The existing Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and responsibilities on the Public Utilities Commission with respect to the purchase of electricity and requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. The program requires that a retail seller of electricity, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, but not including local publicly owned electric utilities, purchase a specified minimum percentage of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, in any given year as a specified percentage of total kilowatthours sold to retail end-use customers each calendar year. Under existing law the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility is responsible for implementing and enforcing a renewables portfolio standard that recognizes the intent of the Legislature to encourage renewable resources, while taking into consideration the effect of the standard on rates, reliability, and financial resources and the goal of environmental improvement.
California AB 920 (20092010) — Solar and wind distributed generation.
The existing Public Utilities Act imposes various duties and responsibilities on the Public Utilities Commission with respect to the purchase of electricity and requires the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan and a renewable energy procurement plan for each electrical corporation pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. The program requires that a retail seller of electricity, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, but not including local publicly owned electric utilities, purchase a specified minimum percentage of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, in any given year as a specified percentage of total kilowatthours sold to retail end-use customers each calendar year. Under existing law the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility is responsible for implementing and enforcing a renewables portfolio standard that recognizes the intent of the Legislature to encourage renewable resources, while taking into consideration the effect of the standard on rates, reliability, and financial resources and the goal of environmental improvement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 920 HUFFMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
AB 920 HUFFMAN Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Huffman — primary (person)
Hancock — coauthor (person)
Lieu — coauthor (person)
Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
Portantino — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
2009-03-26 Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2009-04-21 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-04-28 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2009-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-29 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 1884.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
2009-07-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-07-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2009-08-17 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
2009-08-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-08-31 (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
2009-09-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-04 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-09-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
2009-09-10 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
2009-09-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 18. Page 2430.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2009-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 3404.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-09-28 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34cad547-0686-48bd-9b41-c4f4b1d83cbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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