California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 D cosponsors

AB 3121 — Public utilities: incentive programs.

Last action — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the Multifamily Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , as part of the program, to authorize the award of monetary incentives for qualifying solar energy systems, as defined, that are installed on multifamily residential properties of at least 5 rental housing units that are operated to provide deed-restricted low-income residential housing, as defined, and that meet one or more specified requirements, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC to annually authorize the allocation of $100,000,000 or 66.67% of available funds, whichever is less, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, to the program from certain greenhouse gas allowance revenues received by electrical corporations and set aside for clean energy and energy efficiency projects, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC to continue authorizing the allocation of these funds through June 30, 2026, if the PUC determines that revenues are available after 2020 and that there is adequate interest and participation in the program. Existing law requires the PUC to evaluate the program every 3 years and requires the PUC to make necessary adjustments to the program to ensure that the goals of the program are being met, as specified. Existing law authorizes the PUC to credit uncommitted funds back to ratepayers if the PUC, upon review, finds that there is insufficient participation in the program. This bill would require the PUC to credit no more than 12 of the program funds that are unencumbered as of January 1, 2025, back to the residential retail customers of electrical corporations, as specified. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the self-generation incentive program increase the deployment of distributed generation and energy storage systems to facilitate, among other things, the integration of those resources into the electrical grid. Existing law authorizes the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and until December 31, 2024, to authorize the annual collection of not more than double the amount authorized for the self-generation incentive program in 2008. Existing law requires the PUC to administer the self-generation incentive program until January 1, 2026. Existing law requires the PUC, on January 1, 2026, to provide repayment of all unallocated funds collected to reduce ratepayer costs. This bill would additionally require the PUC, on January 1, 2025, to initiate a process to provide repayment to residential customers of all unreserved funds as of January 1, 2025, that were collected to reduce ratepayer costs. Existing law requires the PUC to require those electrical corporations with 250,000 or more customer accounts in the state, and those gas corporations with 400,000 or more customer accounts in the state, to establish the joint School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program within each of their energy efficiency portfolios and to file a joint advice letter by February 1, 2021, to fund the program as part of each of their energy efficiency portfolios. Existing law requires that the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program be a joint program among all the participating utilities, be consistent across the utility territories, and be designed, administered, and implemented by the Energy Commission as the program administrator. Existing law requires all allocated funds to be spent or returned to the electrical corporation or gas corporation by December 1, 2026. Existing law authorizes the Energy Commission to set application and encumbrance deadlines to ensure that the reversion of funds occurs by December 1, 2026. This bill instead would set the application deadline for program funds as July 1, 2024, and would require any funds remaining as of that date to be returned to the electrical corporation or gas corporation and distributed to residential customers as a bill credit, as determined by the PUC. The bill would require all allocated funds that are not spent by December 1, 2026, to be returned to the electrical corporation or gas corporation and distributed to residential customers as a bill credit, as determined by the PUC. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because certain of the above-described provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a PUC action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2870 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by SB 1118 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1118 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  2. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  3. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.

  4. Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).

  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  7. Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.)

  8. Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.)

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From Consent Calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  12. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

  13. Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.

  14. Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11).

  16. Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5034.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  20. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23).

  21. Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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Votes

Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Republican 3000
Unaffiliated 2000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Eggman — Yea
Min — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea

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AB 3121 Hart Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 45002
Republican 12002
Unaffiliated 17002
Total 74006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Ting — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Wood — Yea
Low — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Mathis — Not Voting
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Addis, Dawn Democratic Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Alvarez, David Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bains, Jasmeet Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Connolly, Damon Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Hart, Gregg Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
McKinnor, Tina Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Ortega, Liz Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Papan, Diane Democratic Yea
Pellerin, Gail Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Not Voting
Schiavo, Pilar Democratic Yea
Soria, Esmeralda Democratic Yea
Valencia, Avelino Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez Democratic Yea
Alanis, Juan Republican Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Dixon, Diane Republican Yea
Essayli, Bill Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Hoover, Josh Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea
Sanchez, Kate Republican Not Voting
Ta, Tri Republican Yea
Wallis, Greg Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 3000
Democratic 8000
Unaffiliated 3001
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Villapudua — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Addis, Dawn Democratic Yea
Alvarez, David Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Hart, Gregg Democratic Yea
Papan, Diane Democratic Yea
Schiavo, Pilar Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Alanis, Juan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

housing energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 3121 do?
Existing law establishes the Multifamily Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , as part of the program, to authorize the award of monetary incentives for qualifying solar energy systems, as defined, that are installed on multifamily residential properties of at least 5 rental housing units that are operated to provide deed-restricted low-income residential housing, as defined, and that meet one or more specified requirements, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC to annually authorize the allocation of $100,000,000 or 66.67% of available funds, whichever is less, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, to the program from certain greenhouse gas allowance revenues received by electrical corporations and set aside for clean energy and energy efficiency projects, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC to continue authorizing the allocation of these funds through June 30, 2026, if the PUC determines that revenues are available after 2020 and that there is adequate interest and participation in the program. Existing law requires the PUC to evaluate the program every 3 years and requires the PUC to make necessary adjustments to the program to ensure that the goals of the program are being met, as specified. Existing law authorizes the PUC to credit uncommitted funds back to ratepayers if the PUC, upon review, finds that there is insufficient participation in the program. This bill would require the PUC to credit no more than 12 of the program funds that are unencumbered as of January 1, 2025, back to the residential retail customers of electrical corporations, as specified. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the self-generation incentive program increase the deployment of distributed generation and energy storage systems to facilitate, among other things, the integration of those resources into the electrical grid. Existing law authorizes the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and until December 31, 2024, to authorize the annual collection of not more than double the amount authorized for the self-generation incentive program in 2008. Existing law requires the PUC to administer the self-generation incentive program until January 1, 2026. Existing law requires the PUC, on January 1, 2026, to provide repayment of all unallocated funds collected to reduce ratepayer costs. This bill would additionally require the PUC, on January 1, 2025, to initiate a process to provide repayment to residential customers of all unreserved funds as of January 1, 2025, that were collected to reduce ratepayer costs. Existing law requires the PUC to require those electrical corporations with 250,000 or more customer accounts in the state, and those gas corporations with 400,000 or more customer accounts in the state, to establish the joint School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program within each of their energy efficiency portfolios and to file a joint advice letter by February 1, 2021, to fund the program as part of each of their energy efficiency portfolios. Existing law requires that the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program be a joint program among all the participating utilities, be consistent across the utility territories, and be designed, administered, and implemented by the Energy Commission as the program administrator. Existing law requires all allocated funds to be spent or returned to the electrical corporation or gas corporation by December 1, 2026. Existing law authorizes the Energy Commission to set application and encumbrance deadlines to ensure that the reversion of funds occurs by December 1, 2026. This bill instead would set the application deadline for program funds as July 1, 2024, and would require any funds remaining as of that date to be returned to the electrical corporation or gas corporation and distributed to residential customers as a bill credit, as determined by the PUC. The bill would require all allocated funds that are not spent by December 1, 2026, to be returned to the electrical corporation or gas corporation and distributed to residential customers as a bill credit, as determined by the PUC. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because certain of the above-described provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a PUC action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2870 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by SB 1118 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1118 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 3121?
AB 3121 is sponsored by Petrie-Norris, Cottie (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 3121?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 3121?
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