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Bill	Renewable energy resources.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes a local government, as defined, to receive a bill credit, as defined, to be applied to a designated benefiting account for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility, as defined, and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account. The existing definition of a local government excludes a joint powers authority, the state, and any agency or department of the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1031	California AB 1031 (20092010)	bill	Renewable energy resources.	enacted	Blumenfield	9	26	6	2009-02-27	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/2e62123b-8cd1-46d8-8d40-02859c6181ea	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1031	deb0e0a17672bb0152a961f511bc33df4f854ab484a5ddd6eb503cb8d4c3dff1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1031 (20092010) — Renewable energy resources.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes a local government, as defined, to receive a bill credit, as defined, to be applied to a designated benefiting account for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility, as defined, and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account. The existing definition of a local government excludes a joint powers authority, the state, and any agency or department of the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/01/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/23/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1031 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1031 Blumenfield By Strickland — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1031 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1031 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blumenfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-05-04 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-05-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-05-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1989.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-18 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2009-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-07-23 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-31 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2107.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3100.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e62123b-8cd1-46d8-8d40-02859c6181ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).