AB 1176 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Energy: renewable energy resources program.

Summary

Existing law establishes the renewable energy resources program to increase the amount of electricity generated from eligible renewable energy resources. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of the program, including "renewable electrical generation facility," a facility with specified characteristics that commences initial commercial operation after January 1, 2005. This bill would include as a "renewable electrical generation facility" for purposes of the program a facility that commenced initial commercial operation on January 1, 2005, and would make nonsubstantive changes.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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02/21/25 - Introduced → AB1176 · 2 edits

MINOR

AB 1176 makes a narrow eligibility change to California's renewable energy resources program by expanding the definition of 'renewable electrical generation facility' to include out-of-state facilities that commenced initial commercial operation on January 1, 2005 (previously only those commencing after that date). The vast majority of the diff reflects formatting differences between a traditional legislative document and a web-rendered version of the same bill text.

ELIGIBILITY

Out-of-state renewable facilities within the WECC service area are now eligible if they commenced initial commercial operation 'on or after January 1, 2005' rather than only 'after January 1, 2005.' This adds one day (January 1, 2005) to the eligibility window for facilities located outside California but within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council service area.

TECHNICAL

The document formatting changed from a traditional legislative print format with line numbers and page headers to a web-based rendering with navigation elements. No substantive statutory language was altered beyond the date change noted above.

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Committee

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES.

lower

Feb 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. To print.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors