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Staff says multi‑jurisdiction coalition met with legislators to advance electrification and resource‑adequacy bills
Summary
Staff reported May 7 that a coalition of about 17 cities and counties met with roughly 15 legislative offices to build support for bills including incentives for electrification (AB 2213), a utilities transparency/rate‑making bill and SB 1138 on resource adequacy.
City staff told the Sustainability Council Committee on May 7 that city representatives joined a multi‑jurisdiction lobbying day and met with about 15 legislative offices to build support for several bills related to electrification and utility regulation.
The staff member reporting the outreach said the coalition has 17 cities and counties participating and that the meetings were productive in building support for roughly four bills. Staff named a bill (reported as AB 2213) to provide incentives for electrifying homes in lieu of replacing gas lines, a utilities transparency bill sponsored by the chair of the Assembly utilities committee (referred to in the meeting as Claudia Petri‑Norris) to examine rate‑making and guaranteed returns on capital, and SB 1138 concerning resource adequacy and community‑choice aggregation transactions.
Staff said the coalition will return to Sacramento in September for follow‑up meetings and that the effort is gaining traction among jurisdictions concerned with pragmatic, locally focused climate and energy solutions.
