SB-913 • 2026

Resource adequacy: aggregated distributed capacity resources.

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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: Becker
Last action: 2026-04-24
Official status: Set for hearing May 4.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide specific details on how the recommendations will be implemented after June 30, 2027.

Improving Resource Adequacy with Distributed Energy

The bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to enhance pathways for aggregated distributed capacity resources and allows utilities to include these resources in their resource adequacy plans.

What This Bill Does

Requires the PUC, in coordination with other agencies, to enhance existing market-integrated pathways for aggregated distributed capacity resources by June 30, 2027.
Allows electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to include aggregated distributed capacity resources in their resource adequacy filings and procurement processes.
Requires the PUC to develop recommendations for changes to the Independent System Operator’s proxy demand resource and participation models by June 30, 027.

Who It Names or Affects

Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
Independent System Operator
Electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators

Terms To Know

Aggregated distributed capacity resources: A collection of small-scale energy generation or storage systems that work together to provide power.
Resource adequacy: The ability of the electricity system to meet demand reliably and efficiently.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify how much funding will be provided for implementing these changes.
Does not detail specific penalties or enforcement mechanisms beyond existing law.
Does not provide a clear timeline after June 30, 2027, for when the recommendations must be implemented.

Bill History

2026-04-24 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
Withdrawn from committee.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
2026-04-13 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 7).
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-18 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and P., D.T., & C.P.
2026-03-11 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-01-28 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
2026-01-27 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 913, as amended, Becker.
Resource adequacy: aggregated distributed capacity resources.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators. Existing law requires that the resource adequacy program achieve specified objectives, including that it establish new or maintain existing demand response products and tariffs, as specified.
This bill would require the PUC, in coordination with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Independent System Operator, on or before June 30, 2027, to enhance existing market-integrated pathways for aggregated distributed capacity resources, as defined, to
qualify as resource adequacy capacity, as specified. The bill would require the PUC to allow electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to include aggregated distributed capacity resources in resource adequacy filings and
commission-ordered
PU
C-ordered
procurement, as specified. The bill would require the
commission,
PUC,
on or before June 30, 2027, to develop recommendations for changes to the Independent System Operator’s proxy demand resource and the distributed energy resource
aggregation participation models to be consistent with the
commission’s
PUC’s
requirements for aggregated distributed capacity resources pursuant to these provisions, and to request that the Independent System Operator implement these changes in a new or existing initiative.
Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime.
Because the provisions of this bill would be part of the act and a violation of a PUC 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.

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