CA SB 836

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Electricity: transmission planning and permitting.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , on or before March 31, 2024, to provide transmission-focused guidance to the Independent System Operator about resource portfolios of expected future renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources, including the allocation of those resources by region based on technical feasibility and commercial interest in each region to allow the Independent System Operator to identify and approve transmission facilities needed to interconnect resources and reliably serve the needs of load centers, as specified . On December 23, 2022, the PUC, Energy Commission, and Independent System Operator entered into a memorandum of understanding related to resource and transmission planning, transmission development and permitting, procurement, and interconnections in order to achieve reliability and policy needs and to coordinate the timely development of resources, resource interconnections, and needed transmission infrastructure. Existing law requires the Energy Commission and PUC, in coordination with the Independent System Operator, every 5 years, to review and update, as necessary, the memorandum of understanding and a related workplan to ensure the memorandum and workplan reflect the coordination that is needed to help meet the state's energy goals. This bill would require those entities to review and update, as necessary, the memorandum every 3 years, rather than every 5 years.

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-02-02 — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2. Page 811.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-25
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2026-02-02
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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Versions

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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-21 · pass · 14-2
Member-level votes (17)
- Becker: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Caballero: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB836

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