New California Law Targets Lengthy Utility Connection Delays

“In ... one county ... in my district, over 30 customers were told they would have to wait over 10 years for their lights to be turned on,” the lawmaker said.

A file photo of a wall power outlet. Joyce Kuo/The Epoch Times

A new law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom Oct. 7 aims to shorten the time developers and others building new housing or commercial sites have to wait to be connected to electricity.

Assemblyman Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) authored Assembly Bill (AB) 50 after hearing from several builders in his small district of Healdsburg, about 70 miles north of San Francisco, who were experiencing long wait times to be connected to electricity, he said.