The California State Assembly unanimously passed AB 2700, a bill aimed at addressing compensation shortfalls for victims of utility-caused wildfires in Northern California. - The bill requires the California Public Utilities Commission to issue a report assessing restitution gaps for survivors of wildfires before July 2019.
- The report must recommend mechanisms for energy companies to address those gaps without shifting costs to ratepayers. - The legislation is driven by the 2017 North Bay firestorm and the 2018 Camp Fire, which left 70,000 survivors undercompensated by $6 billion.
- The bill now moves to the state Senate for consideration.