, requires revenues received by an electrical corporation as a result of the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to be credited directly to residential, small business, and emissions-intensive trade-exposed retail customers of the electrical corporation, commonly known as the California Climate Credit. This bill would require the credit provided to residential customers of an electrical corporation to be provided on the bills of those customers for the months of July, August, and September of each year, or as otherwise directed by the commission to address extreme, unforeseen, and temporary circumstances. The bill would require the credit to be volumetric, rather than independent of consumption. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act, or of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission, is a crime.