California Air Resources Board

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Would have required CARB, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish a program to install and maintain electric vehicle service equipment at safety roadside rests, with the goal of serving at least one-half of the parking spaces, excluding those parking spaces designed for use by a tractor-trailer, at each safety roadside rest in California. The bill also would have required that the electric vehicle service equipment installed pursuant to the program be available to the public at no charge and be the fastest type that is reasonably commercially available. Was amended to deal with transit issues in San Francisco. Was not heard in the Senate Transportation Committee.

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Would have, as part of the SB 100 report, required the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Energy Commission, and CARB to pinpoint and map geographic needs for energy resources and to evaluate decarbonization needs from across the economy, not just from the energy sector. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have required, on and after an unspecified date, all hydrogen produced or used in California to be green hydrogen that excludes the use of any fossil fuel as a feedstock or as an energy source in the production process and that complies with any applicable requirements to show the use of new and incremental renewable generation resources, temporal matching of renewable generation resources, and geographic deliverability of renewable energy resources (aka, the three pillars). Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission (CEC) to equitably allocate money appropriated by the Legislature for hydrogen-fueling infrastructure to specifically prioritize rural communities and low-income communities. The bill also would have required CEC and CARB to jointly review and submit a report to the Legislature on the progress toward establishing this hydrogen-fueling infrastructure. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission, on or before July 1, 2026, to evaluate opportunities to increase electrification of industrial heat processes in meeting the State’s industrial emissions goals and subsequently have CARB, as part of its next Scoping Plan update, incorporate this evaluation into a new assessment of the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the State’s industrial facilities’ heat application equipment and processes consistent with the goals of the Scoping Plan. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission to establish and implement the Reliable Energy Needs for Everyone in the West Program to provide financial incentives for purchasing renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable dimethyl ether to customers in heating dominant climate zones in California where combustion fuels will continue to be the lowest cost and most effective means for providing space and water heating to buildings. Was not heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee.

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Would have expressed 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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Would have required, on and after January 1, 2045, that all hydrogen produced and used in California for the generation of electricity or fueling of vehicles be renewable hydrogen with strict restrictions. The bill would have required 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. Was not heard on the Assembly Floor.

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Would have required, 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 would have authorized 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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Would have prohibited 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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