Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Padilla
Last action: 2025-10-11
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide details on how the Public Utilities Commission will conduct its assessment.

Report on Data Center Costs for Electrical Corporations

This law requires the Public Utilities Commission to assess how new data centers affect electrical corporation costs and if these costs are passed onto other customers. The commission must share its findings with lawmakers and make them public by January 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to study how much it costs electrical corporations when new data centers start using their electricity.
Requires the commission to determine if these costs are making other customers pay more for electricity.
Necessitates that the commission submit its findings to relevant legislative committees.
Requires the commission to post a copy of its report on their website by January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

Public Utilities Commission
Electrical corporations providing electricity
Data center companies
Customers of electrical corporations

Terms To Know

Public Utilities Commission: A government agency that makes rules for companies like electric and water providers to ensure fairness.
Data centers: Large buildings filled with computers used by tech companies to store and process a lot of information.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how the Public Utilities Commission will conduct its assessment.
It is unclear what actions, if any, lawmakers might take based on the report's findings.

Bill History

2025-10-11 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-11 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-23 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-13 California Legislative Information
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 29).
2025-08-20 California Legislative Information
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (July 9).
2025-06-30 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
June 25 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-05 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
2025-05-28 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-28 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 1308.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 23).
2025-05-16 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-28 California Legislative Information
April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-17 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3. Page 681.) (April 7).
2025-03-26 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-05 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2025-01-29 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2025-01-09 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.
2025-01-08 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 57, Padilla.
Electrical corporations: data centers: report.
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.
This bill would authorize the commission to assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new
loads from data centers result in cost shifts to other electrical corporation customers, as provided. The bill would require the commission to submit an assessment completed pursuant to that authorization to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and to publicly post
a copy of the assessment on the commission’s internet website on or before January 1, 2027.

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