AB-2124 • 2026

Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Pacheco
Last action: 2026-06-03
Official status: Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
Effective date: Not listed

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Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.

AB 2124, as amended, Pacheco.

What This Bill Does

AB 2124, as amended, Pacheco.
Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations.
Existing law finds and declares that the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) was organized as a nonprofit corporation at the request of the Legislature for the specific purpose of offering expert advice to the state government on public policy issues significantly related to science and technology.

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Bill History

2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5222.)
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-04-29 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-14 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-13 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2124, as amended, Pacheco.
Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations.
Existing law finds and declares that the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) was organized as a nonprofit corporation at the request of the Legislature for the specific purpose of offering expert advice to the state government on public policy issues significantly related to science and technology. Existing law requests the CCST, every 3 years, to assess the infrastructure project types, scale, and pace necessary to achieve the state’s energy, climate change, and air quality goals, as specified.
This bill would require the CCST to establish, on or before January 1, 2027,
upon appropriation by the Legislature,
a program to, upon request of the Legislature, analyze legislation that would establish a mandated requirement or program, as defined, or otherwise affect electrical corporation or gas corporation ratepayers, as specified. The bill would require the CCST to develop and implement conflict-of-interest provisions to prohibit a person from participating in an analysis for which the person knows or has reasons to know that the person has a material financial interest. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.

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