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Senate backs bill to let California join Western electricity market if safeguards met

5918246 · September 13, 2025
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Summary

AB 825 would authorize California to join a regional Western electricity market subject to conditions protecting state consumer, environmental and reliability standards and legislative oversight.

The California State Senate on Saturday approved AB 825, a bill that would authorize the state to enter a broader Western electricity market if participating jurisdictions and market rules meet specified consumer, environmental and oversight conditions.

Senator Becker, summarizing AB 825 on the floor, described it as “a bill that enables a Western energy market” after a decade of effort to coordinate electricity…

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