California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: integrated resource plans.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, defined as including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, 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 achieves 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, 33% by December 31, 2020, 44% by December 31, 2024, 52% by December 31, 2027, and 60% by December 31, 2030. Existing law requires the commission to direct each retail seller to prepare and submit an annual report to the commission that includes specified information on the retail seller's compliance with requirements related to eligible renewable energy resource procurement.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 155
California SB 155 (20192020)
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California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: integrated resource plans.
California SB 155 (20192020) — California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: integrated resource plans.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, defined as including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, 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 achieves 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, 33% by December 31, 2020, 44% by December 31, 2024, 52% by December 31, 2027, and 60% by December 31, 2030. Existing law requires the commission to direct each retail seller to prepare and submit an annual report to the commission that includes specified information on the retail seller's compliance with requirements related to eligible renewable energy resource procurement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB155 Bradford Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 155 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Quirk — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bradford — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
2019-01-31 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 24.
2019-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 841.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 1152.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-03 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2019-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-08-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-21 August 21 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-30 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2965.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-05 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2566.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9 a.m.
2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 401, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab0acd36-bf28-4b1e-90cc-d6c3595fc2da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).