republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1090.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity: rates: default time-of-use pricing."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law permits the commission to authorize an electrical corporation to offer residential customers the option of receiving service pursuant to time-variant pricing, as defined, and to participate in other demand reduction response programs, but prohibits the commission from authorizing an electrical corporation to employ mandatory or default time-variant pricing for any residential customer, except that beginning January 1, 2018, the commission may require or authorize an electrical corporation to employ default time-of-use pricing for residential customers, subject to specified limitations and conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1090"
citation: "California SB 1090 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity: rates: default time-of-use pricing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd34803d-5b8b-4e4a-86bb-ef48c044ce85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090"
source_hash: "03bbc8d530826c8a39735fefe53726c7103ffc671b7727cf987658d9f3c16049"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1090 (20132014) — Electricity: rates: default time-of-use pricing.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law permits the commission to authorize an electrical corporation to offer residential customers the option of receiving service pursuant to time-variant pricing, as defined, and to participate in other demand reduction response programs, but prohibits the commission from authorizing an electrical corporation to employ mandatory or default time-variant pricing for any residential customer, except that beginning January 1, 2018, the commission may require or authorize an electrical corporation to employ default time-of-use pricing for residential customers, subject to specified limitations and conditions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090&version=20130SB109099INT)
2. **04/08/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090&version=20130SB109098AMD)
3. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090&version=20130SB109097AMD)
4. **07/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090&version=20130SB109096AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090&version=20130SB109095AMD)
6. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090&version=20130SB109093CHP)
7. **SB1090** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090)
8. **08/25/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1090&version=20130SB109094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1090 Fuller Senate Third Reading By PATTERSON — **76–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1090 Fuller Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2014-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3078.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3708.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3663.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-18** Read third time and amended. (Page 6129.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 6223.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4688.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 625, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd34803d-5b8b-4e4a-86bb-ef48c044ce85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).