AB 1026: Public utilities: electrical corporations: energization.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The Powering Up Californians Act requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before September 30, 2024, to establish reasonable average and maximum target energization time periods, as defined, and a procedure for customers to report energization delays to the commission, as provided. The act requires the commission to require electrical corporations to take remedial actions necessary to achieve those target energization time periods and to require certain reports to be publicly available.

This bill would require the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, to require each large electrical corporation to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny an energization application, to post an example of a complete, approved energization application and an example of a complete energization application for a housing development project, and to make those items available on its internet website by a date specified by the commission. The bill would also require the commission to require each large electrical corporation to determine if an energization application is complete and provide notice or otherwise provide certain information under a specified procedure. The bill would require the commission to require each large electrical corporation, upon approval of an energization application, to immediately transmit that determination to the applicant by electronic mail and, if applicable, by posting the response on its internet website, as specified.

Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.

Because the above provisions would be part of the Public Utilities Act and a violation of a commission action implementing this bill’s requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. January 22, 2026Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
2. October 3, 2025Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
3. October 3, 2025Vetoed by Governor.
4. September 11, 2025Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
5. September 4, 2025Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2935.).
6. September 4, 2025In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. September 3, 2025Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2464.).
8. August 20, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. August 19, 2025From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
10. July 9, 2025Withdrawn from committee.
11. July 9, 2025Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
12. July 8, 2025Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.