Keep tabs on climate and energy legislation in California and urge your representatives to take action for a climate-safe future.
The Climate Center’s Bill Tracker helps you stay on top of the climate bills that are in front of the California legislature — and take action. The tracker includes a curated list of bills addressing energy, climate justice, transportation, adaptation, resilience, sequestration, and other issues related to the climate crisis. To review all bills in … Read more
SB 913 ensures that the millions of California homes and businesses that already have smart technologies can help make energy more affordable for everyone. Millions of California homes and businesses already have smart thermostats, electric vehicles (EVs), and home battery storage. These distributed energy resources (DERs) can be aggregated to provide clean energy and stabilize … Read more
AB 1790 will end the multibillion-dollar corporate tax loophole known as the “Water’s Edge Election,” which allows fossil fuel corporations to avoid paying California taxes on their profits. The Water’s Edge tax election, established in 1986, enables multinational corporations to avoid taxes on earnings they designate as beyond the “water’s edge” of California’s borders. Big … Read more
SB 1259 requires oil refiners to disclose their decommissioning and cleanup costs before shutting down. It’s a straightforward, common-sense measure to ensure that communities, workers, and taxpayers are not left in the dark when refineries close. It’s not a question of if oil refineries will close, it’s when. The recent closures of the Phillips 66 … Read more
SB 868 (Wiener), The Plug and Play Solar Act, streamlines approvals for plug-in solar, a new form of small-scale solar power that can lower energy costs for millions of California renters. Electricity prices are skyrocketing in California — in fact, they’ve doubled in the last decade. Plug-in solar (also known as portable solar or balcony … Read more