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California 20252026

AB 2369

Electricity: energy storage: energy-only resources.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Electricity, energy-onlyresources, energystorage
Introduced / first action
2026-02-19 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Public utilities.
  • Electricity: resource adequacy requirements: transmission facility planning.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC to adopt a process for each load-serving entity to file an integrated resource plan, and a schedule for periodic updates to the plan, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the Independent System Operator (ISO) , to determine if there is a need for the procurement of eligible energy resources based on a review of the integrated resource plans. This bill would require the PUC, when requiring procurement of resources under an integrated resource plan, to account for the ability of energy-only resources to achieve required clean energy deployment rates, to charge storage resources during off-peak periods, and to increase resource diversity, and would require the PUC to enable energy-only resources to satisfy procurement requirements to the maximum extent feasible. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, to provide transmission-focused guidance to the ISO about resource portfolios of expected future renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources, as specified, to allow the ISO to identify and approve transmission facilities needed to interconnect resources and reliably serve the needs of load centers. This bill would require the PUC and the Energy Commission to identify cost-effective opportunities to enable planned or operating energy-only resources to obtain deliverability through transmission capacity expansions, and to request the ISO to reserve associated deliverability for geothermal and wind. The bill would require the commission to designate energy-only resources as long lead-time resources for purposes of the ISO's scoring in its interconnection process, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 454.52 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by AB 2476 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2476 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 454.57 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by AB 2111 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2111 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 6.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 13).

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  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. Referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  13. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 8.)

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  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 14).

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  18. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. Read second time and amended.

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  22. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  23. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.

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  25. Referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  27. Read first time. To print.

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