California Air Resources Board

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Expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would further support California’s efforts to decarbonize the built environment. Remains at the Assembly Desk.

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Requires, on and after January 1, 2045, that all hydrogen produced and used in California for the generation of electricity or fueling of vehicles be green hydrogen. The bill requires CARB, in consultation with the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission, to develop interim targets to ensure the State achieves that requirement. Moved to the Assembly Inactive File.

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Would have required the California Energy Commission (CEC), on or before January 1, 2025, to submit to the Legislature an Industrial Heat Electrification Roadmap, which would have, among other things, identified the industrial subsectors for various California facilities that use heat application equipment operating at or below 1,000 degrees Celsius and their locations and evaluated various issues related to industrial electrification, as specified. The bill would have allowed CEC to consult with CARB to include in the Roadmap an estimate of the reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Prohibits State agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas stoves in residential and nonresidential buildings. Was not heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee.

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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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Creates a structure and process for establishing a multistate regional transmission system organization, whereby California or out-of-state electric transmission owners can become members in order to regionalize or broaden access to electricity by the California Independent System Operator. CARB is in a consulting role. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to open a new proceeding, or a new phase of an existing proceeding, to consider establishing procurement goals for renewable hydrogen, as defined, and consider requiring each gas corporation and core transport agent to annually procure a proportionate share of renewable hydrogen to meet those goals. The bill would have also required CPUC to make specified findings before establishing renewable hydrogen procurement targets or goals. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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This bill requires the facilities constructed by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) or under a DWR contract for the purposes of the Distributed Electricity Backup Assets Program or the Demand Side Grid Support Program to comply with CARB's Mandatory Reporting Regulation and the Cap-and-Trade program.

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Enacts the Park Creation and Outdoor, Access, and Clean Energy Bond Act of 2024, which would authorize $15.5 billion in bonds, if approved by voters, at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election. As related to CARB, the bond allocates $150 million to CARB, and requires CARB to consult with the California Natural Resources Agency and State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to fund projects that provide long-term capital infrastructure to convert forest and other vegetative waste removed for wildfire mitigation to uses that maximize reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions, provide local air quality benefits, and increase local community resilience against climate change impacts. The bill also provides $500 million upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the California Energy Commission, in coordination with CARB, for grants to assist in obtaining, or as a match for, federal grants. Hearing postponed in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.

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Prohibits the establishment of new transformation or engineered municipal solid waste (EMSW) conversion facilities in the State until CalRecycle has determined that the State has achieved solid waste and organic waste policy goals for three consecutive years. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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