Per CALSSA, here is the list of 2024 solar legislative efforts to watch and help work on:
- AB 1999 (Irwin) – Places a reasonable cap on residential fixed charges, blocking the $30+/month charges currently on the table at the CPUC.
- AB 2619 (Connolly) - Requires the CPUC to revise their net metering tariff to better align with California’s 100% clean energy goals.
- SB 1374 (Becker) – Restores the right of consumers with multi-meter properties to self-consume on-site solar energy.
- AB 2256 (Friedman) – Requires the CPUC to properly calculate all of the values of distributed generation including societal benefits.
- AB 2054 (Bauer-Kahan) - Extends to 10 years the time period that CPUC commissioners are barred from employment by a regulated entity after leaving the commission.
- SB 938 (Min) - Prohibits electrical and gas corporations from lobbying with ratepayer dollars.
- SB 1305 (Stern) - Requires utilities to procure from virtual power plants to meet resource adequacy requirements.
- AB 3118 (Wallis) – Like the California poppy, this bill would establish solar energy as the official state energy of California.
- AB 2 (Ward) - Adds solar panels to the electronic waste recycling program, establishes a recycling fee, and requires an end-of-life plan.
- AB 1238 (Ward) – Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to make it easier to recycle solar panels in California.