Legislative Positions & State Policy Advocacy 

Defending energy sovereignty. Holding lawmakers accountable.

Informing Legislators, Empowering Constituents, and Protecting Local Energy Independence

The California Alliance for Community Energy serves as a grassroots defense against state-level legislation that threatens local energy control. CACE mobilizes policy responses any time monopoly utilities attempt to expand their reach or strip autonomy away from Community Choice agencies.

Our legislative analysis exposes utility power grabs, resists risky grid regionalization schemes, and challenges state leadership when policies undermine community-driven renewable energy.

Explore Our Legislative Policy Documents

Browse our position letters, legislative analyses, and policy statements. These resources detail our active advocacy in Sacramento and provide the strategic frameworks to defend decentralized, community-controlled energy systems across California.

Apr 14, 2023

Our Position on AB 538- Oppose CAISO Regional Expansion (April 2023)

The Alliance joins over 180 other organizations, as it did in 2018, opposing an almost identical plan to place the California Independent…
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Sep 23, 2022

Our Position on the 2022 Legislative Session- Newsom and PG&E Crush Community Energy, Fleece Californians (Sept 2022)

Despite Governor Newsom’s self-serving claims to the contrary, this year’s California legislative session represents a huge setback in the efforts of California…
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May 26, 2021

Oppose AB 1139 – The Utility Power Grab (May 2021)

The Alliance joins many other organizations in opposing this bill as an egregious “Utility Profit Grab”. Under the guise of addressing ratepayer…
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Mar 15, 2021

Our Position on SB 612 (March 2021)

SB 612 is sponsored by the CA Community Choice Association (CalCCA) in hopes of forcing the CA Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to…
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Nov 22, 2020

Our Position on “Sunsetting” the PCIA (November 2020)

The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) is an ongoing fee imposed on Community Choice customers. In 2020, under 2018 rules we fought…
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Jun 13, 2020

Our Position on SB 1215 — SUPPORT to Advance Microgrids (May 2020)

Even though legislators have withdrawn virtually all of the bills we expected to support this session, SB 1215 is still alive. Sponsored…
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Sep 4, 2019

Our Position on AB 235 – PG&E’s Wildfire Bailout Bill (September 2019)

They are at it again.  AB 235 is a gut-n-amend bill once again offered at the end of the session, and with…
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Aug 31, 2019

Our Position on Newsom’s Gruesome Utility Bailout Bill — AB 1054 (July 2019)

The California Alliance for Community Energy strongly opposes AB 1054, Newsom’s Gruesome Utility Bailout, which strengthens the state’s monopoly utilities at the…
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Mar 25, 2019

Our Position on the Solar Bill of Rights — SB 288 (March 2019)

SB 288 makes it official — Californians should be able to benefit from renewably-generated electricity on their own property.  In support of…
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Jul 30, 2018

Our Position on Expanding Direct Access – SB 237 (July 2018)

SB 237 proposes to allow all non-residential electricity customers to procure from private electricity suppliers, under what’s known as Direct Access (DA)….
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May 14, 2018

Our Position on CAISO Regional Expansion – AB 813 (May 2018)

Regional expansion of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is not about creating a regional market, which we already have. It is…
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Dec 21, 2017

Our Position on Resolution E-4907 (December 2017)

In a stealth attack on Community Choice, the CPUC will vote on January 11 on a draconian resolution that would freeze new…
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