California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1813: Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program.
Status: Vetoed, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 769.3 of, and to amend and repeal Section 913.15 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity. electricity Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations…
From the enrolled text, September 4, 2026:
An act to amend Section 769.3 of, and to amend and repeal Section 913.15 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity. electricity Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, on or before March 31, 2024, to evaluate each customer renewable energy subscription program to determine if the program meets specified goals and to determine whether it would be beneficial to ratepayers to establish a new tariff or program for an electrical corporation, or modify an existing tariff or program administered by an electrical corporation, to establish a community renewable energy program, as provided. If the PUC determines that it would be beneficial to ratepayers to establish the community renewable energy program, existing law requires the PUC, on or before July 1, 2024, to establish the program and require each electrical corporation to participate in the program. This bill would revise the requirements of the customer renewable energy subscription program, as provided, among other things, to promote participation by low-income customers at levels commensurate with the opportunity provided to certain customer-generators, to provide bill credits to subscribers based on the avoided costs of community renewable energy generators, as defined, participating in the program if the community renewable energy generator …
Sponsors
- Ward, Christopher (D, AD78) · primary sponsor
- Jacqui Irwin (D, AD42)
Latest actions
- : Vetoed by Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 12. Page 6964.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 12.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Votes
- AB 1813 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 31, 2026): 52 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1813 Ward et al. By Caballero (August 30, 2026): 30 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Do pass (August 13, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (June 29, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 16, 2026): 11 yea, 2 nay, passed
- AB 1813 Ward Assembly Third Reading (May 22, 2026): 51 yea, 8 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1813?
- AB1813 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program.
- What does AB1813 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 769.3 of, and to amend and repeal Section 913.15 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity. electricity Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program. Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations…
- What is the status of AB1813?
- Vetoed as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Vetoed by Governor. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1813?
- Ward, Christopher (D, AD78), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for AB1813?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1813
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