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CA AB 740

vetoed

Virtual power plants: load shifting: integrated energy policy report.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 740 pass?

No. CA AB 740 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 740 about?

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in consultation with specified entities, to adopt a biennial integrated energy policy report containing certain information, including an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in the next update to the biennial integrated energy policy report after January 1, 2027, and subject to available funding, to adopt a virtual power plant deployment plan. The bill would require the Energy Commission, in developing the plan, to take certain actions, and would require that the plan meet specified requirements. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, to adopt a goal for load shifting to reduce net peak electrical demand and adjust this target in each biennial integrated energy policy report thereafter. This bill would require each electrical corporation to annually report to the Energy Commission its contribution towards meeting that load-shift goal.

Who sponsors CA AB 740?

Harabedian is the primary sponsor of CA AB 740, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in consultation with specified entities, to adopt a biennial integrated energy policy report containing certain information, including an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in the next update to the biennial integrated energy policy report after January 1, 2027, and subject to available funding, to adopt a virtual power plant deployment plan. The bill would require the Energy Commission, in developing the plan, to take certain actions, and would require that the plan meet specified requirements. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, to adopt a goal for load shifting to reduce net peak electrical demand and adjust this target in each biennial integrated energy policy report thereafter. This bill would require each electrical corporation to annually report to the Energy Commission its contribution towards meeting that load-shift goal.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Harabedianauthor
  • Archuletacoauthor
  • Sterncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on U. & E.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-12

    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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  5. 2025-03-13

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-02

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  7. 2025-04-24

    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 23).

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  8. 2025-04-28

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-04-29

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1850.)

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  14. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  16. 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.

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  17. 2025-08-07

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  18. 2025-08-18

    (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2171.)

  19. 2025-08-18

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2025-08-25

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  21. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  22. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  23. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-09-04

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  25. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  26. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2808.).

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  27. 2025-09-10

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  28. 2025-09-11

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3299.).

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  29. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  30. 2025-10-03

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  31. 2025-10-03

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  32. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 03/12/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-12Compare
  • 04/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-28Compare
  • 08/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-18Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
  • AB740Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-23 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Chen: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Patterson: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 740 Harabedian Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: other

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB740 Harabedian et al. By Stern

    2025-09-10 · pass · 39-1

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Jones: no

  • AB 740 Harabedian Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Chen: other
    • Flora: other

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