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California 20252026

SB 925

Fusion energy: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: strategic plan: certification and environmental review.

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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
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Fusionenergy, StateEnergyResourcesConservationandDevelopmentCommission, certificationandenvironmentalreview, strategicplan
Introduced / first action
2026-01-28 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Electrical corporations and gas corporations: ratepayer-funded energy efficiency assistance programs.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to undertake various actions in furtherance of meeting the state's clean energy and pollution reduction objectives. Existing law requires the commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and biennially thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report that contains an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, presents policy recommendations based on an in-depth and integrated analysis of the most current and pressing energy issues facing the state, and includes an assessment and forecast of system reliability and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation, as specified. Existing law requires the commission, as part of the 2027 edition of the integrated energy policy report, to include an assessment of the potential for fusion energy to contribute to California's power supply, as specified. This bill would require the commission, in coordination with specified agencies, to develop a strategic plan for the development of fusion energy in California, as specified. The bill would require the commission to submit the strategic plan to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2029. This bill would require the commission, in coordination with relevant agencies and the fusion energy industry, to (1) develop a strategy for the expansion and development of fusion research and development in California, (2) develop a strategy for supporting the commercialization of fusion energy in California, (3) develop a regulatory framework for fusion energy and a roadmap for licensing and permitting for new fusion energy research and fusion energy facilities, and (4) assess the level at which fusion energy at scale would best support California's long-term renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. The bill would require the information described in this paragraph to be included in the strategic plan, as specified. Existing law authorizes persons proposing specified electrical generation, electrical transmission, hydrogen production, energy storage, and geothermal projects to apply, on or before June 30, 2030, to the commission to certify sites and related facilities as environmental leadership development projects, as specified. Existing law makes a site and related facility certified by the commission subject to streamlining benefits related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) with no further action by the applicant or the Governor. Under existing law, the commission's certification is in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document required by any governmental agency and supersedes any applicable statute, ordinance, or regulation, except as specified. This bill would expand the types of facilities eligible to be certified as environmental leadership development projects by the commission to include a discretionary project, as described, for the manufacture, production, or assembly of specialized products, components, or systems that are integral to fusion energy.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6267.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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  7. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  8. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  9. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. Coauthors revised.

  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  13. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 10).

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  14. Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES.

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

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  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4447.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  19. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4257.) (May 14).

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  20. Set for hearing May 14.

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

  22. Set for hearing May 11.

  23. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4008.) (April 22).

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  25. Set for hearing April 22.

  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 17. Noes 0. Page 3841.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

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  27. Set for hearing April 13.

  28. Re-referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and E.Q.

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  29. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  30. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  31. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.

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

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