California Air Resources Board

Summary

Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC), in consultation with CARB and the California Public Utilities Commission, on or before June 30, 2024, to convene a stakeholder workgroup to examine challenges and opportunities associated with using a battery electric vehicle and bidirectional electric vehicle service equipment as a mobile battery to power a home or building to provide electricity to the electrical grid, and requires CEC, in consultation with the stakeholder workgroup, on or before January 1, 2026, to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature that includes specified information related to the bidirectional capability of battery electric vehicles and electric vehicle service equipment, as specified. The bill also authorizes CARB to require any weight class of battery electric vehicle to be bidirectional capable if it determines there is a sufficiently compelling beneficial bidirectional-capable use case to the battery electric vehicle operator and electrical grid. Moved to the Assembly Inactive File.

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Expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would further support California’s efforts to decarbonize the built environment. Remains at the Assembly Desk.

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Requires, on and after January 1, 2045, that all hydrogen produced and used in California for the generation of electricity or fueling of vehicles be green hydrogen. The bill requires CARB, in consultation with the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission, to develop interim targets to ensure the State achieves that requirement. Moved to the Assembly Inactive File.

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Requires, on and after June 1, 2024, owners, operators, and infrastructure developers of electric vehicle charging stations for which their owners or operators are awarded a State grant to support the electric vehicle charging stations, including related infrastructure, on or after January 1, 2024, to ensure that specified data fields for the owner’s or operator’s entire network of electric vehicle charging stations in California are made available, free of charge, to third-party software developers through an application programming interface, as specified. The bill authorizes other owners, operators, and infrastructure developers of electric vehicle charging stations to ensure that those data fields are available to third-party software developers under the same conditions. Was not heard in the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.

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Prohibits State agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings. Was not heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee.

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Requires that any electric vehicle service equipment that is capable of charging a light-duty electric vehicle and is installed or substantially retrofitted, as defined, except for private use at a single-family residence or multifamily residence, include a universal connector, as defined, and be publicly accessible. The bill also requires an owner or operator of CHAdeMO electric vehicle service equipment, as defined, that is in operation on January 1, 2024, except where it is located at a single-family residence or multifamily residence and is only for private use, to maintain the CHAdeMO electric vehicle service equipment in good working condition until at least January 1, 2029. Was not heard in the Senate Transportation Committee.

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Creates a structure and process for establishing a multistate regional transmission system organization, whereby California or out-of-state electric transmission owners can become members in order to regionalize or broaden access to electricity by the California Independent System Operator. CARB is in a consulting role. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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This bill requires airports with greater than 50,000 takeoffs to report to CARB by June 1, 2024, on measures they’re taking to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and requires CARB to approve the report or deem it insufficient. The bill requires CARB to develop a public process with local air districts to discuss options for remedying the report, which the airport must resubmit within 120 days. The bill requires CARB to notify the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) upon approval of a report and requires GO-Biz to provide technical assistance to qualified airports. The bill requires airports with greater than 50,000 private takeoffs to report to relevant local air districts on their efforts to mitigate impacts to disadvantaged communities. Failed passage in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and was granted reconsideration.

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Clarifies that incidental and unintentional expulsion of residual oil from injection of carbon dioxide fluid as part of a carbon capture and sequestration project shall not be considered enhanced oil recovery and prohibits the sale or trade of that residual oil. Did not receive a vote in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Requires CARB to establish rules and processes for certifying carbon dioxide removal processes used to create negative emissions credits. The bill also requires CARB by December 31, 2027, to adopt a regulation requiring emitting entities to purchase negative emissions credits equal to an increasing portion of their greenhouse gas emissions, as specified. Was not heard by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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