Electricity: state policy: joint report.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law establishes a state policy that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 90% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2035, 95% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2040, 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2045, and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2035, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , and the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with all California balancing authorities, as defined, as part of a public process, to issue, on or before January 1, 2021, and at least every 4 years thereafter, a joint report to the Legislature containing certain information, including, among other information, the barriers to, and benefits of, achieving the state policy, as specified. This bill would additionally require the PUC, the Energy Commission, and the state board, in each joint report issued on or after January 1, 2026, to additionally include an evaluation identifying the geographic locations for development of certain renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources, a review of certain decarbonization needs from the building, heavy industry, and transportation sectors, and a statewide transmission plan, as specified.