California Air Resources Board

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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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Requires the California Building Standards Commission to convene a workshop every triennial rulemaking cycle on electric vehicle charging infrastructure standards. The workshop includes CARB and other relevant stakeholders.

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Requires the California Energy Commission to develop uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards for electric vehicle chargers and charging stations, as specified, and limits applicability to chargers and stations that receive State funding or ratepayer money.

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Would have allowed a personal and corporate credit beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, in an amount equal to 40 percent of the amount paid or incurred in qualified costs by a qualified taxpayer during the taxable year for the installation of specified electric vehicle supply equipment in a covered multifamily dwelling, subject to certain maximum credit amounts. Was not heard in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.

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Requires the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) and the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with CARB and other stakeholders, to research and develop, and optionally propose for adoption by CBSC, mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in existing multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, and nonresidential developments during specified retrofits, additions, and alterations to existing parking facilities.

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Would have exempted certain leased zero-emission medium- or heavy-duty trucks from vehicle license and registration and weight fees, as well as exempting the fuel for these vehicles from sales tax. Eligible vehicles were those leased after July 1, 2022. Was not heard in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.

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