republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2454.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy: procurement plans."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to review and accept, modify, or reject a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified requirements and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2454"
citation: "California AB 2454 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy: procurement plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec155d9c-dba9-409a-b6fa-28a7b2f81a3b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454"
source_hash: "224091da41934f9b17387b212c014d66ca14836f903ae8363d9f020045081c6d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2454 (20152016) — Energy: procurement plans.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to review and accept, modify, or reject a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified requirements and objectives. The act requires that an electrical corporation's proposed procurement plan include certain elements, including a showing that the electrical corporation will first meet its unmet needs through all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245499INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245498AMD)
3. **04/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245497AMD)
4. **05/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245496AMD)
5. **05/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245495AMD)
6. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245494AMD)
7. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245493AMD)
8. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245491CHP)
9. **AB2454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454)
10. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2454&version=20150AB245492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 2454 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2454 Williams By Hueso — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 2454 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — **58–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-04** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 5193.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5248.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6296.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 826, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec155d9c-dba9-409a-b6fa-28a7b2f81a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).