CaliforniaSB 5002025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Electrical corporations: performance metrics and incentives.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.

Owners protected when utilities delay

The commission can use enforcement tools to make sure required energy data is sent on time and correctly. An owner, agent, or operator of a covered building is not liable for noncompliance if a utility fails to provide the data needed.

Easy access to building energy data

Beginning January 1, 2016, utilities keep at least the last 12 full months of building energy data. Beginning January 1, 2017, a building owner, agent, or operator can request aggregated monthly data or have it uploaded to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. Utilities must send it within four weeks. For buildings with three or more active utility accounts, utilities provide the last 12 months for the whole building without individual consent, and that data is not treated as confidential for delivery. For buildings with fewer than three accounts, each accountholder must consent. Data is monthly unless the commission sets a different level. Owners and utilities are not liable for how others use data delivered under this law.

Public benchmarking rules for big buildings

The commission sets rules for collecting and publicly posting energy benchmarking for covered buildings. Buildings under 50,000 square feet or with 16 or fewer residential utility accounts do not have to send data for public posting. The commission decides what data to collect, when to disclose it, who must deliver it, and what stays protected. It may accept local benchmarking programs to meet state rules and set permission rules for non‑covered or non‑aggregated data. Cities and counties can also run their own benchmarking programs.

Utilities can pass on data costs

Investor‑owned utilities can recover reasonable costs of delivering usage data through customer rates if the Public Utilities Commission approves. Local public utilities may pay disclosure costs from their general funds as energy‑efficiency program costs. This can raise utility bills or shift costs to local budgets. The law does not set dollar amounts.

One report for multi-building properties

The commission may treat two or more buildings on the same or adjacent parcels, with the same owner, and five or more active accounts as one covered building. An owner, agent, or operator can ask the utility for aggregated energy use for all the buildings together. The utility must provide the data as if it were one building, which can also make the property follow state benchmarking rules.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Henry Stern
Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 210 • No: 14

Senate vote • 9/12/2025

Item 12 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 34 • No: 0

legislature vote • 9/11/2025

Vote in CS71

Yes: 12 • No: 0

House vote • 9/10/2025

Item 60 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 79 • No: 0

legislature vote • 8/29/2025

Vote in CX25

Yes: 15 • No: 0

legislature vote • 7/9/2025

Vote in CX23

Yes: 18 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/4/2025

Item 48 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 29 • No: 10

legislature vote • 5/23/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 5 • No: 1

legislature vote • 5/19/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 5 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/29/2025