SB 541: Electricity: load shifting.

Official summary

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

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the specified entities, to adopt a biennial integrated energy policy report containing certain information in a specified format. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, to adopt a goal for load shifting to reduce net peak electrical demand and adjust this target in each biennial integrated energy policy report thereafter.

This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with specified entities, to analyze the cost-effectiveness of specific load flexibility programs and other types of load-shifting interventions and identify both the approximate amount of load shifting and the cost-effectiveness of each type of load-shifting intervention in the next update to the biennial integrated energy policy report after January 1, 2027, as provided. The bill would require the Energy Commission, as part of each integrated energy policy report, to estimate each retail supplier’s load-shifting potential, giving consideration to certain factors, as specified. The bill would require the Energy Commission, on or before July 1, 2028, and biennially thereafter, to analyze and publish the amount of load shifting that each retail supplier achieved in the prior calendar year.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

“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. March 2, 2026Veto sustained.
2. March 2, 2026Stricken from file.
3. October 3, 2025In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
4. October 3, 2025Vetoed by the Governor.
5. September 23, 2025Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
6. September 13, 2025Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3036.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
7. September 13, 2025In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
8. September 12, 2025Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3415.) Ordered to the Senate.
9. September 5, 2025Ordered to third reading.
10. September 5, 2025Read third time and amended.
11. September 3, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
12. September 2, 2025Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.