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SB 836: Electricity: transmission planning and permitting.
What SB 836 does, verified February 3, 2026
This bill aims to update the state's resource and transmission planning process. The Public Utilities Commission, in collaboration with the Energy Commission and the Independent System Operator, will review and update their memorandum of understanding every three years. This will ensure the coordination needed to meet the state's energy goals is maintained. The updated memorandum will reflect the necessary coordination to help achieve reliability and policy needs.
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Last action: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. (2026-02-02)Alert me
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| Feb. 02, 2026 | Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| May. 23, 2025 | May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. |
| May. 16, 2025 | Set for hearing May 23. |
| May. 05, 2025 | May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| Apr. 25, 2025 | Set for hearing May 5. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 21, 2025 · 384 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 836
| Introduced by Senator Rubio |
February 21, 2025 |
An act to amend Section 25308 of the Public Resources Code, relating to electricity.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 836, as introduced, Rubio. Electricity: transmission planning and permitting.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), on or before March 31, 2024, to provide transmission-focused guidance to the Independent System Operator about resource portfolios of expected future renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources, including the allocation of those resources by region based on technical feasibility and commercial interest in each region to allow the Independent System Operator to identify and approve transmission facilities needed to interconnect resources and reliably serve the needs of load centers, as specified .
On December 23, 2022, the PUC, Energy Commission, and Independent System Operator entered into a memorandum of understanding related to resource and transmission planning, transmission development and permitting, procurement, and interconnections in order to achieve reliability and policy needs and to coordinate the timely development of resources, resource interconnections, and needed transmission infrastructure. Existing law requires the Energy Commission and PUC, in coordination with the Independent System Operator, every 5 years, to review and update, as necessary, the memorandum of understanding and a related workplan to ensure the memorandum and workplan reflect the coordination that is needed to help meet the state’s energy goals.
This bill would require those entities to review and update, as necessary, the memorandum every 3 years, rather than every 5 years.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 25308 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:25308.
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