April 29, 2026 Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation

California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee (Energy) · April 29, 2026

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Issue 1: Administration presents two trailer‑bill language proposals to authorize fund shifts for emergency demand‑side/

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David Evans (Department of Finance) presented two trailer‑bill language proposals: (1) reallocate roughly $26.9 million in General Fund dollars originally appropriated for the Distributed Energy Backup Assets (DEBA/DEBA-like program) to the Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program for 2026 summer emergency response; and (2) authorize use of approximately $70 million of accumulated interest from the Cal SHAPE/CalSHAPE program to return to ratepayers to subsidize Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) or equivalent PUC programs in 2027–2028. He said the intent is to transition emergency demand‑s

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Assembly Budget subcommittee hearing on energy-related budget proposals including a pair of trailer-bill language proposals to shift funding for emergency demand-response programs, the transmission accelerator (SB 254) financing proposal, staffing and program requests for petroleum-market oversight, and multiple CPUC staffing and program items.

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