CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Gallagher

February 20, 2026

An act to amend Section 910.1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law requires the commission to annually report to the Legislature on its timeliness in resolving cases, information on the disposition of applications for rehearings, and the days that its commissioners presided in and attended hearings, as provided.

This bill would require the commission to instead biannually make that report.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 910.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

910.1.

(a) The commission shall annually biannually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s timeliness in resolving cases, information on the disposition of applications for rehearings, and the days that commissioners presided in and attended hearings. The report shall include the number of scoping memos issued in each proceeding and the number of orders issued extending the statutory deadlines pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 1701.2, for all adjudication cases, and pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1701.5, for all ratesetting or quasi-legislative cases.

(b) For reporting on commissioner attendance at hearings, the report shall include reporting based on attendance at all types of hearings, including by all of the following:

(1) Hearing type, including, but not limited to, prehearing conferences, evidentiary hearings, public participation hearings, and workshops.

(2) Proceeding type, including quasi-legislative, an adjudication, a rate-setting, or a catastrophic wildfire proceeding.

(3) Industry type, including electric, electrical, gas, water, telecommunications, or transportation.