Bill Analyses and Positions
OGA maintains an online database of its bill analyses, position letters and legislative memos.
Reports and Presentations
- 2022 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2022 Legislative Outcomes Presentation
- 2021 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2021 Legislative Outcomes Presentation
CPUC Expert Analyses and Positions on Legislation
- SB 599 (Hueso): Public Utilities Commission: proceedings. (Version: As Introduced, February 18, 2021)
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: April 28, 2021
- SB 599 (Hueso): Public Utilities Commission: proceedings, reports, and public utility procurement (Version: As Amended, June 13, 2022)
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 23, 2022
Reports and Presentations
- 2020 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2020 Legislative Outcomes Presentation
- 2019 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2019 Legislative Outcomes Report Presentation
CPUC Expert Analyses and Positions on Legislation
- AB 1720 (Carrillo): Energy: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Environmental Review and Procurement
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: August 3, 2020
- AB 1366 (Gonzalez): Voice Over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol Enabled Communications Services
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: June 24, 2019
Reports and Presentations
- 2018 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2018 Legislative Outcomes Presentation
- 2017 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2017 Legislative Outcomes Presentation
CPUC Expert Analyses and Positions on Legislation
- AB 893 (E. Garcia): California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: August 6, 2018
- AB 2693 (Wood): Public Utilities Commission: telecommunications service: natural disasters: reports.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: August 15, 2018
- AB 2787 (Quirk): Long duration bulk energy storage: procurement
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: August 6, 2018
- SB 1347 (Stern): Energy storage systems: procurement
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: August 6, 2018
- SB 1358 (Hueso): Public Utilities Commission: Proceedings: Hearings
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: May 7, 2018
- SB 1477 (Stern): Low-emissions buildings and sources of heat energy
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: August 15, 2018
Reports and Presentations
- 2016 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2016 Legislative Outcomes Presentation
- 2015 Legislative Outcomes Report
- 2015 Legislative Outcomes Presentation
CPUC Expert Analyses and Positions on Legislation
- AB 361 (Achadjian) California Emergency Services Act: nuclear powerplants
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 10, 2015
- AB 682 (Williams) Mobilehome park: electric and gas service: master-meter customers
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 10, 2015
- AB 1262 (Wood) California Advanced Services Fund: Consortia
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: May 6, 2015
- AB 1422 (Cooper) Transportation Network Companies
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: August 12, 2015
- AB 1651 (Obernolte) The PUC Contracting Transparency Act
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 17, 2016
- AB 2168 (Williams) The PUC Audit Compliance Act
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 17, 2016
- AB 2395 (Low) Transition to IP-enabled services
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: April 7, 2016
- AB 2454 (Williams) Demand Response
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: August 18, 2016
- AB 2861 (Ting) The PUC Dispute Resolution Act
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 17, 2016
- SB 286 (Hertzberg) Direct access
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: August 11, 2015
- SB 348 (Galgiani) Railroad crossing environmental review safety exemption
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 25, 2015
- SB 657 (Monning) Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2: enhanced seismic studies and review: independent peer review panel
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 8, 2015
- SB 681 (Hill) Corporation taxes: deduction: public utilities
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: August 12, 2015
- SB 697 (Hertzberg)
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 25, 2015
- SB 730 (Wolk) Railroads: movement of freight: trains or light engines: crew size
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: April 8, 2015
- SB 793 (Wolk) Green Tariff Shared Renewables
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 10, 2015
- SB 1055 (Hueso) The PUC Fund Modernization Act
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 17, 2016
- SB 1112 (Cannella) The PUC Regulatory Efficiency Act
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 17, 2016
- SB 1222 (Hertzberg) The PUC General Accountability Act
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 17, 2016
- SB 1298 (Hertzberg) Financing orders
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: April 7, 2016
- SB 1456 (Galgiani) Clean water grants
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: April 7, 2016
- AB 2454 (Williams): Demand Response
AB 2630 (Salas): Central Valley Transmission & Renewables
AB 2868 (Gatto): Energy Storage
SB 886 (Pavley): Energy Storage
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: August 18, 2016
Reports and Presentations
CPUC Expert Analyses and Positions on Legislation
- AB 66 (Muratsuchi) – Economic Development
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: April 18, 2013
- AB 122 (Rendon) – Energy: energy assessment: nonresidential buildings: financing
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: February 13, 2013
- AB 217 (Bradford) – Electricity: solar electricity: low-income households
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: February 28, 2013
- AB 270 (Bradford) – Ratepayer-Funded Energy Efficiency Assistance
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: April 4, 2013
- AB 300 (Perea) – Telecommunications: Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services: State Surcharge and Fees: Local Charges Collection.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: April 4, 2013
- AB 340 (Bradford) – Public utilities: Electric Program Investment Charge: disposition.
CPUC Position: Support With Technical Amendments
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- AB 415 (Garcia) – Public utilities: Public Utilities Act: violation: defense.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- AB 687 (Hernandez) – Electricity.
CPUC Position: Neutral
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- AB 719 (Hernandez)-Energy: energy efficiency
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: May 23, 2013
- AB 762 (Patterson) – Renewable energy resources: hydroelectric generation.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- AB 869 (Medina) – Utilities: Emergency Response
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: April 18, 2013
- AB 876 (Bonta) – Telecommunications: California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- AB 911 (Bloom)-Telephone systems: 911.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: May 23, 2013
- AB 922 (Patterson) – Electrical and gas service: rates: CARE program: eligibility.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: June 27, 2013
- AB 1100 (Levine) – Telecommunications: California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- AB 1228 (Perez, V. M.) – Electricity: Eligible Fuel Cell Customer-Generators.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: April 4, 2013
- AB 1258 (Skinner) – Electricity: Hydroelectric Facilities.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: April 4, 2013
- AB 1274 (Bradford) – Public Utilities: Consumer Privacy.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: April 4, 2013
- AB 1299 (Bradford)-Telecommunications: universal service programs: California Advanced Services Fund.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: May 23, 2013
- AB 1407 (Bradford) – Public utilities: voice communications service: lifeline program.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: June 27, 2013
- AB 1693 (Perea) –Small independent telephone corporations: rates.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: May 15, 2014
- AB 1717 (Perea) – Telecommunications: prepaid mobile telephony services: state surcharge and fees: local charges collection.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended.
Legislative Memo: April 10, 2014
- AB 2229 (Bradford) – Energy efficiency: military bases and facilities.
CPUC Position: Support With Amendments
Legislative Memo: June 12, 2014
- AB 2649 (Mullin) – Energy efficiency: military bases and facilities.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: June 12, 2014
- AB 2761 (U&C/Bradford) – Public Utilities Commission: report: renewable energy resources.
CPUC Position: Support with Technical Amendments.
Legislative Memo: May 1, 2014
- SB 37 (de Leon) – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Upgrades: On-Bill Repayment Program
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: April 18, 2013
- SB 48 (Hill) – Energy-related research: mergers: entities formed to receive benefits on behalf of ratepayers.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: January 24, 2013
- SB 50 (Lieu) – Telecommunications: pay telephones.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: January 24, 2013
- SB 109 (Corbett) – Charter-Party Carriers: Limousines: Emergency Exits.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: August 15, 2013
- SB 129 (Wright) – Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
CPUC Position: Support/Sponsor
Legislative Memo: January 24, 2013
- SB 338 (Hill) – Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers: Limousines: Fire Extinguishers.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: August 15, 2013
- SB 489 (Fuller) – Water corporations: sewer system corporations: appointment of receiver.
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- SB 611 (Hill) – Public Utilities Commission: Organization: Proceedings.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: April 4, 2013
- SB 656 (Wright) – Electrical Restructuring: Information Practices.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: August 15, 2013
- SB 740 (Padilla) – Telecommunications: universal service programs: California Advanced Services Fund.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: March 21, 2013
- SB 1139 (Heuso) – California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: June 12, 2014
Reports and Presentations
CPUC Expert Analyses and Positions on Legislation
AB 37 (Huffman) – Smart Grid Deployment: Smart Meters.
CPUC Position: Oppose unless amended
Legislative Memo: March 24, 2011
AB 45 (Hill) – Charter Party Carriers: Alcoholic Beverages: Open Containers.
CPUC Position: Support with technical amendments
Legislative Memo: March 24, 2011
AB 478 (Hill) – Gas Corporations: fines and penalties.
CPUC Position: Oppose unless amended
Legislative Memo: June 21, 2012
AB 509 (Skinner) – Federal earned income tax credit: notification: state departments and agencies.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: July 14, 2011
AB 512 (Gordon) – Local government renewable energy self-generation program.
CPUC Position: Support with Technical Amendments.
Legislative Memo: April 14, 2011
AB 578 (Hill) – CPUC: Natural Gas Pipeline
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: December 15, 2011
AB 631 (Ma) – Public utilities: Electric Vehicle Charging Station.
CPUC Position: Support with Amendments
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
AB 723 (Bradford) – Energy: Public Goods Charge.
CPUC Position: Neutral
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
AB 724 (Bradford) – Electric and Gas Utility Service: Master-meter customers.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: March 24, 2011
AB 838 (Hill) – Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers: Reports.
CPUC Position: Support with Technical Amendments
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
AB 841 (Buchanan) – Telecommunications: universal service: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 5, 2011
AB 861 (Hill) – Public Utilities Act: remedies for violation: gas and electrical corporation executive officer compensation incentives.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: June 7, 2012
AB 864 (Huffman) – Self Generation Incentive Program.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
AB 976 (Hall) – Public contracts: consulting services: community choice aggregation.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
AB 982 (Skinner) – Energy: land exchange for renewable energy-related projects.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 9, 2011
AB 1050 (Ma) – Telecommunications: prepaid mobile telephony services: taxes and fees.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: March 8, 2012
AB 1050 (Ma) – Telecommunications: taxes and fees.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
AB 1073 (Fuentes)- Energy efficiency.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
AB 1124 (Skinner) – Low-income energy efficiency.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 5, 2011
AB 1150 (V. Manuel Perez) – Self-Generation Incentive Program.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
AB 1160 (Hill) – Public Utility Employees: Whistleblowers.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: December 15, 2011
AB 1186 (Skinner) – California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Investor-Owned Utilities: School Energy Efficiency.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
AB 1197 (Hill) – Public Utility Employees: Whistleblowers (pending amendments).
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: December 15, 2011
AB 1214 (Skinner) – Transmission.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: May 5, 2011
AB 1302 (Williams) – Distributed Generation.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 5, 2011
AB 1390 (Assembly Utilities & Committee) – Energy Crisis Litigation.
CPUC Position: Proposed Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 24, 2011
AB 1456 (Hill) – Gas corporations: rate of return: safety performance standards.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: May 10, 2012
AB 1514 (Lowenthal) – Public works: excavations: violations.
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: February 16, 2012
AB 1524 (Allen) – Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: February 16, 2012
AB 1541 (Dickinson) – Public Utilities Commission: public records.
CPUC Position: Oppose unless amended
Legislative Memo: July 12, 2012
AB 1650 (Portantino) – Public Utilities: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended
Legislative Memo: March 8, 2012
AB 1665 (Galgiani) – California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: railroad crossings.
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: February 16, 2012
AB 1694 (Fuentes) – Gas pipeline safety inspections.
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: February 16, 2012
AB 1703 (Hill) – Public Utilities: reporting: safety issues.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
AB 1830 (Perez, V. Manuel) – Water Service: mobilehome parks.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
AB 1843 (Hill) – Whistleblower Protection.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
AB 1990 (Fong) – Renewable energy resources: small-scale renewable generation program.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: June 7, 2012
AB 2118 (Butler) – Household Goods Carriers.
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
AB 2165 (Hill) – Net energy metering: eligible fuel cell customer-generators.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: May 10, 2012
AB 2187 (Bradford) – Renewable energy resources.
CPUC Position: Neutral
Legislative Memo: May 24, 2012
AB 2196 (Chesbro) – Renewable energy resources.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: June 21, 2012
AB 2235 (Hagman) – Chino Hills Compensation.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: April 19, 2012
AB 2341 (Williams) – Distribution Grid: distributed generation.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: April 19, 2012
AB 2390 (Chesbro) – Electricity: Biomass: Incentive Programs.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
AB 2514 (Bradford) – Net energy metering.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: June 7, 2012
AB 2559 (Buchanan) – Natural Gas Pipelines: pipeline integrity management.
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
AB 2564 (Ma) – Environmental quality: pipelines: project applicants.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: May 10, 2012
AB 2584 (Bradford) – Electrical Corporations and Gas Corporations: unplanned service outages: retention of evidence.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
AB 2590 (Blumenfield) – Distribution Grid: interconnection.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: April 19, 2012
HR 7 (Mica) – American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012 (Provision Relevant to Positive Train Control).
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: March 8, 2012
SBx1 2 (Simitian) Utilities: renewable energy resources.
CPUC Position: Support with amendments.
Legislative Memo: March 10, 2011
SB 3 (Padilla) – Telecommunications: universal service.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
SB 44 (Corbett) – Public Utilities: Gas Pipeline Emergency Response
CPUC Position: Support with technical amendments
Legislative Memo: March 24, 2011
SB 216 (Yee) – Public utilities: intrastate natural gas pipeline safety.
CPUC Position: Support with Amendments
Legislative Memo: May 5, 2011
SB 343 (de León) – Energy efficiency.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: July 14, 2011
SB 370 (Blakeslee) – Public utilities: net energy metering: agricultural customers.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 5, 2011
SB 372 (Blakeslee) – Local government renewable energy self-generation program.
CPUC Position: Support with Technical Amendments.
Legislative Memo: April 14, 2011
SB 379 (Fuller) – Telecommunications: universal service: regulation.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: June 21, 2012
SB 454 (Pavley) – Energy efficiency standards.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 9, 2011
SB 489 (Wolk) – Electricity: net energy metering.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
SB 585 (Kehoe) – Energy: Solar Energy Systems: Funding.
CPUC Position: Support.
Legislative Memo: April 14, 2011
SB 594 (Wolk) – Energy: net energy metering.
CPUC Position: Support with Technical Amendments
Legislative Memo: May 10, 2012
SB 618 (Wolk) – Local government: solar-use easement.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: June 9, 2011
SB 682 (Calderon) – Energy: Clean distributed generation units.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended.
Legislative Memo: April 14, 2011
SB 705 (Leno) – Natural gas: service and safety.
CPUC Position: Support with Amendments
Legislative Memo: May 23, 2011
SB 790 (Leno) – Electricity: community choice aggregation.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
SB 836 (Padilla) – Renewable Energy Resources: Cost Reporting.
CPUC Position: Support with Technical Amendments.
Legislative Memo: April 14, 2011
SB 843 (Wolk) – Energy: Electrical Corporations: City of Davis PVUSA Solar Facility: Community-Based Renewable Energy Self-Generation Program.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended.
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
SB 879 (Padilla) – Natural gas pipelines: accounts.
CPUC Position: Support with Amendments
Legislative Memo: May 26, 2011
SB 939 (Wright) – Natural gas surcharge.
CPUC Position: Support with technical amendments
Legislative Memo: July 14, 2011
SB 971 (Cannella) – Renewable Energy Resources.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
SB 981 (Yee) – Public Utilities Commission: commissioners: executive employees.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: February 16, 2012
SB 998 (De León)- Energy efficiency, renewable energy, and distributed generation on-bill repayment programs.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: May 24, 2012
SB 1000 (Yee) – Public Utilities Commission: public records.
CPUC Position: Support With Amendments (technical)
Legislative Memo: February 1, 2012
SB 1122 (Rubio) – Energy: Renewable Biomass and Biogas Projects.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended.
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
SB 1130 (de Leon) - Energy: Energy Assessment: Commercial Buildings: Financing.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended.
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
SB 1160 (Padilla) – Communications: service interruptions.
CPUC Position: Oppose Unless Amended
Legislative Memo: June 7, 2012
SB 1161 (Padilla) – Communications: Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol enabled communications services (VoIP).
CPUC Position: None, with Recommended Clarifying Amendments
Legislative Memo: June 7, 2012
SB 1165 (Wright)- Public Utilities Commission: intervenor compensation.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: May 24, 2012
SB 1207 (Fuller) – Gas Corporations: fines and penalties.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: June 21, 2012
SB 1350 (Leno) – Public Utilities: fines and penalties.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
SB 1364 (Huff) – Water Corporations.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: March 22, 2012
SB 1403 (Yee) – California Public Utilities Commission.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: April 19, 2012
SB 1533 (Padilla) – Distribution Grid: interconnection.
CPUC Position: Support as Sponsor
Legislative Memo: April 19, 2012
SB 1537 (Kehoe) – Energy: rates: net energy metering.
CPUC Position: Oppose
Legislative Memo: May 10, 2012
SB 1572 (Pavley) – California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: AB 32 Investment Fund.
CPUC Position: Support If Amended.
Legislative Memo: August 2, 2012
S. 1914 (Snowe) – Cut Energy Bills at Home Act.
CPUC Position: Support
Legislative Memo: December 15, 2011
S 3923 (Sanders, 111th Congressional District) – Feed-in Tariffs.
CPUC Position: Support if Amended
Legislative Memo: June 23, 2011