At a May 28 hearing, staff outlined a rewrite of California’s cap-and-invest program that would steer more allowance value to electricity bill relief, create a $4 billion industrial incentive fund and tighten long-term allowance budgets.
The 3-0 vote in Rulemaking 22-04-003 replaces an older acquisition process with expedited review timelines and ratepayer protections for failing, at-risk and potentially at-risk water utilities.
Commissioners updated the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing program but did not open it to new construction or master-metered properties.
The California Energy Commission approved a grant amendment that transfers an EPIC-funded tribal microgrid project from the Barona Group to OurEnergy L.L.C., shifts the site to Weitchpec and extends the term by 21 months.
The July 8 vote backs a four-year EPIC project to test distributed-intelligence applications on 9,000 smart meters in PG&E territory.
The California Energy Commission approved the final 2025 IEPR at its July 8 business meeting and backed the action with a CEQA finding that adoption is not a project.
Backup materials for the July 8 business meeting show the commission poised to approve the final Integrated Energy Policy Report after workshops, webinars, a draft report and a proposed final version.
The multiyear agreement will support forecasting, electrification analysis, demand-flexibility tools and the commission’s Common Platform.
At its July 8 business meeting, the California Energy Commission approved four workforce-related awards and one EPIC research grant tied to electrification, apprenticeships and grid forecasting.
The California Energy Commission approved four grants tied to residential clean-energy training, apprenticeship support and contractor pipeline development.
The California Energy Commission backed a CRESST award to the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California to help income-qualified apprentices stay in residential energy-efficiency training.
The grant will fund non-instructional services meant to help Los Angeles Trade-Technical College students complete training and move into clean-energy jobs.
The July 8 approval will fund equipment, curriculum and contractor-readiness training at six apprenticeship centers and SMART Local 104.
The Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 126 on a 56-1 vote after debate over charter-school language in the education finance package.
The urgency measure cleared the Assembly 54-13 and heads to the Senate, where it would give eligible local governments a path to ask voters for tax rates above the statutory cap.
SB 1090 cleared the committee 10-0 after supporters and opponents clashed over whether the bill would protect fire survivors or limit rebuilding options.
SB 1418 moved out of the Assembly Elections Committee on July 1 and is framed in the record as a response to the Riverside County ballot seizure controversy.
The Local Government Committee sent the bill forward on a 6-0 vote after debate over whether housing and homelessness coordination should be set by state law or left to local governments.
The Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee sent SB 811 to Appropriations after split testimony centered on DTSC authority and a recent Radius Recycling violation notice in West Oakland.
SB 1067 moved out of the Assembly Education Committee on July 1, with supporters citing California’s math performance and opponents asking for clearer limits on how early assessment data could be used.
SB 1055, authored by Sen. John Laird, moved out of Assembly Appropriations on a split vote after lawmakers heard it would expand construction procurement methods for the Pajaro River flood-control project.
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee voted SB 1119 to Appropriations on July 1, while the available materials show SB 354 was heard but do not clearly capture its final disposition.
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee sent SB 1119 to Appropriations after hearing testimony on chatbot risk assessments, child-safety defaults, parental controls, reporting and audits.
The measure moved forward after lawmakers heard competing claims about county discretionary spending, misconduct findings and the board’s existing authority.
