CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1017Introduced by Assembly Member BoernerFebruary 20, 2025 An act to add Section 592 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1017, as introduced, Boerner. Public utilities: electrical and gas corporations: distribution capacity.The Public Utilities Act requires an electrical corporation to report annually to the Public Utilities Commission on its compliance with the standards and rules adopted by the commission. The act requires an electrical or gas corporation to notify annually the commission, as part of an ongoing proceeding or in a report required to be submitted to the commission, of each time since that notification was last provided that capital or expense revenue authorized by the commission for maintenance, safety, or reliability was redirected by the electrical or gas corporation to other purposes.This bill would require electrical or gas corporations, in a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, to include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.Under the Public Utilities Act, a violation of the act is a crime.Because the provision of this bill would be a part of the act, a violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 592 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:592. In a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, each electrical or gas corporation shall include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1017Introduced by Assembly Member BoernerFebruary 20, 2025 An act to add Section 592 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1017, as introduced, Boerner. Public utilities: electrical and gas corporations: distribution capacity.The Public Utilities Act requires an electrical corporation to report annually to the Public Utilities Commission on its compliance with the standards and rules adopted by the commission. The act requires an electrical or gas corporation to notify annually the commission, as part of an ongoing proceeding or in a report required to be submitted to the commission, of each time since that notification was last provided that capital or expense revenue authorized by the commission for maintenance, safety, or reliability was redirected by the electrical or gas corporation to other purposes.This bill would require electrical or gas corporations, in a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, to include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.Under the Public Utilities Act, a violation of the act is a crime.Because the provision of this bill would be a part of the act, a violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1017
Introduced by Assembly Member BoernerFebruary 20, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner
February 20, 2025
An act to add Section 592 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1017, as introduced, Boerner. Public utilities: electrical and gas corporations: distribution capacity.
The Public Utilities Act requires an electrical corporation to report annually to the Public Utilities Commission on its compliance with the standards and rules adopted by the commission. The act requires an electrical or gas corporation to notify annually the commission, as part of an ongoing proceeding or in a report required to be submitted to the commission, of each time since that notification was last provided that capital or expense revenue authorized by the commission for maintenance, safety, or reliability was redirected by the electrical or gas corporation to other purposes.This bill would require electrical or gas corporations, in a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, to include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.Under the Public Utilities Act, a violation of the act is a crime.Because the provision of this bill would be a part of the act, a violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
The Public Utilities Act requires an electrical corporation to report annually to the Public Utilities Commission on its compliance with the standards and rules adopted by the commission. The act requires an electrical or gas corporation to notify annually the commission, as part of an ongoing proceeding or in a report required to be submitted to the commission, of each time since that notification was last provided that capital or expense revenue authorized by the commission for maintenance, safety, or reliability was redirected by the electrical or gas corporation to other purposes.
This bill would require electrical or gas corporations, in a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, to include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.
Under the Public Utilities Act, a violation of the act is a crime.
Because the provision of this bill would be a part of the act, a violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 592 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:592. In a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, each electrical or gas corporation shall include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 592 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:592. In a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, each electrical or gas corporation shall include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.
SECTION 1. Section 592 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:
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592. In a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, each electrical or gas corporation shall include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.
592. In a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, each electrical or gas corporation shall include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.
592. In a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, each electrical or gas corporation shall include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.
592. In a report required to be submitted annually to the commission, each electrical or gas corporation shall include in the report the capacity of its electrical or gas distribution system, respectively.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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