The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - The amounts of these twice annual rebate amounts vary by utility, ranging from about $36 to $50 per residential customer for the three largest IOUs in the state. AB  1207 Extended and Modified the Cap-and-Invest Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Notably, POU customers pay for only a subset of the above costs paid by IOU customers. For example, while POU customers support ERPA and often pay local utility taxes, they generally do not pay for the public purpose programs discussed above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Could Disproportionately Affect Lower ‑Income Customers. To cover added costs and offset potential revenue reductions from selling less water, suppliers likely will have to increase customer rates. This could adversely impact lower ‑income customers, who may have more trouble affording the increases and may have less ability to further reduce water use to compensate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - These utilities are required to consign most of these free allowances to auction and use the resulting revenues to provide customer rebates. Specifically, the California Climate Credit that is provided to electricity customers generally offsets the costs that are passed along to them as a result of the cap ‑and ‑trade program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - The intention of this program is to increase options for customers. The IOU continues to deliver the electricity through its transmission and distribution system and provides meter reading, billing, and maintenance services for CCA customers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - Additionally, the state ’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program provides funding to support various ZEV ‑incentive programs offered to customers through utilities. In addition to the state programs that subsidize ZEV purchases, other programs subsidize the installation of charging infrastructure to further encourage ZEV  adoption.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2022-23 Budget: Pesticide Enforcement

May 5, 2022 - EPA) may independently bring pesticide use enforcement cases upon referral. U.S. EPA can levy penalties of roughly $9,000 for violations of federal pesticide use requirements , but for serious violations, penalties can be as high as $50,000 along with potential imprisonment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4592

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - The VAs likely would benefit water agencies and their customers because the agencies would not have to limit their water use to the same extent they would under the regulatory unimpaired flows approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - As a result, the SWP and CVP often have to compensate —particularly in dry years —for upstream depletions by other water users, placing a disproportionate burden on their operations and customers. This allows many diverters to operate without contributing to environmental flow needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - If, for example, CARB allocates a relatively smaller share of allowances to utilities (and a larger share to GGRF and/or industry), utility customers would receive smaller rebates —and therefore experience higher costs —than would otherwise be the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097