California Air Resources Board

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Would have required the California Energy Commission, on or before June 1, 2024, to adopt a strategy, with milestones, to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases for the building sector consistent with the targets and strategies identified in the most recent scoping plan. CARB would have been in a consulting role. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required 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 would have also required 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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Would have created a structure and process for establishing a multistate regional transmission system organization, whereby California or out-of-state electric transmission owners could become members in order to regionalize or broaden access to electricity by the California Independent System Operator. CARB was in a consulting role. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations 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 required the owner of an aircraft based in the State to register the aircraft with the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified. Would have created the Aircraft Registration Account and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) to determine an appropriate registration fee to be deposited in the account. Would have required the fee to be used for the Department's cost of administration, as well as to combat the detrimental environmental impacts of aircraft emissions, including particulate matter emissions. Was not heard in the Senate Transportation Committee at the request of the author.

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Would have required California Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the costs of climate change to the State and requires responsible parties with greenhouse gas emissions greater than 1 billion metric tons globally from 2000 to 2020 to pay a cost recovery demand proportionate to their share of emissions compared to total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Would have authorized responsible parties to pay the cost recovery demand in 20 annual installments, with the first installment equaling 10% of the cost recovery demand. Would have created the Polluters Pay Climate Fund and continuously appropriated the funding generated by the cost recovery demands to the Fund for projects that avoid, mitigate, repair, or adapt to negative climate change impacts, with a minimum of 40% of funded projects benefitting environmental justice populations. Moved to the Inactive File.

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Would have created the Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program and authorized the Supervisor of the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) to authorize the conversion of 1,000 wells for use as gravity-based energy storage wells, as defined. Would have required the California Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with entities operating these wells, CalGEM, CARB, and other specified entities, to evaluate the pilot program and make recommendations to the Legislature for a framework to implement a permanent program, as specified. Would have required a well operator to notify CalGEM, CARB, the appropriate regional water quality board, and any schools or community members within 3,200 feet of the well in the event of a loss of mechanical integrity or a fluid leak and required CalGEM to consult with CARB and the State Water Resources Control board on criteria for fluid leak monitoring and reporting. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB to annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California, as specified, and to include the assessment on CARB's internet website. Requires the California Energy Commission to provide specified data to CARB consistent with existing law on confidentiality of business records. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have made it unlawful for a person to certify or issue a voluntary carbon offset, to maintain a voluntary carbon offset on a registry, or to market or sell a voluntary carbon offset under specified circumstances. Would have included when the person knows or should know that: the greenhouse gas reductions or removal enhancements are unlikely to be quantifiable, real, additional, meet the durability commitment made by the project operator, or last less than 1,000 years. Would have created an exception if the person explicitly markets the offsets with that information and specifies the provisions of the bill do not apply to compliance credits or registry offset credits. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources 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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