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Authors Calderon  
Coauthors: Archuleta  
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 2025-07-17
State Amended Senate
Status In Committee Process
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Bill Actions
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-17     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-16     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (July 15).
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2025-06-04     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03     Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 2028.)
2025-06-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 14. Page 2029.)
2025-06-02     Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1952.)
2025-05-22     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-21     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 21).
2025-05-14     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (April 30).
2025-03-26     Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-03-25     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-02-20     From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-02-19     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Amended Senate     2025-07-17
Amended Assembly     2025-06-02
Amended Assembly     2025-05-05
Amended Assembly     2025-03-25
Introduced     2025-02-19
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The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act 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 (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC to continue a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, as specified, which is referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program. Existing law also requires the PUC to continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state’s 3 largest electrical corporations consisting of households of 3 or more persons with total household annual gross income levels between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty guideline level, which is referred to as the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program.

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 exclude residential customers from receiving the California Climate Credit if they are not enrolled in the CARE or FERA program and their total electricity bills for the previous year were less than $300.

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.