Welcome to the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications

For information on how to submit a position letter please see the directions below:

POSITION LETTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR HEARINGS IS TUESDAY THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED HEARING DATE BY 3:00 p.m.

The Capitol and O Street building is open for in-person attendance of committee hearings. Please utilize the teleconference service if you are experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or test positive.

The Senate strongly recommends that all members of the public wear a mask in all shared spaces in the Capitol and the 1021 O Street building. Masks are available at all security entrances.

We encourage the public to submit written testimony before the hearing through the position letter portal. Please note that any written testimony submitted to the committee is considered public comment and may be read into the record or reprinted.

Teleconference Instructions:

Information regarding a call-in option for testimony will be made available and updated the night prior to the hearing date.

Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications hearing call-in information for April 24, 2023:

Participant number: 1-877-226-8163

ACCESS CODE: 7362834

Please note: In order for your testimony to be heard clearly, you must mute any devices you are using to live stream the committee hearing prior to calling into the teleconference service. Please do not testify using speakerphone or bluetooth, this can cause acoustic feedback and make it very difficult to hear your testimony.

Upon calling in, you will be placed in a “waiting room” where you will be muted but you can listen to the committee hearing as you wait.
When a committee moves to public comment, a moderator will ask for anyone who is wishing to testify in “Support” or “Opposition” of the bill to please press 1-0. You should press 1-0 when you are prompted by the moderator. When you press 1-0 on your phone, you will wait and an operator will assign you a line number, at that time you will be placed in the queue for identification. Remember your line number, the moderator will call out that number to identify YOU when it is your turn to testify. OF IMPORTANT NOTE: If you press 1-0 a second time, you will remove yourself from the queue and you will not be identified to testify. Every time you press 1-0 you either put yourself “In queue” or take yourself “out of queue” so listen carefully, and press 1-0 only once when you are prompted by the moderator.
When you are successfully in the queue, with your assigned line number, the moderator will call out your line number, open your line, and at that time you may address the committee. You must have your own phone unmuted before you begin testimony.

A more detailed explanation of the teleconference instructions can be found by clicking the “Teleconference Instructions”

Energy, Utilities and Communications meets every 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in room 1200.

COMMITTEE RULES

Please note the various ways we are available to assist you:

Committee phone: (916) 651-4107

Committee Staff:

Nidia Bautista: nidia.bautista@sen.ca.gov
Sarah Smith: sarah.smith@sen.ca.gov
Melanie Cain: melanie.cain@sen.ca.gov

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT SHOULD YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMITTEE OFFICE.

JURISDICTION: Bills relating to utilities, energy companies, alternative energy development and conservation, and communications development and technology.

Members:

Senator Steven Bradford (Chair)
Senator Brian Dahle (Vice Chair)
Senator Angelique V. Ashby
Senator Josh Becker
Senator Anna M. Caballero
Senator Bill Dodd
Senator María Elena Durazo
Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman
Senator Lena A. Gonzalez
Senator Shannon Grove
Senator Mike McGuire
Senator Dave Min
Senator Josh Newman
Senator Susan Rubio
Senator Kelly Seyarto
Senator Nancy Skinner
Senator Henry I. Stern
Senator Scott Wilk

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