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Bill	Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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. The Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program requires a participating utility, defined as being an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customers in California, to file with the commission an application requesting approval of a tariff to implement a program enabling ratepayers to participate in electrical generation facilities that use eligible renewable energy resources, consistent with certain legislative findings and statements of intent. Existing law requires the commission, by July 1, 2014, to issue a decision concerning the participating utility's application, determining whether to approve or disapprove the application, with or without modifications. Existing law requires the commission, after notice and opportunity for public comment, to approve the application if the commission determines that the proposed program is reasonable and consistent with the legislative findings and statements of intent and requires the commission to require that a participating utility's green tariff shared renewables program be administered in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law repeals the program on January 1, 2019.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 793	California SB 793 (20152016)	bill	Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.	enacted	Wolk	7	30	7	2015-02-27	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/fd22e23e-e895-47d9-b1f0-a7481ebc2fca	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB793	923931bedaa6b075bceabbc1e615ec1473bbea9f3fdac64748f7529f267aec72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 793 (20152016) — Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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. The Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program requires a participating utility, defined as being an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customers in California, to file with the commission an application requesting approval of a tariff to implement a program enabling ratepayers to participate in electrical generation facilities that use eligible renewable energy resources, consistent with certain legislative findings and statements of intent. Existing law requires the commission, by July 1, 2014, to issue a decision concerning the participating utility's application, determining whether to approve or disapprove the application, with or without modifications. Existing law requires the commission, after notice and opportunity for public comment, to approve the application if the commission determines that the proposed program is reasonable and consistent with the legislative findings and statements of intent and requires the commission to require that a participating utility's green tariff shared renewables program be administered in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law repeals the program on January 1, 2019.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB793 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB793 Wolk Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 793 Wolk Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 23–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wolk — primary (person)
• Williams — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2015-04-06 April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-07 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 724.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-29 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 May 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-05-05 Set for hearing May 11.
• 2015-05-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 960.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 1024.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2015-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron.
• 2015-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2629.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2275.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 587, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd22e23e-e895-47d9-b1f0-a7481ebc2fca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).