Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical 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. Under existing law, the local government renewable energy self-generation program authorizes a local government to receive a bill credit 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.
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20132014
SB 43
California SB 43 (20132014)
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Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.
California SB 43 (20132014) — Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical 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. Under existing law, the local government renewable energy self-generation program authorizes a local government to receive a bill credit 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 6–4 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 27–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
SB 43 Wolk Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS Amend By WILLIAMS Set #1 — 53–22 (pass) · lower
SB 43 Wolk Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — 57–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wolk — primary (person)
Corbett — coauthor (person)
Levine — coauthor (person)
Pavley — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Williams — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-12-11 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-12-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 11.
2013-01-07 Read first time. reading-1
2013-01-10 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2013-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-03 Re-referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and RLS. referral-committee
2013-04-12 Set for hearing April 30.
2013-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 4. Page 750.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-05-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2013-05-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-05-16 Set for hearing May 20.
2013-05-20 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2013-05-21 Set for hearing May 23.
2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1006.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-28 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-28 Ordered to second reading.
2013-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 1200.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-06-14 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
2013-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-08-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-14 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2951.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
2013-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 3177.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2374.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2013-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29da0d45-b0df-4a23-a5e7-c4fdbf445117. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).