New California Laws 2026
2025 Senate Energy and Utilities Laws SB 57, Padilla. Electrical corporations: data cen- ters: report. This bill authorizes the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to conduct a specified assessment of electrical corporations’ potential costs and rate impacts associated with serving new electri- cal loads from data centers. An act to add and repeal Section 913.22 of the Pub- lic Utilities Code, relating to electricity. SB 80, Caballero. Energy: Fusion Research and Development Innovation Initiative. This bill requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to estab- lish a program to provide financial incentives for fu- sion energy research. This bill specifies that it will only become operative if a separate measure or bud- get bill provides funding for its implementation. An act to add and repeal Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 25997) of Division 15 of the Public Re- sources Code, relating to energy. SB 127, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Climate change. This bill is the omnibus Climate Change budget trailer bill. It contains provisions nec- essary to implement the Budget Act of 2025. An act to amend Section 11553 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 43019, 43019.1, 44127, and 44272 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 25711.5 and 25806 of the Public Resources Code, to amend Section 80710 of the Water Code, and to amend Section 18 of Chapter 61 of the Stat- utes of 2022, relating to climate change, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. SB 142, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program. This bill relates to the Deaf and Disabled Telecom- munications Program. An act to amend Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Deaf and Disabled Telecommu- nications Program, and declaring the urgency there- of, to take effect immediately. SB 237, Grayson. Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transpor- tation fuels assessment: coastal resources. This bill contains a number of provisions that seek to safely and responsibly increase in-state oil production (such as through testing of previously-idled pipe- lines, greater disclosure of financial assurances, and resolving ongoing litigation in favor of easier approv- al of drilling permits in Kern County), while also so- liciting additional information to mitigate rising fuel costs (such as by relaxing California gasoline stan- dards) and assess medium- to long-term strategies in line with recent work from the California Energy Commission (CEC). An act to amend Sections 8670.28 and 8670.37.51 of, and to add Section 51014.1 to, the Government Code, to add Section 43830.5 to the Health and Safe- ty Code, and to amend Sections 25371 and 30262 of, to add Section 25371.4 to, and to add and repeal Sec- tion 21080.81 of, the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas. SB 254, Becker. Energy. This urgency bill propos-
es various policies related to electrical corporations, including authorizing public financing and owner- ship electric transmission infrastructure; addressing wildfire mitigation spending and financing; liability of wildfire property claims; permitting of clean ener- gy projects; transparency of electrical corporations’ return on equity (ROE); enforcement of timeliness of energization projects; prohibitions on large electrical corporations from including in their equity rate base an additional $6 billion of wildfire mitigation capital expenditures. An act to amend Sections 4216.1, 8557, 12100.110, 15472, 15473, 15475, 15475.1, 15475.2, 15475.6, and 63050 of, to add Section 12100.111 and 12100.112 to, to add Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 63049.71) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 6.7 of, and to repeal Sections 15475.4 and 15475.5 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 25545.1, 25545.2, 25545.4, 25545.5, 25545.6, 25545.7, 25545.7.2, 25545.7.6, 25545.8, 25545.9, 25545.10, and 25545.12, and to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 21159.30) to Chapter 4.5 of Division 13 of, the Public Resourc- es Code, to amend Sections 326.1, 326.2, 850, 850.1, 934, 1701.8, 3280, 3292, 3310, 3380.1, 3380.2, 8385, 8386, 8386.1, 8386.2, 8386.3, 8386.4, 8386.5, 8387, 8388.5, and 8389 of, to amend the heading of Part 6 (commencing with Section 3280) of Division 1 of, to add Sections 913.2 and 8386.10 to, to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 3299.100) to Part 6 of Di- vision 1 of, to add and repeal Sections 940 and 719 of, to add and repeal Chapter 4 (commencing with Sec- tion 3298) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3299) of Part 6 of Division 1 of, to repeal Sections 352 and 3287 of, and to repeal and add Section 3283 of, the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 17039 and 23036 of, and to add and repeal Sections 17053.40 and 23640 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, and to amend Sections 351, 80506, 80524, 80540, and 80544 of, and to add and repeal Section 80544.5 of, the Wa- ter Code, relating to energy, making an appropria- tion therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. SB 283, Laird. Energy storage systems. This bill establishes the Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025 and requires various provisions to address fire safety standards for energy storage systems permitted by the California Energy Commission (CEC) or by local jurisdictions. An act to add Sections 25545.16 and 25545.19 to the Public Resources Code, and to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 8500) to Division 4.1 of, and to repeal Section 8503 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. SB 500, Stern. Energy: usage data. This bill au- thorizes the use of an alternative system or tool ap- proved by the California Energy Commission (CEC) for purposes of satisfying the requirement on utili- ties to provide energy usage data as part of the CEC’s Building Energy Benchmarking Program, instead of solely as provided by the federal ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager program. An act to amend Section 25402.10 of the Public Re- sources Code, relating to energy.
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