SB 2213

ON MARCH 23, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2213, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2, rewrites the bill to, instead, require a utility to provide material that is required for construction of utility infrastructure for the customer's or approved contractor's use at the same price as the utility paid for the material, if such material is available only from the utility. Present law prohibits a utility from requiring that materials or services from the construction of the utility infrastructure be provided by a specific vendor or contractor, unless necessary for the quality o r integrity of the utility's system. Present law requires a utility in this state to provide a customer of the utility or person submitting a plan of development to the utility with the option to use an approved contractor or approved contractors of the customer's choosing for the installat ion of such utility infrastructure. This amendment authorizes a customer or approved contractor installing utility infrastructure to install street lights. However, a utility is prohibited from requiring a customer or approved contractor from installing s treet lights. Present law authorizes a utility to charge a reasonable fee for inspections of the installation and construction of the utility infrastructure in a plan of development, including any materials used in the construction. A utility may also charge a reason able fee for reviewing plans and designs for utility infrastructure within a plan of development when a utility does not customarily prepare plans and designs for such infrastructure. This amendment prohibits these fees from exceeding a combined total of 1 0% of the proposed cost of the project.