CA AB 1813
vetoedElectricity: customer renewable energy subscription program.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1813 pass?
No. CA AB 1813 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Vetoed by Governor.
What is CA AB 1813 about?
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, on or before March 31, 2024, to evaluate each customer renewable energy subscription program to determine if the program meets specified goals and to determine whether it would be beneficial to ratepayers to establish a new tariff or program for an electrical corporation, or modify an existing tariff or program administered by an electrical corporation, to establish a community renewable energy program, as provided. If the PUC determines that it would be beneficial to ratepayers to establish the community renewable energy program, existing law requires the PUC, on or before July 1, 2024, to establish the program and require each electrical corporation to participate in the program. This bill would revise the requirements of the customer renewable energy subscription program, as provided, among other things, to promote participation by low-income customers at levels commensurate with the opportunity provided to certain customer-generators, to provide bill credits to subscribers based on the avoided costs of community renewable energy generators, as defined, participating in the program if the community renewable energy generator is determined to be a load-modifying resource, to require all community renewable energy generators participating in the program to have no more than 5 megawatts of generation capacity and no more than 5 megawatts of energy storage, and to limit the total program capacity to 4 gigawatts or end the enrollment of new community renewable energy generators in the program after 7 years, whichever occurs first. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in a public process that includes opportunity for public comment, to evaluate the load-modifying potential of community renewable energy generators, as specified, and, if the evaluation finds that community renewable energy generators have load-modifying potential, to, on or before December 1, 2027, in a public process with opportunity for public comment, identify attributes that the Energy Commission would expect a community renewable energy generator to meet in order to be classified by the PUC as a load-modifying resource, as provided. The bill would require the PUC, within 180 days following the identification of attributes by the Energy Commission, to adopt or modify a customer renewable energy subscription program consistent with the revisions to the program made by the bill, and would require the PUC to establish in the program a mechanism to determine whether community renewable energy generators are load-modifying resources, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC, within 24 months of establishing a community renewable energy program and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, to submit to the Legislature a report on the facilities deployed and customers subscribed, as provided. This bill would instead require the PUC, within 24 months of the adoption or modification of a customer renewable energy subscription program and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, to submit to the Legislature a report on the community renewable energy generators participating in the program and customers subscribed. The bill would repeal this requirement on January 1, 2034. Under existing law, a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because a violation of a PUC action implementing this 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.
Who sponsors CA AB 1813?
Ward is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1813, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, on or before March 31, 2024, to evaluate each customer renewable energy subscription program to determine if the program meets specified goals and to determine whether it would be beneficial to ratepayers to establish a new tariff or program for an electrical corporation, or modify an existing tariff or program administered by an electrical corporation, to establish a community renewable energy program, as provided. If the PUC determines that it would be beneficial to ratepayers to establish the community renewable energy program, existing law requires the PUC, on or before July 1, 2024, to establish the program and require each electrical corporation to participate in the program. This bill would revise the requirements of the customer renewable energy subscription program, as provided, among other things, to promote participation by low-income customers at levels commensurate with the opportunity provided to certain customer-generators, to provide bill credits to subscribers based on the avoided costs of community renewable energy generators, as defined, participating in the program if the community renewable energy generator is determined to be a load-modifying resource, to require all community renewable energy generators participating in the program to have no more than 5 megawatts of generation capacity and no more than 5 megawatts of energy storage, and to limit the total program capacity to 4 gigawatts or end the enrollment of new community renewable energy generators in the program after 7 years, whichever occurs first. The bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in a public process that includes opportunity for public comment, to evaluate the load-modifying potential of community renewable energy generators, as specified, and, if the evaluation finds that community renewable energy generators have load-modifying potential, to, on or before December 1, 2027, in a public process with opportunity for public comment, identify attributes that the Energy Commission would expect a community renewable energy generator to meet in order to be classified by the PUC as a load-modifying resource, as provided. The bill would require the PUC, within 180 days following the identification of attributes by the Energy Commission, to adopt or modify a customer renewable energy subscription program consistent with the revisions to the program made by the bill, and would require the PUC to establish in the program a mechanism to determine whether community renewable energy generators are load-modifying resources, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC, within 24 months of establishing a community renewable energy program and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, to submit to the Legislature a report on the facilities deployed and customers subscribed, as provided. This bill would instead require the PUC, within 24 months of the adoption or modification of a customer renewable energy subscription program and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, to submit to the Legislature a report on the community renewable energy generators participating in the program and customers subscribed. The bill would repeal this requirement on January 1, 2034. Under existing law, a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because a violation of a PUC action implementing this 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.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Vetoed by Governor.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Wardauthor
- Irwincoauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Vetoed by Governor.
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2026-09-14
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 12.).
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2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 12. Page 6964.).
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2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.).
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2026-08-28
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-27
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-29
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-06-18
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-17
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 16).
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2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2026-05-22
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-22
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 8. Page 5258.)
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (May 14).
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2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-04-28
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-27
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22).
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2026-04-08
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2026-03-19
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-19
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2026-02-11
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2026-02-10
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/10/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-10Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 04/27/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-27Compare
- 06/18/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-18Compare
- 08/27/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-27Compare
- 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-22 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Boerner: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Hart: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Calderon: other
- Davies: other
- Ta: other
- Chen: other
- Wallis: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 10-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
- Ta: other
- Hoover: other
- Calderon: other
AB 1813 Ward Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-22 · pass · 51-8
Member-level votes (80)
- Alvarez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bains: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Papan: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Fong: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Addis: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Solache: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hart: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Johnson: no
- Valencia: no
- Sanchez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Hadwick: no
- Calderon: other
- Castillo: other
- Dixon: other
- Ellis: other
- Gallagher: other
- Hoover: other
- Wicks: other
- Arambula: other
- Nguyen: other
- Chen: other
- Gabriel: other
- Ta: other
- Ramos: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Patterson: other
- Wallis: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Pacheco: other
- Soria: other
- Davies: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-16 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (17)
- Archuleta: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: no
- Strickland: no
- Rubio: other
- Richardson: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Grove: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-06-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
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