CA AB 825
enactedIndependent System Operator: independent regional organization.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 825 pass?
Yes. CA AB 825 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-19. Latest recorded action (2025-09-19): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 825 about?
(1) Existing law provides for the establishment of an Independent System Operator (ISO) as a nonprofit public benefit corporation and requires the ISO to ensure efficient use and reliable operation of the electrical transmission grid consistent with achieving planning and operating reserve criteria no less stringent than those established by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council and the North American Electric Reliability Council. Existing law, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, provides for the transformation of the ISO into a regional organization, with the approval of the Legislature, pursuant to a specified process. That process provides that modifications to the ISO's governance structure, through changes to its bylaws or other corporate governance documents, will not become effective until the ISO, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , the State Air Resources Board (state board) , the Governor, and the Legislature take specified actions on or before January 1, 2019. This bill would delete the above-described provisions providing for the transformation of the ISO into a regional organization. The bill would authorize the ISO and the electrical corporations that are participating transmission owners whose transmission systems are operated by the ISO to use voluntary energy markets governed by an independent regional organization, only if specified requirements are satisfied. The bill would authorize the ISO, on or after January 1, 2028, to implement tariff modifications accepted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to operate the energy markets whose rules are governed by an independent regional organization if the governing board of the ISO has adopted a resolution, as specified, finding that each of the specified requirements have been, or will be, adopted by the independent regional organization. The bill would require the PUC to make a determination through a formal decision in an existing or new proceeding that these requirements have been satisfied before electrical corporations participate in an energy market governed by an independent regional organization. The bill would require the ISO to maintain the necessary technical capability to operate energy markets, as specified, and would require the ISO to continue its functions and responsibilities as a balancing authority, as provided. This bill would require the ISO to develop, publish, and annually update a report on certain activities of the ISO and, if applicable, an independent regional organization, as provided. The bill would require the chair of the board of governors and the chief executive officer of the ISO to annually appear before the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature to present the report, as specified. (2) Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, which requires the PUC to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, at specified percentages of the total kilowatthours sold to their retail end-customers during specified compliance periods. The program, consistent with the goals of procuring the least-cost and best-fit eligible renewable energy resources that meet project viability principles, requires that all retail sellers procure a balanced portfolio of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as specified, referred to as the portfolio content category requirements. This bill would require the PUC and the Energy Commission to coordinate to revise any relevant rules, regulations, or guidance to ensure that the transition to a regional energy market governed by the ISO or the independent regional organization does not expand the types of transactions that meet the portfolio content category requirements, as compared to the transactions that would otherwise meet those requirements on December 31, 2025. (3) Existing law requires the Power Exchange to provide an efficient competitive auction, open on a nondiscriminatory basis to all suppliers, that meets the loads of all exchange customers at efficient prices, and authorizes the Power Exchange governing board to form appropriate technical advisory committees composed of market and nonmarket participants to advise the governing board on relevant issues. This bill would delete these provisions. (4) Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because certain provisions of this bill would be part of the act and a violation of a PUC action implementing the 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 825?
Petrie-Norris is the primary sponsor of CA AB 825, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
(1) Existing law provides for the establishment of an Independent System Operator (ISO) as a nonprofit public benefit corporation and requires the ISO to ensure efficient use and reliable operation of the electrical transmission grid consistent with achieving planning and operating reserve criteria no less stringent than those established by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council and the North American Electric Reliability Council. Existing law, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, provides for the transformation of the ISO into a regional organization, with the approval of the Legislature, pursuant to a specified process. That process provides that modifications to the ISO's governance structure, through changes to its bylaws or other corporate governance documents, will not become effective until the ISO, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , the State Air Resources Board (state board) , the Governor, and the Legislature take specified actions on or before January 1, 2019. This bill would delete the above-described provisions providing for the transformation of the ISO into a regional organization. The bill would authorize the ISO and the electrical corporations that are participating transmission owners whose transmission systems are operated by the ISO to use voluntary energy markets governed by an independent regional organization, only if specified requirements are satisfied. The bill would authorize the ISO, on or after January 1, 2028, to implement tariff modifications accepted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to operate the energy markets whose rules are governed by an independent regional organization if the governing board of the ISO has adopted a resolution, as specified, finding that each of the specified requirements have been, or will be, adopted by the independent regional organization. The bill would require the PUC to make a determination through a formal decision in an existing or new proceeding that these requirements have been satisfied before electrical corporations participate in an energy market governed by an independent regional organization. The bill would require the ISO to maintain the necessary technical capability to operate energy markets, as specified, and would require the ISO to continue its functions and responsibilities as a balancing authority, as provided. This bill would require the ISO to develop, publish, and annually update a report on certain activities of the ISO and, if applicable, an independent regional organization, as provided. The bill would require the chair of the board of governors and the chief executive officer of the ISO to annually appear before the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature to present the report, as specified. (2) Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, which requires the PUC to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, at specified percentages of the total kilowatthours sold to their retail end-customers during specified compliance periods. The program, consistent with the goals of procuring the least-cost and best-fit eligible renewable energy resources that meet project viability principles, requires that all retail sellers procure a balanced portfolio of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as specified, referred to as the portfolio content category requirements. This bill would require the PUC and the Energy Commission to coordinate to revise any relevant rules, regulations, or guidance to ensure that the transition to a regional energy market governed by the ISO or the independent regional organization does not expand the types of transactions that meet the portfolio content category requirements, as compared to the transactions that would otherwise meet those requirements on December 31, 2025. (3) Existing law requires the Power Exchange to provide an efficient competitive auction, open on a nondiscriminatory basis to all suppliers, that meets the loads of all exchange customers at efficient prices, and authorizes the Power Exchange governing board to form appropriate technical advisory committees composed of market and nonmarket participants to advise the governing board on relevant issues. This bill would delete these provisions. (4) Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because certain provisions of this bill would be part of the act and a violation of a PUC action implementing the 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
- 2025-04-21
- Latest action
- 2025-09-19 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Petrie-Norrisauthor
- Rivasauthor
- Beckerauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-04-21
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-29
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1789.)
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-29
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
referral-committee
2025-06-02
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-03
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 3).
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2025-06-03
Coauthors revised.
2025-06-04
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-05
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 5. Page 2106.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-09
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and B. P. & E.D.
referral-committee
2025-07-09
Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and E., U & C.
referral-committee
2025-07-09
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-07-14
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-10
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-10
Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
referral-committee
2025-09-10
Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2760.)
2025-09-10
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(C).
referral-committee
2025-09-11
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (September 11).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11
Assembly suspended Joint Rule 62(a). (Page 3312.)
2025-09-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-12
Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 2961.)
2025-09-12
Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2958.)
2025-09-13
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3050.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3490.)
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3490.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-13
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-19
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-09-19
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
- 05/29/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-29Compare
- 06/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-02Compare
- 09/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-10Compare
- 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
- 09/19/25 - Chaptered — 2025-09-19Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Harabedian: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Fong: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Mark González: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Tangipa: other
Do pass.
2025-06-03 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Boerner: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hart: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Davies: other
- Ta: other
- Patterson: other
- Wallis: other
- Chen: other
AB 825 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-05 · pass · 57-5
Member-level votes (79)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Haney: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Hart: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Berman: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Sanchez: no
- DeMaio: no
- Ellis: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
- Chen: other
- Gallagher: other
- Patterson: other
- Lackey: other
- Castillo: other
- Hadwick: other
- Hoover: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Davies: other
- Ramos: other
- Ta: other
- Flora: other
- Alanis: other
- Zbur: other
- Wallis: other
- Ortega: other
- Macedo: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]
2025-07-14 · pass · 8-3
Member-level votes (11)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: no
- Choi: no
- Strickland: no
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 12-1
Member-level votes (17)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Stern: yes
- Becker: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Strickland: other
- Dahle: other
- Ashby: other
- Grove: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
Do pass
2025-09-11 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Dahle: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Limón: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: other
- Rubio: other
- Allen: other
- Grove: other
- Wahab: other
2nd Reading AB825 Petrie-Norris et al. By Becker
2025-09-13 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: other
- Valladares: other
- Umberg: other
- Wahab: other
- Dahle: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
AB 825 PETRIE-NORRIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 74-1
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
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Pellerin: other
- Elhawary: other
- McKinnor: other
- Garcia: other
- Ta: other
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