CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 729Introduced by Assembly Member ZburFebruary 18, 2025 An act to amend Section 9501 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 729, as introduced, Zbur. Local publicly owned energy utilities: low-income weatherization programs.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, while local publicly owned electric and gas utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility that provides the energy for space heating for low-income customers to also provide home weatherization services for those customers if a significant need for those services exists in the utilitys service territory, in consideration of certain factors. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility to develop and implement its low-income weatherization program in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Community Services and Development to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter requirement.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 9501 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:9501. Each local publicly owned electric and or gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, Community Services and Development, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commissions commissions authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 729Introduced by Assembly Member ZburFebruary 18, 2025 An act to amend Section 9501 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 729, as introduced, Zbur. Local publicly owned energy utilities: low-income weatherization programs.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, while local publicly owned electric and gas utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility that provides the energy for space heating for low-income customers to also provide home weatherization services for those customers if a significant need for those services exists in the utilitys service territory, in consideration of certain factors. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility to develop and implement its low-income weatherization program in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Community Services and Development to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter requirement.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 729
Introduced by Assembly Member ZburFebruary 18, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Zbur
February 18, 2025
An act to amend Section 9501 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 729, as introduced, Zbur. Local publicly owned energy utilities: low-income weatherization programs.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, while local publicly owned electric and gas utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility that provides the energy for space heating for low-income customers to also provide home weatherization services for those customers if a significant need for those services exists in the utilitys service territory, in consideration of certain factors. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility to develop and implement its low-income weatherization program in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Community Services and Development to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter requirement.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical and gas corporations, while local publicly owned electric and gas utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility that provides the energy for space heating for low-income customers to also provide home weatherization services for those customers if a significant need for those services exists in the utilitys service territory, in consideration of certain factors. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric or gas utility to develop and implement its low-income weatherization program in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Community Services and Development to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter requirement.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 9501 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:9501. Each local publicly owned electric and or gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, Community Services and Development, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commissions commissions authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.
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 9501 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:9501. Each local publicly owned electric and or gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, Community Services and Development, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commissions commissions authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.
SECTION 1. Section 9501 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
9501. Each local publicly owned electric and or gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, Community Services and Development, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commissions commissions authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.
9501. Each local publicly owned electric and or gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, Community Services and Development, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commissions commissions authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.
9501. Each local publicly owned electric and or gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, Community Services and Development, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commissions commissions authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.
9501. Each local publicly owned electric and or gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, Community Services and Development, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commissions commissions authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.