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Assembly committee gives AB 34 a due-pass to Appropriations to extend hydro eligibility for public utilities

California State Assembly Natural Resources Committee · January 16, 2026
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The Assembly Natural Resources Committee voted to give AB 34 a due-pass recommendation and refer it to the Appropriations Committee. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Joe Patterson, would temporarily extend the ability of publicly owned utilities to count existing large hydroelectric generation toward California's renewable portfolio obligations.

Assemblymember Joe Patterson presented AB 34 during a special-order hearing of the California State Assembly Natural Resources Committee and the committee voted to give the bill a due-pass recommendation, referring it to the Appropriations Committee.

"This is a very simple bill," Patterson said in his presentation, adding that the measure would extend for "a few more years" the rule allowing only publicly owned utilities to count existing large hydroelectric generation toward their renewable portfolio obligations. Patterson…

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