Bill Text: CA AB344 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Electricity: load-serving entities: offshore wind facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB344 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB344-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 344

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Introduced by Assembly Member Wood

January 31, 2023

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An act to add Section 380.7 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 344, as introduced, Wood. Electricity: load-serving entities: offshore wind facilities.

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators. Existing law requires electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to maintain physical generating capacity and electrical demand response adequate to meet their load requirements, as specified.

This bill would expressly authorize electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to jointly enter into agreements to procure electricity generated from offshore wind facilities.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 380.7 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

380.7.

 Load-serving entities, as defined in Section 380, may jointly enter into agreements to procure electricity generated from offshore wind facilities.