AB 1715: Public utilities: reporting.

Official summary

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

(1)Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires electrical corporations and gas corporations to submit specified information to the commission, and requires the commission to annually report to the Legislature on, among other things, all sources and amounts of funding and actual and proposed expenditures, including any costs to ratepayers, related to entities or programs established by the commission, as specified.

This bill would require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to include in a quarterly report certain information for any taxpayer funding, as defined, greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the corporation has applied for or received, as specified. The bill would require the commission, for each application in which an electrical corporation or gas corporation is seeking ratepayer funding, to require the electrical corporation or gas corporation to report all relevant taxpayer funding greater than or equal to $1,000,000 that the electrical corporation or gas corporation is pursuing or has secured, and, if the commission determines that an electrical corporation or gas corporation is not in compliance with that reporting requirement, the bill would authorize the commission to impose a penalty against the electrical corporation or gas corporation, as specified. The bill would require the commission to require each electrical corporation or gas corporation to deliver to ratepayers the financial benefits of taxpayer funding received, as provided.

The bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, to provide a report to the Legislature with a summary of the information on taxpayer funding reported by each electrical corporation or gas corporation, including the number of grants or loans, the source of those grants or loans, the total dollar amount received, the projects funded by the grants or loans, and the total demonstrated ratepayer savings, as specified.

The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2037.

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

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“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. September 20, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 20, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. September 9, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 6865.).
5. August 28, 2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
6. August 28, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5.).
7. August 24, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
8. August 20, 2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
9. August 13, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. August 13, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).
11. June 29, 2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
12. June 23, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.