CA AB 710
withdrawnElectrical corporations: resiliency planning: microgrid projects.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 710 pass?
No. CA AB 710 was withdrawn and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 710 about?
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Independent System Operator, to take specified actions to facilitate the commercialization of microgrids for distribution customers of large electrical corporations, including developing microgrid service standards necessary to meet state and local permitting requirements and developing methods to reduce barriers for microgrid deployment without shifting costs between ratepayers. This bill would require a large electrical corporation, upon request, to collaborate with local governments, tribal governments, or community choice aggregators within its service area to support resiliency planning, as provided. The bill would require large electrical corporations to provide local governments, tribal governments, and community choice aggregators with access to data, including electrical distribution equipment data, transmission and distribution circuit data, grid hardening plans, and other information as directed by the commission, to support resiliency planning by local governments and tribal governments to ensure local governments, tribal governments, and community choice aggregators are able to plan potential microgrid projects to support critical facilities. The bill would authorize the commission to require large electrical corporations to share this information in aggregated and anonymized form to protect customer privacy and electrical grid security. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because the violation of a PUC action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, this 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 710?
Irwin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 710.
Description
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Independent System Operator, to take specified actions to facilitate the commercialization of microgrids for distribution customers of large electrical corporations, including developing microgrid service standards necessary to meet state and local permitting requirements and developing methods to reduce barriers for microgrid deployment without shifting costs between ratepayers. This bill would require a large electrical corporation, upon request, to collaborate with local governments, tribal governments, or community choice aggregators within its service area to support resiliency planning, as provided. The bill would require large electrical corporations to provide local governments, tribal governments, and community choice aggregators with access to data, including electrical distribution equipment data, transmission and distribution circuit data, grid hardening plans, and other information as directed by the commission, to support resiliency planning by local governments and tribal governments to ensure local governments, tribal governments, and community choice aggregators are able to plan potential microgrid projects to support critical facilities. The bill would authorize the commission to require large electrical corporations to share this information in aggregated and anonymized form to protect customer privacy and electrical grid security. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because the violation of a PUC action implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, this 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
- 2025-03-18
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Irwinauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-29
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-06-29
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-06-26
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-06-25
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-15
Re-referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-06-12
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-06-12
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-06-11
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.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-02
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-05-21
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.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
referral-committee
2026-01-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 2. Page 3831.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-22
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-01-22
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 22).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-22
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2026-01-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-08
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.
referral-committee
2026-01-07
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 3704.)
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-06
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-06
From inactive file.
2026-01-05
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Irwin.
2025-09-10
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Irwin.
2025-09-04
Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 2896.)
2025-09-04
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-04
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-04-01
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-26
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-19
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-03-18
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-02-15
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
- 03/18/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-18Compare
- 01/07/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-01-07Compare
- 05/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-21Compare
- 06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
- 06/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-25Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-01-15 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Zbur: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Patterson: other
- Ta: other
- Davies: other
- Hart: other
- Calderon: other
- Wallis: other
- Chen: other
Do pass.
2026-01-22 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hoover: other
- Tangipa: other
- Ta: other
- Dixon: other
AB 710 Irwin Assembly Third Reading
2026-01-26 · pass · 61-2
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hoover: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Arambula: other
- Hadwick: other
- Papan: other
- Lackey: other
- Wallis: other
- Macedo: other
- Gallagher: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Ellis: other
- Alanis: other
- Flora: other
- Patterson: other
- Ta: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-24 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Allen: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Dahle: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Strickland: other
- Grove: other
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