California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 793 — Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 587, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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. The Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program requires a participating utility, defined as being an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customers in California, to file with the commission an application requesting approval of a tariff to implement a program enabling ratepayers to participate in electrical generation facilities that use eligible renewable energy resources, consistent with certain legislative findings and statements of intent. Existing law requires the commission, by July 1, 2014, to issue a decision concerning the participating utility's application, determining whether to approve or disapprove the application, with or without modifications. Existing law requires the commission, after notice and opportunity for public comment, to approve the application if the commission determines that the proposed program is reasonable and consistent with the legislative findings and statements of intent and requires the commission to require that a participating utility's green tariff shared renewables program be administered in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law repeals the program on January 1, 2019. This bill would require the commission to additionally require that a participating utility's green tariff shared renewables program permit a participating customer to subscribe to the program and be provided with a nonbinding estimate of reasonably anticipated bill credits and bill charges, as determined by the commission, for a period of up to 20 years. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the bill would require action by the commission to implement its requirements and a violation of those requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the definition of a crime. 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. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 587, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2275.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2629.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  10. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15).

  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22).

  13. Referred to Com. on U. & C.

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 1024.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 960.) (May 11).

  18. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. Set for hearing May 11.

  20. May 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  21. Set for hearing May 4.

  22. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 724.) (April 21).

  24. Set for hearing April 21.

  25. April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  26. Set for hearing April 7.

  27. Referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

  28. Read first time.

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.

  30. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wolk · Primary
  • Williams · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wolk

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Williams

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB793 Wolk Concurrence

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Democratic 3000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Nielsen — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Liu — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 793 Wolk Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kim — Yea
Campos — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Gray — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Daly — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 1000
Total 14000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 23 Yea · 13 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211203
Democratic 2100
Total 231303
% of votes cast 59%33%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Runner — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Nay
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 793 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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. The Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program requires a participating utility, defined as being an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customers in California, to file with the commission an application requesting approval of a tariff to implement a program enabling ratepayers to participate in electrical generation facilities that use eligible renewable energy resources, consistent with certain legislative findings and statements of intent. Existing law requires the commission, by July 1, 2014, to issue a decision concerning the participating utility's application, determining whether to approve or disapprove the application, with or without modifications. Existing law requires the commission, after notice and opportunity for public comment, to approve the application if the commission determines that the proposed program is reasonable and consistent with the legislative findings and statements of intent and requires the commission to require that a participating utility's green tariff shared renewables program be administered in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law repeals the program on January 1, 2019. This bill would require the commission to additionally require that a participating utility's green tariff shared renewables program permit a participating customer to subscribe to the program and be provided with a nonbinding estimate of reasonably anticipated bill credits and bill charges, as determined by the commission, for a period of up to 20 years. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the bill would require action by the commission to implement its requirements and a violation of those requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the definition of a crime. 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 SB 793?
SB 793 is sponsored by Wolk and Williams.
What is the current status of SB 793?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.
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