Energy: electrical and gas corporations: general rate cases.
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires the rates and charges to be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission, following the approval of a general rate case of an electrical corporation or gas corporation, to review which costs, if any, differed from the general rate case forecasts and to adjust the revenue requirements in the subsequent general rate case based on the actual past costs in the corporation records.
California AB 1017 (20252026) — Energy: electrical and gas corporations: general rate cases.
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires the rates and charges to be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission, following the approval of a general rate case of an electrical corporation or gas corporation, to review which costs, if any, differed from the general rate case forecasts and to adjust the revenue requirements in the subsequent general rate case based on the actual past costs in the corporation records.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1017 Boerner Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Boerner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2025-04-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-03 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
2025-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1663.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-04 Referred to Com. on E., U & C. referral-committee
2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-06-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2463.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 177, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cede0440-6fff-4213-8fd2-a3610984918e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).