SB 1090 Summary

• Requires the Public Utilities Commission to explicitly consider evidence of hardship to customers in hot, inland areas and areas with hot summer weather before authorizing default time-of-use rates for residential customers.

• Prohibits default time-of-use rates for medical baseline customers, customers requesting third-party notification, customers protected from disconnection without in-person visits, and other commission-designated customers without their affirmative consent.

• Mandates one year of interval usage data and customer education, followed by one year of bill protection where customers pay no more than their previous rate schedule before being subject to default time-of-use rates.

• Requires electrical corporations to provide residential customers annual summaries of available tariff options with expected bill impacts and prohibits additional charges for opting out of time-of-use rates, including administrative fees and excessive hedging premiums.

• Allows default time-of-use rates to begin January 1, 2018, contingent on commission findings and protections for senior citizens and economically vulnerable customers in hot climate zones.