Bill Text: CA SB319 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Electricity: transmission planning and permitting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 390, Statutes of 2023. [SB319 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB319-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 319

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Introduced by Senator McGuire

February 06, 2023

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An act relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 319, as introduced, McGuire. Electrical transmission.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act prohibits any electrical corporation from beginning the construction of, among other things, a line, plant, or system, or of any extension thereof, without having first obtained from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require that construction.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to electrical transmission.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to electrical transmission.