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Panel advances bill to let California join a wider Western electricity market
Summary
The Senate committee advanced AB 8 25, a bill by Assemblymember Petrie Norris to enable California utilities to join an expanded Western day‑ahead electricity market; supporters said it could lower bills and improve reliability while the bill includes guardrails and reporting requirements.
Assemblymember Petrie Norris presented AB 8 25 on the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications’ floor, asking senators to advance a proposal to enable California utilities to join an expanded Western electricity market.
The bill, co‑authored with the committee chair, would authorize California to participate in a wider day‑ahead market and requires governance safeguards, annual CAISO reporting to the Legislature and an explicit ability for California to exit the market. “Studies by the Brattle Group and Stanford have estimated that an expanded Western electricity market could save California rate payers up to a billion dollars every year,” Assemblymember Petrie Norris…
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