---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government renewable energy self-generation program."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission is vested with regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law authorizes a local governmental entity, except a joint powers authority, to receive a bill credit to a designated benefiting account, for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1773"
citation: "California AB 1773 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government renewable energy self-generation program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-03"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d7ad1e8-7af1-4d47-b88c-db1272210a9e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1773"
source_hash: "1b16f00b347523e31027491bf18e2bc6eda17c279f49dfcb865ee37efd4cd351"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1773 (20152016) — Local government renewable energy self-generation program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission is vested with regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law authorizes a local governmental entity, except a joint powers authority, to receive a bill credit to a designated benefiting account, for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/03/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1773&version=20150AB177399INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1773&version=20150AB177398AMD)
3. **04/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1773&version=20150AB177397AMD)
4. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1773&version=20150AB177395CHP)
5. **AB1773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1773)
6. **08/22/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1773&version=20150AB177396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1773 Obernolte By Pavley — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1773 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Obernolte — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4786.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5131.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d7ad1e8-7af1-4d47-b88c-db1272210a9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).