Electrical corporations: hydrogen refueling stations.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on penalties or consequences if the Public Utilities Commission fails to approve rules by September 1, 2027.

Electrical Companies Help Build Hydrogen Refueling Stations

The bill requires electrical companies to file rules with the Public Utilities Commission and get approval by specific dates for designing, constructing, owning, operating, and maintaining facilities for hydrogen refueling stations.

What This Bill Does

• Requires each electrical company to submit a letter to the Public Utilities Commission by April 1, 2027, requesting permission to create rules about building new electrical facilities for hydrogen refueling stations.
• The Public Utilities Commission must approve these rules by September 1, 2027.
• These rules allow electrical companies to design, construct, own, operate, and maintain all necessary electrical equipment on their side of the customer's meter for hydrogen refueling stations.
• Electrical companies can extend existing electrical lines to new hydrogen refueling stations that serve large vehicles weighing over 14,001 pounds.
• The costs of building these facilities will be recovered through regular rate increases or other approved methods.

Who It Names or Affects

• Electrical corporations
• Public Utilities Commission
• Hydrogen refueling station operators

Terms To Know

tariff

A set of rules and prices for services provided by a utility company.

dedicated revenue meter

A special meter used to measure electricity usage specifically for hydrogen refueling stations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the Public Utilities Commission fails to approve the rules by September 1, 2027.
• It is unclear how much it will cost electrical companies to build these new facilities for hydrogen refueling stations.

Official Summary Text

AB 2505, as amended, Carrillo.
Electrical corporations: hydrogen refueling stations.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to file an advice letter for, and requires the commission to approve, a new tariff or rule that authorizes each electrical corporation to design and deploy all electrical distribution infrastructure on the utility side of the customer’s meter for all customers installing separately metered infrastructure to support electric vehicle charging stations, other than those in single-family residences.
This bill would require each electrical corporation, on or before April 1, 2027, to file an advice letter for,
and require the commission, on or before September 1, 2027, to approve, a new tariff or rule that authorizes the electrical corporation to design, construct, own, operate, and maintain all electrical distribution and service facilities located on the utility side of a customer’s meter that are necessary to provide separately metered electrical service to hydrogen refueling stations, including hydrogen refueling stations located on premises that already receive electrical service for other uses. The bill would require that the tariff or rule authorize an electrical corporation to extend utility-side electrical distribution and service facilities from the existing distribution system to a dedicated revenue meter serving a heavy-duty hydrogen refueling station that serves vehicles that are 14,001 pounds or greater and authorize the installation of a dedicated revenue meter for the hydrogen refueling station load, as provided. The bill would require a facility installed pursuant to the tariff or rule to be
treated, for cost allocation and customer contribution purposes, as line and service extensions, as provided.
The bill would require an electrical corporation, to the extent that the electrical corporation capitalizes costs for a facility installed pursuant to the tariff or rule, to recover its resulting revenue requirement through periodic general rate case or other appropriate ratesetting proceedings.
The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2033.
Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.
Because the provisions of the bill would be a part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing the bill’s requirements would be a crime, this 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

Download Bill PDF