Public utilities: billing statements: additional costs attributable to state requirements or programs.
- Requires utilities to disclose state-mandated costs on customer bills to increase transparency.
- Mandates quarterly disclosure of state program costs in visible font on billing statements.
- Enforces compliance through criminal penalties under existing utility regulations.
Assembly Member Patterson's utility billing transparency measure would require California public utilities to itemize state-mandated costs and program fees on customer statements each quarter. The bill directs utilities to display these additional charges in a visible location using font sizes consistent with other billing information.
Under current law, utility companies must include certain billing details like state and local taxes, delivery charges, and generation costs on residential statements. The new requirements would expand these disclosures to encompass costs stemming from state statutes, regulations, Public Utilities Commission decisions, and Energy Commission programs. The bill maintains existing enforcement provisions that classify violations of Public Utilities Commission requirements as criminal offenses.
The measure includes provisions addressing fiscal impacts on local jurisdictions, specifying that no reimbursement would be required for local agencies or school districts. This determination stems from the bill's relationship to criminal enforcement rather than creating new administrative mandates for local entities.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
 Jacqui IrwinD Assembly Member | Committee Member |  Not Contacted | |
 Ash KalraD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Phillip ChenR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Tasha Boerner HorvathD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Cottie Petrie-NorrisD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |
- Requires utilities to disclose state-mandated costs on customer bills to increase transparency.
- Mandates quarterly disclosure of state program costs in visible font on billing statements.
- Enforces compliance through criminal penalties under existing utility regulations.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Assembly Member Patterson's utility billing transparency measure would require California public utilities to itemize state-mandated costs and program fees on customer statements each quarter. The bill directs utilities to display these additional charges in a visible location using font sizes consistent with other billing information.
Under current law, utility companies must include certain billing details like state and local taxes, delivery charges, and generation costs on residential statements. The new requirements would expand these disclosures to encompass costs stemming from state statutes, regulations, Public Utilities Commission decisions, and Energy Commission programs. The bill maintains existing enforcement provisions that classify violations of Public Utilities Commission requirements as criminal offenses.
The measure includes provisions addressing fiscal impacts on local jurisdictions, specifying that no reimbursement would be required for local agencies or school districts. This determination stems from the bill's relationship to criminal enforcement rather than creating new administrative mandates for local entities.
Jacqui IrwinD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Ash KalraD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Phillip ChenR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Tasha Boerner HorvathD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Cottie Petrie-NorrisD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |