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AB-2313 • 2026

Gas corporations: gas distribution service line replacements: alternatives.

Gas corporations: gas distribution service line replacements: alternatives.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Berman
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 22).
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not specify all potential impacts and funding mechanisms, leading to some uncertainty in these areas.

Gas Line Replacement Choices

The Home Energy Choice Act requires gas companies to offer customers alternatives and incentives when replacing old gas lines, except in emergencies.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Public Utilities Commission to make gas companies offer a program with choices for customers whose gas lines are planned or forecasted for replacement over the next five years.
  • Allows customers to get money back if they choose not to replace their gas line and stop using natural gas service.
  • Doesn't apply when replacing a gas line is an emergency situation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Gas customers whose lines are planned or forecasted for replacement over the next five years
  • Gas corporations that provide natural gas service

Terms To Know

Public Utilities Commission
A government agency that sets rules and oversees companies providing electricity, water, and gas services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if a customer chooses an alternative but later wants to switch back to gas service.
  • The bill does not provide details on how much money customers will get for choosing alternatives.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 22).

  2. 2026-04-14 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

  3. 2026-04-13 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.

  4. 2026-03-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on U. & E.

  5. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  6. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2313, as amended, Berman.
Gas corporations: gas distribution service line replacements: alternatives.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2031, gas corporations to submit to the commission an annual map that includes, among other things, the location of all potential gas distribution line replacement projects identified in its distribution integrity management plan and any foreseeable gas distribution pipeline replacements.
This bill, the Home Energy Choice Act, would require the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, to require each gas corporation to offer a Gas Distribution Service Line Replacement Alternatives Program, on or before January 1, 2028, to provide gas customers served by a gas distribution service
line, planned or forecasted for replacement over the next 5 years, or prioritized for replacement by the commission,
line that will be replaced
with a monetary incentive to deploy gas distribution service line replacement alternatives, as defined, and cease gas service to avoid the gas distribution service line replacement, as specified.
The bill would exempt from its provisions emergency replacement of a gas distribution service line.
Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.
Because a violation of a commission action implementing the bill’s requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Current Bill Text

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