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type: "Bill"
title: "Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Under existing law, the local government renewable energy self-generation program authorizes a local government to receive a bill credit to be applied to a designated benefiting account for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility, as defined, and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "California SB 43 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-12-11"
last_action: "2013-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29da0d45-b0df-4a23-a5e7-c4fdbf445117"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43"
source_hash: "55612d364fae3a971305a5f8ef25c419dd7eafa32e0761c5c826b854348b5d64"
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 43 (20132014) — Electricity: Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Under existing law, the local government renewable energy self-generation program authorizes a local government to receive a bill credit to be applied to a designated benefiting account for electricity exported to the electrical grid by an eligible renewable generating facility, as defined, and requires the commission to adopt a rate tariff for the benefiting account.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/11/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4399INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4398AMD)
3. **05/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4397AMD)
4. **05/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4396AMD)
5. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4395AMD)
6. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4394AMD)
7. **06/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4393AMD)
8. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4392AMD)
9. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4391AMD)
10. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4390AMD)
11. **09/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4388CHP)
12. **SB43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43)
13. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB43&version=20130SB4389ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB43 Wolk Concurrence — **2712** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **64** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **60** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **279** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **131** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **111** (pass) · lower
- SB 43 Wolk Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS Amend By WILLIAMS Set #1**5322** (pass) · lower
- SB 43 Wolk Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — **5716** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **52** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wolk — primary (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-12-11** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-12-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 11.
- **2013-01-07** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 4. Page 750.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-21** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1006.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 1200.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2951.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 3177.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2374.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2013-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29da0d45-b0df-4a23-a5e7-c4fdbf445117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).