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Assembly advances AB 825 to create public financing tools for transmission and lower electricity costs; bill passes 45-5

3696458 · June 5, 2025
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AB 825 (Petrie-Norris) seeks to address rising electricity costs by creating public financing and other measures to reduce transmission and wildfire mitigation costs. The bill passed the Assembly 45-5 after heated debate over state role and process.

AB 825, authored by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, passed the Assembly on May 20 by a vote of 45 to 5. The bill proposes a package of policies intended to lower rising electric bills by addressing major cost drivers, including wildfire mitigation and the cost of transmission infrastructure.

Petrie-Norris told members that Californians face rapidly rising electricity rates and that the bill would combine strategies — public financing for transmission,…

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