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Bill	Electricity: natural gas: rates: net energy metering: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to designate a baseline quantity of electricity and gas necessary to supply a significant portion of the reasonable energy needs of the average residential customer and requires that electrical and gas corporations file rates and charges, to be approved by the commission, providing baseline rates. Existing law requires the commission, in establishing the baseline rates, to avoid excessive rate increases for residential customers. Existing law requires the commission to establish a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers, referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program. The CARE program provides lower rates to low-income customers that are financed through a separate rate component, which is required to be a nonbypassable element of the local distribution service and collected on the basis of usage. Eligibility for the CARE program is for those electric and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guideline levels.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 327	California AB 327 (20132014)	bill	Electricity: natural gas: rates: net energy metering: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.	enacted	Perea	10	35	10	2013-02-13	2013-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/62fd1bca-59e4-4a28-957e-e3e7553d7d33	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB327	f8546a643aa4890c3a43940d8de7bf66de308cfacf866309a99ca0664766b867	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 327 (20132014) — Electricity: natural gas: rates: net energy metering: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to designate a baseline quantity of electricity and gas necessary to supply a significant portion of the reasonable energy needs of the average residential customer and requires that electrical and gas corporations file rates and charges, to be approved by the commission, providing baseline rates. Existing law requires the commission, in establishing the baseline rates, to avoid excessive rate increases for residential customers. Existing law requires the commission to establish a program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers, referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program. The CARE program provides lower rates to low-income customers that are financed through a separate rate component, which is required to be a nonbypassable element of the local distribution service and collected on the basis of usage. Eligibility for the CARE program is for those electric and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200% of the federal poverty guideline levels.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/23/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/12/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/07/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB327 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/19/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 327 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 2nd Reading AB327 Perea By Padilla Lay on Table — 24–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 33–5 (pass) · upper
• amendments be concurred in. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 327 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — 66–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Perea — primary (person)
• Bonilla — coauthor (person)
• Buchanan — coauthor (person)
• Correa — coauthor (person)
• Daly — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gray — coauthor (person)
• Pan — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 4. Page 1563.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-06 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-08-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-26 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Measure version as amended on September 3 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2013-09-04 Measure version as amended on September 3 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Taken up without reference to file by unanimous consent.
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2237.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-10 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3147.)
• 2013-09-11 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 11). committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3288.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 611, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62fd1bca-59e4-4a28-957e-e3e7553d7d33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).