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Bill	Electricity: net energy metering.	Existing law, relative to private energy producers, requires every electric utility, as defined, to make available to an eligible customer-generator, as defined, a standard contract or tariff for net energy metering on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. The existing definition of an eligible customer-generator requires that the generating facility use a solar or wind turbine, or a hybrid system of both.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 489	California SB 489 (20112012)	bill	Electricity: net energy metering.	enacted	Wolk	8	27	9	2011-02-17	2011-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/1b3d886a-801a-4408-812f-0e6d6fcdc7e4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB489	469777d206c2b2ad2a30575c912a4bcc467b5b098a49752801942bbf64e93356	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 489 (20112012) — Electricity: net energy metering.

Existing law, relative to private energy producers, requires every electric utility, as defined, to make available to an eligible customer-generator, as defined, a standard contract or tariff for net energy metering on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. The existing definition of an eligible customer-generator requires that the generating facility use a solar or wind turbine, or a hybrid system of both.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/11/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/16/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/12/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB489 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/01/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 31–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB489 Wolk Concurrence — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 489 Wolk Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — 59–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wolk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2011-05-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 808.) (April 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2011-05-23 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-25 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1118.) (May 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1275.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2011-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 2635.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2160.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 593, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b3d886a-801a-4408-812f-0e6d6fcdc7e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).