California Air Resources Board

Would have required CARB to ensure the Clean Cars 4 All program (CC4A) is available in all areas of the State including areas the local air district has not elected to participate in the program and requires CARB to manage the distribution of incentives to eligible residents of those areas. Would have required the performance analysis of the clean mobility options component to include an evaluation of the funding and targeted outreach to areas with the highest number of vehicles manufactured before 2004 or that are at least 20 years old. Would have also required CARB to consider the total value of vouchers deployed and metrics for retired vehicles in funding allocations to local air districts and delete the requirement to consider population. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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This bill would have prohibited a person under 12 years of age from operating an electric bicycle of any class, among other provisions. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

Would have required the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the California Transportation Commission (CTC), on or after January 1, 2025, to the extent feasible, applicable, and cost effective, to incorporate the goals related to the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) into program funding guidelines and planning processes, as specified. Would have required the California Transportation Plan (CTP) to include a financial element, and an analysis of how CalSTA, Caltrans, and CTC are achieving principles outlined in the CAPTI, the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), and the federal Justice 40 initiative. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Blakespear.

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Would have required the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Energy Commission, and CARB, in consultation with all California balancing authorities and as part of a public process, on or before January 1, 2026, and subsequently as part of the SB 100 joint report, to issue a report to the Legislature that contains a clean energy infrastructure development plan setting out the infrastructure and processes necessary for the state to accomplish the state policy of supplying 90 percent of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2035, as specified. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have authorized the California Energy Commission to exempt from thermal powerplant certification a thermal powerplant with a generating capacity of up to 150 megawatts if it is a data center backup generator that meets a variety of physical and environmental parameters and considerations, as specified. The bill would have required that the air quality impacts of these generators be mitigated, as determined by the appropriate air district as generators would largely be high-polluting diesel generators. Remains in the Assembly Rules Committee.

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Would have clarified that electric water heaters and appliances can be installed outside of mobile homes and other related provisions. This bill was sponsored by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to alleviate opinions from the Department of Housing and Community Development on the installation of these appliances. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have authorized a State agency to enter into forward contracts to purchase low-carbon cement or concrete products up to 10 years in advance to facilitate the commercialization of these products. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the Department of Conservation (DOC), in consultation with CARB and others, to develop the Biomass Technology Transition Program to support the conversion of biomass generation facilities using traditional combustion technologies to newer advanced bioenergy technology facilities that result in reductions in the emissions of criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have dedicated all revenue from the sale of any greenhouse gas allowances allocated to a natural gas investor-owned utility (IOU) directly to the IOU’s residential customers. Specifically, this bill would have required the California Public Utilities Commission annually to direct each natural gas IOU to distribute the California Climate Credit to residential customers of the gas IOU. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have made eligible a facility that uses renewable hydrogen, as defined, as a renewable electrical generation facility under the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. Moved to the Senate Inactive File.

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