Plain English Breakdown
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Third-Party Review of Electricity and Gas Laws
This law requires the California Council on Science and Technology to create a program by March 1, 2027, if lawmakers provide funding, so it can study new electricity or gas rules when asked.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the CCST to set up a program by March 1, 2027, but only if the Legislature provides money for it.
- Allows the Legislature to ask the CCST to analyze laws that create new requirements or affect electricity and gas customers.
- Requires the CCST to make rules stopping people with financial conflicts from doing these analyses.
- Ends this program requirement on January 1, 2032.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
- Electricity corporation customers
- Gas corporation customers
Terms To Know
- Mandated requirement or program
- A rule that the government requires a company to follow.
- Ratepayer
- A person who pays bills for electricity or natural gas services.
Limits and Unknowns
- The program only starts if the Legislature provides money (appropriation) to pay for it.
- The CCST will not do these studies unless the Legislature specifically asks them to first.