California Air Resources Board

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Would have required the Department of Housing and Community Development to research, develop, and consider proposing for adoption mandatory building standards for the installation of electric charging infrastructure for parking spaces in new, multifamily dwellings.

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Governor’s Veto Message

To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1482 without my signature.

This bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to research, develop, and consider proposing for adoption mandatory building standards for the installation of electric charging infrastructure for parking spaces in new, multifamily dwellings.

I agree with the author's intent to increase access to EV charging technology for Californians living in multifamily housing, which is necessary to increase the number of zero emission vehicles on the road. However, I believe this issue is best addressed administratively in order to balance our charging objectives with our efforts to expand affordable housing.

The Department of Housing and Community Development is already working with numerous stakeholders and state agencies in a deliberative public process to aggressively expand mandatory EV charging requirements in new housing developments. This approach allows for other important considerations, such as the cost of affordable housing and feasibility of implementation.

For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.

Sincerely,

Gavin Newsom

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Summary

Would have modified existing requirements governing published guidance the California Energy Commission must provide to help decarbonize buildings and add energy storage or electric vehicle charging capacity to buildings. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission to allocate funding from the Clean Transportation Program to help build a statewide publicly available hydrogen fueling station network based on CARB's estimation of need. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Until January 1, 2030, requires cities and counties to administratively review applications for hydrogen fueling stations and allows for denials based only on health or safety impacts.

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Formalizes the existence of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development’s (GO-Biz) ZEV division as the ZEV Market Development Office in statute, as specified, and establishes the ZEV Equity Advocate, within the office, until January 1, 2028, as specified. Requires the ZEV Market Development Office to coordinate with relevant state agencies, including CARB.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission to allocate federal money and Clean Transportation Program monies for purposes of deploying light-, medium-, and heavy-duty zero-‑emission vehicle charging and refueling infrastructure to the State’s commercial ports, including the busiest commercial land port of entry in the State. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have authorized a gas corporation that serves an area that will host the 2028 Olympics to identify and propose a green hydrogen project, as defined, or multiple projects, in cooperation with the United States Olympic Paralympic Committee, the City of Los Angeles, or the County of Los Angeles to achieve described purposes. If a green hydrogen project was identified and proposed, the bill would have authorized the gas corporation to file an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval to undertake the project or projects. The bill would have required CPUC to approve, or modify and approve, a project or projects and associated investments in green hydrogen and hydrogen-related infrastructure, and to authorize recovery of those expenses incurred through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism. Was not heard in the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.

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Would have required CARB, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to develop a program to provide financial assistance through a payment card to low-income and disadvantaged community members to use electric vehicle charging stations. This bill would have also required a recipient of State funding for deploying a publicly available electric vehicle charging station to agree, as a condition of receiving the funding, to operate the station in compliance with reliability standards that would be developed by the California Energy Commission. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Requires the California Energy Commission, in collaboration with CARB and the California Public Utilities Commission, to annually gather existing fleet data on existing medium- and heavy duty on- and off-road vehicles and share that data with electric utilities. This bill also requires utilities to consider the fleet data to facilitate the readiness of their electrical distribution system and to identify investments in general rate cases.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission, if it awarded funding to hydrogen fueling station projects under the Clean Transportation Program, to provide preference to those projects located at a port and are publicly accessible, are co-located at a fueling station for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, or are located along a federally designated Trade Corridor of National and Regional Significance, California’s portion of the National Highway Freight Network, or along a corridor with high freight volume as determined by the California Transportation Commission. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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