California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: emissions of greenhouse gases.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the PUC to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, so that the total kilowatthours of those products sold to their retail end-use customers achieve 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, 33% by December 31, 2020, 40% by December 31, 2024, 45% by December 31, 2027, and 50% by December 31, 2030. The program additionally requires each local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources to achieve the procurement requirements established by the program. The Legislature has found and declared that its intent in implementing the program is to attain, among other targets for sale of eligible renewable resources, the target of 50% of total retail sales of electricity by December 31, 2030.
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SB 100
California SB 100 (20172018)
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California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: emissions of greenhouse gases.
California SB 100 (20172018) — California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: emissions of greenhouse gases.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the PUC to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, so that the total kilowatthours of those products sold to their retail end-use customers achieve 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, 33% by December 31, 2020, 40% by December 31, 2024, 45% by December 31, 2027, and 50% by December 31, 2030. The program additionally requires each local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources to achieve the procurement requirements established by the program. The Legislature has found and declared that its intent in implementing the program is to attain, among other targets for sale of eligible renewable resources, the target of 50% of total retail sales of electricity by December 31, 2030.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 100 De León Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By MELENDEZ — 21–54 (fail) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB100 De León — 25–13 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB100 De León et al. Concurrence — 25–13 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 10–5 (pass) · lower
SB 100 De León Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — 44–33 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 10–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
De León — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Chiu — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Gabriel — coauthor (person)
Gloria — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
Irwin — coauthor (person)
Jackson — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Lara — coauthor (person)
Levine — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
Monning — coauthor (person)
Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
Pan — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Reyes — coauthor (person)
Rivas — coauthor (person)
Santiago — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Thurmond — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-01-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-01-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2017-04-17 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-05-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 9.
2017-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 1005.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 22.
2017-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1177.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 1306.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2017-06-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-07-05 July 5 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-07-06 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-07-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-08-30 August 30 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-09-01 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2017-09-01 Coauthors revised.
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2017-09-11 September 11 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-09-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-20 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 44. Noes 33. Page 6733.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5966.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 312, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/130da8a6-8799-449c-a291-a2323e5d0b18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).