Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to adopt a process for each load-serving entity, defined as including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, to file an integrated resource plan and a schedule for periodic updates to the plan to ensure that load-serving entities accomplish specified objectives. Existing law requires each load-serving entity to prepare and file an integrated resource plan consistent with those objectives on a time schedule directed by the commission and subject to commission review.
California SB 618 (20172018) — Load-serving entities: integrated resource plans.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the commission to adopt a process for each load-serving entity, defined as including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, to file an integrated resource plan and a schedule for periodic updates to the plan to ensure that load-serving entities accomplish specified objectives. Existing law requires each load-serving entity to prepare and file an integrated resource plan consistent with those objectives on a time schedule directed by the commission and subject to commission review.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent Calendar SB618 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 618 Bradford Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bradford — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-02 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and EQ. referral-committee
2017-03-09 Set for hearing April 4.
2017-04-05 April 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-04-06 Set for hearing April 19 in EQ. pending receipt.
2017-04-13 Set for hearing April 18.
2017-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 728.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 784.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1136.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-05 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). 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 10. Noes 0.) (July 10). 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
2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-28 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
2017-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
2017-08-31 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3036.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2904.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 431, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d03dbb9f-f3d2-49c7-905a-3b3d116fcf57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).