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California 20252026

SB 1168

Data centers: rate structures.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Datacenters, ratestructures
Introduced / first action
2026-02-18 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Data centers: natural gas and electricity: surcharges.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. This bill would require the commission to assess opportunities for rate structures to ensure data centers pay a reasonable share of their costs associated with transmission and distribution needs, ensure that data centers pay for their proportionate share of load increases and procurements needed to reliably serve their loads while maintaining consistency with the applicable integrated resource planning requirements, and alleviate cost pressures on residential ratepayers.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Flora.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  8. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).

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  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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

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  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4492.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4267.) (May 14).

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  16. Set for hearing May 14.

  17. May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  18. Set for hearing May 11.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. Withdrawn from committee.

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  21. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 13. Noes 4. Page 3842.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

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  23. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  24. Set for hearing April 13.

  25. Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and REV. & TAX.

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  26. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  27. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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