Public Utilities Commission: customer renewable energy subscription programs and the community renewable energy program.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Under existing law, the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program requires an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customers in California to file with the commission an application requesting approval of a tariff to implement a program enabling ratepayers to participate directly in offsite electrical generation facilities that use eligible renewable energy resources. Existing law requires the commission to develop programs to increase the adoption of renewable generation among residential customers in disadvantaged communities, and, acting pursuant to that requirement, the commission has adopted, among others, the Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff program and the Community Solar Green Tariff program.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 2316
California AB 2316 (20212022)
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Public Utilities Commission: customer renewable energy subscription programs and the community renewable energy program.
California AB 2316 (20212022) — Public Utilities Commission: customer renewable energy subscription programs and the community renewable energy program.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Under existing law, the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program requires an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customers in California to file with the commission an application requesting approval of a tariff to implement a program enabling ratepayers to participate directly in offsite electrical generation facilities that use eligible renewable energy resources. Existing law requires the commission to develop programs to increase the adoption of renewable generation among residential customers in disadvantaged communities, and, acting pursuant to that requirement, the commission has adopted, among others, the Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff program and the Community Solar Green Tariff program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB2316 Ward et al. By Hertzberg — 31–9 (pass) · upper
AB 2316 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 51–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — 11–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
AB 2316 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 47–22 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ward — primary (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2022-03-03 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2022-03-28 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
2022-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2022-04-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-05-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 4990.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-08-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5208.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 16.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d3e96fe-7993-426a-9301-326512971178. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).