Sen. Henry Stern, a Democrat, has served since 2016 as a California state senator and now chairs the Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee. He is the author of SB 1339, which requires that California regulators make it financially feasible for customers of large electrical providers to acquire microgrids and connect them to the grid with separate electrical rates and tariffs. The bill launched the current multi-year Microgrids and Resiliency proceeding before the CPUC.