CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3306Introduced by Assembly Member PattersonFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to electricity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3306, as introduced, Patterson. Electricity: rates: time-variant pricing.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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.Existing law permits the commission to authorize an electrical corporation to offer residential customers the option of receiving service pursuant to time-variant pricing, including time-of-use rates, critical peak pricing, and real-time pricing, and to participate in other demand reduction response programs, but prohibits the commission from requiring or authorizing an electrical corporation to employ mandatory or default time-variant pricing for any residential customer, except that beginning January 1, 2018, the commission may require or authorize an electrical corporation to employ default time-of-use pricing to residential customers, subject to specified limitations and conditions. Existing law requires the commission to report to the Legislature on various matters.This bill would require the commission to include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations in a specified report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Using existing resources, the Public Utilities Commission, in its report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 913.1 of the Public Utilities Code, shall include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations pursuant to Section 745 of the Public Utilities Code, including a discussion of the benefits and shortcomings experienced to date resulting from time-variant pricing and anticipated refinements to time-variant pricing to be implemented in the future.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3306Introduced by Assembly Member PattersonFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to electricity. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3306, as introduced, Patterson. Electricity: rates: time-variant pricing.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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.Existing law permits the commission to authorize an electrical corporation to offer residential customers the option of receiving service pursuant to time-variant pricing, including time-of-use rates, critical peak pricing, and real-time pricing, and to participate in other demand reduction response programs, but prohibits the commission from requiring or authorizing an electrical corporation to employ mandatory or default time-variant pricing for any residential customer, except that beginning January 1, 2018, the commission may require or authorize an electrical corporation to employ default time-of-use pricing to residential customers, subject to specified limitations and conditions. Existing law requires the commission to report to the Legislature on various matters.This bill would require the commission to include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations in a specified report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3306
Introduced by Assembly Member PattersonFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson
February 21, 2020
An act relating to electricity.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3306, as introduced, Patterson. Electricity: rates: time-variant pricing.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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.Existing law permits the commission to authorize an electrical corporation to offer residential customers the option of receiving service pursuant to time-variant pricing, including time-of-use rates, critical peak pricing, and real-time pricing, and to participate in other demand reduction response programs, but prohibits the commission from requiring or authorizing an electrical corporation to employ mandatory or default time-variant pricing for any residential customer, except that beginning January 1, 2018, the commission may require or authorize an electrical corporation to employ default time-of-use pricing to residential customers, subject to specified limitations and conditions. Existing law requires the commission to report to the Legislature on various matters.This bill would require the commission to include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations in a specified report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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.
Existing law permits the commission to authorize an electrical corporation to offer residential customers the option of receiving service pursuant to time-variant pricing, including time-of-use rates, critical peak pricing, and real-time pricing, and to participate in other demand reduction response programs, but prohibits the commission from requiring or authorizing an electrical corporation to employ mandatory or default time-variant pricing for any residential customer, except that beginning January 1, 2018, the commission may require or authorize an electrical corporation to employ default time-of-use pricing to residential customers, subject to specified limitations and conditions. Existing law requires the commission to report to the Legislature on various matters.
This bill would require the commission to include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations in a specified report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Using existing resources, the Public Utilities Commission, in its report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 913.1 of the Public Utilities Code, shall include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations pursuant to Section 745 of the Public Utilities Code, including a discussion of the benefits and shortcomings experienced to date resulting from time-variant pricing and anticipated refinements to time-variant pricing to be implemented in the future.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Using existing resources, the Public Utilities Commission, in its report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 913.1 of the Public Utilities Code, shall include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations pursuant to Section 745 of the Public Utilities Code, including a discussion of the benefits and shortcomings experienced to date resulting from time-variant pricing and anticipated refinements to time-variant pricing to be implemented in the future.
SECTION 1. Using existing resources, the Public Utilities Commission, in its report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 913.1 of the Public Utilities Code, shall include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations pursuant to Section 745 of the Public Utilities Code, including a discussion of the benefits and shortcomings experienced to date resulting from time-variant pricing and anticipated refinements to time-variant pricing to be implemented in the future.
SECTION 1. Using existing resources, the Public Utilities Commission, in its report to be filed with the Legislature by May 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 913.1 of the Public Utilities Code, shall include a summary of the adoption and implementation of time-variant pricing by electrical corporations pursuant to Section 745 of the Public Utilities Code, including a discussion of the benefits and shortcomings experienced to date resulting from time-variant pricing and anticipated refinements to time-variant pricing to be implemented in the future.
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