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 SB-327 Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/15/2026 02:00 PM

SB327:v93#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 June 15, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 07, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 January 15, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 January 05, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 April 08, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 24, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 327

Introduced by Senators McNerney and Wahab
(Coauthors: Senators Allen and Wiener)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Berman, Ortega, and Ransom)

February 11, 2025

An act to amend Sections 314 309.5 and 748.3 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 327, as amended, McNerney.
 Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.

Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the rates and charges for public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations, and requires those rates and charges to be just and reasonable. Under existing law, a regulated public utility is prohibited from using ratepayer funds for advocacy-related activities that are political or do not otherwise benefit ratepayers. Existing law prohibits each electrical corporation or gas corporation from recording to an above-the-line account, or otherwise recovering from ratepayers, direct or indirect costs of specified activities.

This bill would additionally prohibit, except as provided, each electrical corporation or gas corporation from recording to an above-the-line account, or otherwise recovering from ratepayers, the direct or indirect costs
 of activities related to opposing the municipalization of electrical or gas utility service, as specified.

Existing law authorizes the commission, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the commission to inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility. Existing law establishes within the commission an independent Public Advocate’s Office of the Public Utilities Commission and authorizes the office to require an entity regulated by the commission to produce or disclose any information the office deems necessary to perform its duties, as provided.

This bill would additionally authorize the office to require an entity regulated by the commission to produce or disclose any information the office
 deems necessary to support the commission’s duties. The bill would specify that the Public Advocate’s Office of the Public Utilities Commission
 office has the same authority to discover information and review the accounts of a public utility as the commission.

Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.

Because the above-described provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing the bill’s requirements would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.Section 314 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

314.(a)The commission, each commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the commission may, at any time, inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility. The commission, each commissioner, and any officer of the commission or any employee authorized to administer oaths may examine under oath any officer