Bill > SF643

This bill modifies electric utility renewable energy standard obligations and the Public Utility Commission's authority to issue site permits for electric generation facilities. Key provisions include: - Increasing the renewable energy standard from 25% by 2025 to 40% by 2025 and 55% by 2035. - Establishing a new carbon-free standard, requiring 65% carbon-free energy by 2025, 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035, and 100% by 2040. - Expanding the definition of eligible energy technologies to include carbon-free technologies. - Allowing the Public Utility Commission to consider environmental justice impacts when modifying or delaying renewable energy standard implementation. - Requiring utilities to report on workforce and vendor diversity efforts, and the impacts of renewable facilities on environmental justice areas. - Authorizing the Public Utility Commission to require payment of prevailing wages for the construction of certain large electric generation facilities. The bill aims to increase renewable and carbon-free energy deployment while addressing potential impacts on rates, reliability, and environmental justice.