San Diego pilot would require faster utility energization timelines for public benefit projects
AB 25 18 establishes a five‑year San Diego pilot with category‑specific utility energization timelines (40 business days for affordable housing, 55 for municipal/EV, 70 for others) to reduce delays that are delaying occupied affordable housing projects.
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Assemblymember Sharp‑Collins told the committee that AB 25 18 is a targeted pilot to address lengthy and unpredictable utility energization delays that impede affordable housing and other public benefit projects. Frances Baraza of the San Diego Housing Commission described a Homekey supportive housing project that had multi‑week energization delays and said a 40‑business‑day timeline for category‑one projects would have prevented the harm.
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