Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: prevailing wage.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires every electric utility, defined to include electrical corporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, and electrical cooperatives, to develop a standard contract or tariff for net energy metering, as defined, for generation by a renewable electrical generation facility, as defined, and to make this contract or tariff available to eligible customer-generators, as defined, upon request on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. For a large electrical corporation, as defined, existing law requires the commission to have developed a 2nd standard contract or tariff to provide net energy metering to additional eligible customer-generators in the electrical corporation's service territory and imposes no limitation on the number of new eligible customer-generators entitled to receive service pursuant to this 2nd standard contract or tariff. Existing law requires the commission to ensure that the 2nd standard contract or tariff made available to eligible customer-generators by large electrical corporations ensures that customer-sited renewable distributed generation continues to grow sustainably. Existing law requires the commission, in developing this standard contract or tariff, to include specific alternatives designed for growth among residential customers in disadvantaged communities.
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20212022
AB 2143
California AB 2143 (20212022)
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Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: prevailing wage.
California AB 2143 (20212022) — Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: prevailing wage.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires every electric utility, defined to include electrical corporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, and electrical cooperatives, to develop a standard contract or tariff for net energy metering, as defined, for generation by a renewable electrical generation facility, as defined, and to make this contract or tariff available to eligible customer-generators, as defined, upon request on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer generators exceeds 5% of the electric utility's aggregate customer peak demand. For a large electrical corporation, as defined, existing law requires the commission to have developed a 2nd standard contract or tariff to provide net energy metering to additional eligible customer-generators in the electrical corporation's service territory and imposes no limitation on the number of new eligible customer-generators entitled to receive service pursuant to this 2nd standard contract or tariff. Existing law requires the commission to ensure that the 2nd standard contract or tariff made available to eligible customer-generators by large electrical corporations ensures that customer-sited renewable distributed generation continues to grow sustainably. Existing law requires the commission, in developing this standard contract or tariff, to include specific alternatives designed for growth among residential customers in disadvantaged communities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — 11–3 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2143 Carrillo et al. By Bradford — 28–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2143 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — 55–18 (pass) · lower
AB 2143 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Carrillo — primary (person)
Bradford — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2022-03-24 Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and L. & E. referral-committee
2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2022-04-07 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2022-04-07 (pending re-refer to Com. on L. & E.)
2022-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-04-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2022-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 5030.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 5361.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 16.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 774, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/217d9c77-b13f-4c1b-8496-ab6a17d8a5c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).