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Read. Follow. Verify.California AB 1787 requires large electrical corporations to offer dynamic rate options after smart meter upgrades
Record date · August 13, 2026
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill requires large s to offer at least one to eligible customers within 18 months of upgrading their smart meter infrastructure. It also mandates that these corporations provide the same time-varying distribution rates to both bundled and in the same geographic area.
The bill changes how electricity pricing is structured for customers of large utilities, potentially impacting monthly bills by tying rates to time-varying usage patterns following infrastructure upgrades.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Large electrical corporations
They are required to offer dynamic rate options and ensure rate parity between customer types following infrastructure upgrades.
Bundled and unbundled customers
They will have access to new time-varying distribution rates and dynamic rate options.
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Mandated Rate Parity
The bill explicitly forces the Public Utilities Commission to ensure rate parity between bundled and unbundled customers, a move that could impact how utilities structure their distribution charges.
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