republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: prevailing wage."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2143"
citation: "California AB 2143 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: prevailing wage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrillo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/217d9c77-b13f-4c1b-8496-ab6a17d8a5c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143"
source_hash: "3a05510c974f428e6b95e565afdc7b24004a0ab0ca144751e1b12c38412ec759"
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 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.

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214399INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214398AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214397AMD)
4. **06/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214396AMD)
5. **06/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214395AMD)
6. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214394AMD)
7. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214392CHP)
8. **AB2143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143)
9. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2143&version=20210AB214393ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/217d9c77-b13f-4c1b-8496-ab6a17d8a5c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).