Bill > SB943

This bill aims to encourage industrial businesses in California to transition to cleaner energy sources, particularly electricity, by addressing electricity rate structures and transmission costs. It proposes that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which regulates public utilities like electrical corporations, should allow large electrical corporations (those with over 100,000 service connections) to adjust the per-kilowatt-hour rate for certain industrial customers using electricity for process heat. This adjustment would limit a specific ratio of non-bypassable charges (fees that all customers must pay regardless of their electricity usage) to total energy and delivery charges, with a target of no more than 25%, to make electrification more economically viable and help reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the bill establishes a state policy that the costs of transmission and distribution resources should be allocated based on who causes those costs, and directs the PUC to recommend changes to high-voltage transmission access charges to the Independent System Operator (ISO), a nonprofit corporation that manages the electrical grid, to align with these cost causation principles by January 1, 2028. The bill also acknowledges that some of these provisions could create new crimes or infractions, but states that no reimbursement is required for local agencies or school districts for these costs.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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