Kevin McCarty
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 6
Author
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law, enacted as part of the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the State Air Resources Board, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to reduce dependence on petroleum, meet air quality standards, achieve the goals set forth in the Charge Ahead California Initiative, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, working with the state board and the PUC, to prepare, at least once every 2 years, a statewide assessment of the electrical vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet certain goals. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in collaboration with the State Air Resources Board, the PUC, and other relevant stakeholders, to annually gather from state agencies, as provided, specified entities' fleet data for on-road and off-road vehicles in the medium- and heavy-duty sectors and share that data with electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to help inform electrical grid planning efforts, as specified. The bill would prohibit electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities from disclosing that data to third parties. The bill would require electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities, as part of their distribution planning processes, to consider the fleet data produced by the Energy Commission pursuant to this bill, and other available data, to facilitate the readiness of their distribution systems to support the state's anticipated level of electric vehicle charging, as specified. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because certain provisions of this bill would be a part of the act and because a violation of an order or decision of the PUC implementing the bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 354, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 2.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 5230.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on TRANS.
Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C., E.Q. and TRANS.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 4947.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Coms. on U. & E. and TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2700 | HTML |
| 02/18/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/27/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/30/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/01/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/02/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/16/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/19/22- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy | |
| 04/22/22- Assembly Transportation | |
| 05/10/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/19/22- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications | |
| 06/27/22- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 08/05/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/22/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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