California Air Resources Board

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Would have required CARB to annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California, as specified, and to include the assessment on CARB's internet website. Remains in the Senate Rules Committee.

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This bill would have suspended the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation for one year and exempted suppliers of transportation fuels from the Cap-and-Trade program for one year. The bill would have also suspended motor vehicle fuel taxes and required the State Controller to transfer an amount equal to State motor vehicle fuel tax revenue from the General Fund to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account. Finally, the bill would have  required the State Controller to transfer an amount equal to the sale of allowances to the suppliers of transportation fuels under the Cap-and-Trade program in the 2021-2022 fiscal year to the General Fund. Remains in the Senate Rules Committee.

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Would have eliminated the requirement for CARB to credit dairy methane projects for a minimum of 10 years and prohibited

CARB from guaranteeing those credits if they would not otherwise generate credits in the program. The bill also  would have required CARB to include new specific emissions when calculating a carbon intensity value for dairy methane projects, limited credit generation to historical herd size, and required public disclosure of specified information in fuel pathway applications from dairy methane projects. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB, by January 1, 2028, to develop and publish on its website a report on greenhouse gas inventories for calendar year 2025 for each city and county, upon request. The bill also would have required CARB, consistent with the Scoping Plan update, to update the inventories by 2033, and every five years thereafter. Additionally, the bill would have authorized CARB to enter contracts for development of the inventories and would have required CARB to establish a local government advisory committee by January 1, 2026. Finally, the bill would have allocated $2.5 million to CARB to conduct the inventories, upon appropriation by the Legislature.  Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CEC to develop a plan, convene a public workshop process, and take specified actions to improve reliability, service quality, and operational uptime of hydrogen stations. The bill also would have required CEC to conduct an analysis of barriers to improving station performance and develop recommendations for doing so, including, but not limited to, an analysis of the use of a station ranking system and credits issued to hydrogen fueling stations under the LCFS to penalize and award retail hydrogen refueling stations based on their performance. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee. 

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Would have required CARB to annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California, as specified, and to include the assessment on CARB's internet website. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have increased the stringency of the 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction goal from 40 percent below the 1990 level to 55 percent. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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This bill limits the imported oil that may be processed by a petroleum refinery to no more than 60 percent beginning January 1, 2030, and no more than 50 percent by January 1, 2035.  Remains at the desk. 

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This bill would have exempted transportation fuels from the Cap-and-Trade program. It also would have required CARB to grant variances to gasoline specifications as specified and would have waived the Reid Vapor Pressure requirement to allow for the early transition to winter-blend gasoline when CARB determines the gasoline market is experiencing a sudden and unusual rise in prices. Failed passage in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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By December 31, 2024, would have required CARB to establish a certification standard for natural gas producing low-methane emissions, and consider existing third-party natural gas certification standards during development. This bill also would have required CARB to encourage natural gas procurement on behalf of the State to shift to certified natural gas producing low methane emissions, where feasible, cost effective, and in the best interests of ratepayers. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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