SB254: Electricity: wildfire mitigation: rate assistance: Policy-Oriented and Wildfire Electric Reimbursement (POWER) Program.

Legislative Summary

An act to amend Sections 8557, 15472, 15473, 15475, 15475.1, 15475.2, and 15475.6 of, and to repeal Sections 15475.4 and 15475.5 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 25545, 25545.1, 25545.2, 25545.4, 25545.5, 25545.8, 25545.9, and 25545.10 of, to add Sections 25545.14 and 25545.18 to, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 21159.30) to Chapter 4.5 of Division 13 of, and to add Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 25998) to Division 15 of, the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections 326.1, 326.2, 451.1, 850, 913.5, 8385, 8386, 8386.1, 8386.2, 8386.3, 8386.4, 8386.5, 8387, 8388.5, and 8389 of, to add Sections 365.4, 739.18, 739.19, and 913.2 to, to add Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 835) to Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of, to add Division 1.8 (commencing with Section 3600) to, to add and repeal Section 937.5 of, to repeal Section 326 of, and to repeal and add Section 748.5 of, the Public Utilities Code, and to amend Section 351 of the Water Code, relating to electricity, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.