The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget accelerates $100  million of previously allocated funds from 2026-27 to 2025-26 for public infrastructure investments in the City of Fresno. Allocates Additional Resources to the SEED Initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2022-23 Budget: Water and Drought Response Proposals

Jan 31, 2022 - …But Legislature Recently Made Significant Investments in Building Water Resilience. While  building drought resilience is an important statewide priority, given its recent investments, the Legislature does not need to approve the Governor ’s proposals in order to make progress towards this goal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4509

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The two proposals  include: Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) Fund Shift ($32   Million Shift From GGRF to Proposition   4). The Governor proposes shifting $32  million of planned spending to implement CERIP from GGRF to Proposition  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - We recommend the Legislature closely review the two reports required by SB   846 —the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (due by March  2023) and the Joint Reliability Assessment (submitted in December 2022) —to assess the administration ’s plans to strengthen grid reliability and clean energy investments and see what follow up may be warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - What Is the Status and Effectiveness of Recent Investments? The state invested heavily in reliability efforts in the 2022 ‑23 budget package and state departments still have not spent most of the associated funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - CPUC is charged with setting a rate of return that compensates shareholders at a level that is consistent with the returns they wo uld receive on investments of similar risk. Additionally, IOUs are allowed to recover an amount that reflects the depreciation on their capital investments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2020-21 Budget: Climate Change Proposals

Feb 13, 2020 - Identify and take all opportunities to prepare for climate change in all planning and investment decisions. Scientific Basis. Base all planning, policy, and investment decisions on the best ‑available science, including local and traditional knowledge and consideration of future climate conditions out to 2050 and 2100, and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4155

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Legislature Extended Cap-and-Invest Program Through 2045. Separate from the budget, in September 2025, the Legislature adopted two significant pieces of legislation related to the cap-and-trade program and GGRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2024-25 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 14, 2024 - Given that the climate, resources, and environmental policy areas were the largest categories for recent one‑time investments, the Governor targets these programs for a notable share of these spending solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4841

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Other Crosscutting Issues Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan Begins Implementing Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP). Chapter  239 of 2022 (SB  846, Dodd), which authorized an extension of operations at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant through 2030, also included intent language to provide funding to support future clean energy reliability activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807