CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 842Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 21, 2025 An act relating to energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 842, as introduced, Stern. Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in California and will achieve 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, as specified.This bill would state that it is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.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. It is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 842Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 21, 2025 An act relating to energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 842, as introduced, Stern. Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in California and will achieve 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, as specified.This bill would state that it is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 842
Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 21, 2025
Introduced by Senator Stern
February 21, 2025
An act relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 842, as introduced, Stern. Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in California and will achieve 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, as specified.This bill would state that it is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in California and will achieve 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, as specified.
This bill would state that it is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the legislature to enact future legislation to support the deployment of firm zero-carbon energy resources in order to enhance local reliability, improve grid resilience, and reduce ongoing ratepayer costs.
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