California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 350 — Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 547, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 12 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law imposes various regulations on public utilities and local publicly owned electric utilities. Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standards (RPS) Program, which is codified in the Public Utilities Act, with the target to increase the amount of electricity generated per year from eligible renewable energy resources to an amount that equals at least 33% of the total electricity sold to retail customers per year by December 31, 2020. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act is a crime. This bill would require that the amount of electricity generated and sold to retail customers per year from eligible renewable energy resources be increased to 50% by December 31, 2030, as provided. The bill would make other revisions to the RPS Program and to certain other requirements on public utilities and publicly owned electric utilities. Because certain of the above provisions are codified in the Public Utilities Act, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the definition of a crime or establishing a new crime. (2) Existing law requires the PUC to identify cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for an electrical corporation to achieve, and to identify cost-effective natural gas efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for a gas corporation to achieve. Existing law requires a local publicly owned electric utility to identify all potential achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and to establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction for the next 10-year period. This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to establish annual targets for statewide energy efficiency savings and demand reduction that will achieve a cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas final end uses of retail customers by January 1, 2030. The bill would require the PUC to establish efficiency targets for electrical and gas corporations consistent with this goal. The bill would require local publicly owned electric utilities to establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction consistent with this goal. (3) The existing restructuring of the electrical industry within the Public Utilities Act provides for the establishment of the Independent System Operator (ISO) and requires the ISO to ensure efficient and reliable operation of the electrical transmission grid. Existing law prohibits the ISO from entering into a multistate entity or regional organization unless the ISO receives approval from the Electricity Oversight Board. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to provide for the evolution of the ISO into a regional organization to promote the development of regional electricity transmission markets in the western states. This bill would provide for the transformation of the ISO into a regional organization, with the approval of the Legislature, pursuant to a specified process. (4) 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 547, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2782.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 3187.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  8. (Corrected September 14).

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 10).

  11. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

  12. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  13. Ordered to third reading.

  14. Read third time and amended. (Ayes 41. Noes 27. Page 2925.)

  15. Assembly Rule 69 suspended.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27).

  18. August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

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

  20. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 13).

  21. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  22. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (July 6).

  23. Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES.

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

  25. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  26. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  27. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1152.) (May 28).

  28. Set for hearing May 28.

  29. May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  30. Set for hearing May 18.

  31. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 857.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  32. Set for hearing April 29.

  33. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 508.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

  34. Set for hearing April 7.

  35. Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and E.Q.

  36. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.

  37. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • De León · Primary
  • Hancock · Cosponsor
  • Leno · Cosponsor
  • McCarty · Cosponsor
  • Monning · Cosponsor
  • Williams · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on · 13 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • De León

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (115)

115 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 6) SB350 De León Concurrence

Passed 26 Yea · 14 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241300
Democratic 2100
Total 261400
% of votes cast 65%35%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Runner — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Nay
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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SB 350 De León Senate Third Reading By ATKINS

Passed 52 Yea · 27 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 482201
Republican 0500
Total 522701
% of votes cast 65%34%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Nay
Low — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Medina — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chang — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Gray — Nay
Harper — Nay
Kim — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Achadjian — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Brough — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Williams — Not Voting
Lopez — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Levine — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5102
Republican 0100
Total 5202
% of votes cast 56%22%0%22%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Wood — Not Voting
Hadley — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay

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SB 350 De León Senate Third Reading Amend By WILLIAMS Set #1

Passed 41 Yea · 27 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3823010
Democratic 3001
Republican 0401
Total 4127012
% of votes cast 51%34%0%15%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Kim — Nay
Linder — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Burke — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Nay
Atkins — Yea
Holden — Yea
Campos — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Nay
Chang — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Wood — Yea
Salas — Not Voting
Gray — Not Voting
Daly — Not Voting
Hadley — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10300
Democratic 2000
Republican 0200
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chang — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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

Passed 9 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9400
Republican 0101
Total 9501
% of votes cast 60%33%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Hadley — Nay
Burke — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SB350 De León

Passed 24 Yea · 14 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221302
Democratic 2100
Total 241402
% of votes cast 60%35%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Nay
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Hertzberg — Yea
Runner — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Pan — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Huff — Nay
Nielsen — Not Voting
Roth — Not Voting
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

Official roll call →

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
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Bates — Nay
Mendoza — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 350 do?
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory jurisdiction over public utilities, including electrical corporations, community choice aggregators, and electric service providers, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law imposes various regulations on public utilities and local publicly owned electric utilities. Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standards (RPS) Program, which is codified in the Public Utilities Act, with the target to increase the amount of electricity generated per year from eligible renewable energy resources to an amount that equals at least 33% of the total electricity sold to retail customers per year by December 31, 2020. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act is a crime. This bill would require that the amount of electricity generated and sold to retail customers per year from eligible renewable energy resources be increased to 50% by December 31, 2030, as provided. The bill would make other revisions to the RPS Program and to certain other requirements on public utilities and publicly owned electric utilities. Because certain of the above provisions are codified in the Public Utilities Act, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the definition of a crime or establishing a new crime. (2) Existing law requires the PUC to identify cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for an electrical corporation to achieve, and to identify cost-effective natural gas efficiency savings and establish efficiency targets for a gas corporation to achieve. Existing law requires a local publicly owned electric utility to identify all potential achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and to establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction for the next 10-year period. This bill would require the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to establish annual targets for statewide energy efficiency savings and demand reduction that will achieve a cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas final end uses of retail customers by January 1, 2030. The bill would require the PUC to establish efficiency targets for electrical and gas corporations consistent with this goal. The bill would require local publicly owned electric utilities to establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction consistent with this goal. (3) The existing restructuring of the electrical industry within the Public Utilities Act provides for the establishment of the Independent System Operator (ISO) and requires the ISO to ensure efficient and reliable operation of the electrical transmission grid. Existing law prohibits the ISO from entering into a multistate entity or regional organization unless the ISO receives approval from the Electricity Oversight Board. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to provide for the evolution of the ISO into a regional organization to promote the development of regional electricity transmission markets in the western states. This bill would provide for the transformation of the ISO into a regional organization, with the approval of the Legislature, pursuant to a specified process. (4) 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 350?
SB 350 is sponsored by De León, Hancock, Leno, McCarty, Monning, Williams, and Allen, Benjamin (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 350?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2015. Enacted.
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