California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: procurement.
The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission 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 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. The program, beginning January 1, 2021, requires at least 65% of the procurement of a retail seller that counts toward the above requirements to be from its contracts of 10 years or more in duration or ownership or ownership agreements for eligible renewable energy resources.
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SB 702
California SB 702 (20192020)
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California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: procurement.
California SB 702 (20192020) — California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: procurement.
The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires the Public Utilities Commission 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 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. The program, beginning January 1, 2021, requires at least 65% of the procurement of a retail seller that counts toward the above requirements to be from its contracts of 10 years or more in duration or ownership or ownership agreements for eligible renewable energy resources.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB702 Hill Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 702 Hill Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-28 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 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
2019-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2020-01-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-01-06 Withdrawn from committee.
2020-01-06 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2020-01-06 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2020-01-08 Set for hearing January 15.
2020-01-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3099.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-01-16 Set for hearing January 21.
2020-01-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-01-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-01-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-01-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3131.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-01-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2020-06-18 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2020-07-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-07-29 July 29 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-08-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-11 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5278.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2020-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2020-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 305, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ed7e5c5-c511-40b3-89fc-d81b21f6d35e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).