Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electricalcorporations. Under existing law, it is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045. Existing law requires the commission to submit various reports to the Legislature. 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 to provide for
research and development in, among other things, improvements in energy generation, transmission, and siting and other topics related to energy supply, demand, public safety, ecology, and conservation that are of particular statewide importance. Existing law requires the commission to carry out studies, technical assessments, research projects, and data collection directed to reducing wasteful, inefficient, unnecessary, or uneconomic uses of energy, including advances in power generation and transmission technology.
This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2024, to submit to the Governor and the Legislature a study identifying proposals to accelerate the development of, and reduce the cost to ratepayers of
expanding, the state’s electrical transmission grid as necessary to achieve the state’s goals, and meet the state’s requirements, to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, as specified.