2021-2022

2021 - Assembly Bill 699 (Salas, Rudy), Flexible Demand Appliance Rebate Program (Dead)

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Would have created the Flexible Demand Appliance Rebate Program to incentivize the deployment of qualified flexible demand appliances (i.e., appliances that have the capability to schedule, shift, or curtail electricity use). Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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2021 - Assembly Bill 641 (Holden, Chris), Publicly Owned Utilities Transportation Electrification Planning (Dead)

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Would have required each local publicly owned electric utility to develop a transportation electrification plan to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required to meet the goals of putting five million zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2030 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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2021 - Assembly Bill 365 (O’Donnell, Patrick), Sales Tax Exclusion for Zero-Emission and Near-Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks (2-Year)

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Would provide a partial sales tax exclusion starting 2021 for the sale of zero-emission or near-zero-emission drayage trucks that qualify for the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project, Carl Moyer, or Volkswagen mitigation programs. Was not heard in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.

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2021 - Assembly Bill 354 (Cooper, Jim), Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate (Dead)

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Would have required the California Energy Commission (CEC), by July 1, 2022, to create a three-year appliance rebate program to provide eligible residential customers—defined as those with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline levels—of an electric utility or gas utility with monetary incentives to purchase new appliances that meet energy star or similar energy efficiency standards approved by CEC. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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2021 - Assembly Bill 322 (Salas, Rudy), Electric Program Investment Charge Program: Biomass (Chaptered)

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Requires the California Energy Commission to consider in the investment planning process for the Electric Program Investment Charge Program (EPIC) bioenergy projects for biomass conversion.

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2021 - Assembly Bill 64 (Quirk, Bill), Long-Term Backup Electricity Supply Strategy (2-Year)

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Would require the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Energy Commission, and CARB, in consultation with all balancing authorities, to develop a strategy by January 1, 2024, on how to achieve the SB 100 policy of achieving the 100 percent renewable and zero-carbon resources goal by the end of 2045 in a cost-effective and environmentally beneficial manner. Specifically, the strategy must achieve a target of at least five Gigawatt-hours of “operational long-term backup electricity” by the end of 2030. The strategy must address carbon sequestration and storage of emissions from conventional power plants. The strategy must also achieve a target of at least an additional five Gigawatt-hours of operational long-term backup electricity in each subsequent year beginning 2031 through 2045. By January 1, 2024, CPUC is required to submit the strategy in a report to the Legislature and every four years thereafter through January 1, 2044 detailing the progress made on achieving the targets of the strategy. Was not heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee.

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2021 - Assembly Bill 33 (Ting, Philip), Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Chaptered)

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Expands the list of eligible projects under the California Energy Commission's Energy Conservation Assistance Account (ECAA) to include installation of energy storage systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Also expands the eligible entities who can participate in the ECAA program to include California Native American tribes.

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2021 - Senate Bill 726 (Gonzalez, Lena), Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Sustainable Transportation (2-Year)

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Would require Strategic Growth Council to coordinate and convene at least two meetings each calendar year with specified State agencies, including CARB, and regional entities, to coordinate their implementation of sustainable transportation policies including vehicle miles traveled reduction goals, zero-Emission Vehicle deployment goals, transit goals, and active transportation goals. The bill would require those State agencies and regional entities, on or before December 31, 2023, and each year thereafter, to collaboratively develop a summary of actions undertaken as part of the meetings and would require the summary to be publicly available on the Strategic Growth Council’s internet website. Moved to the Assembly Inactive File.

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2021 - Senate Bill 589 (Hueso, Ben), Air Pollution: Alternative Vehicles and Vehicle Infrastructure (Chaptered)

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Expands the types of projects eligible for funding from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) to include projects that develop in-state supply chains and the workforce for raw materials and components needed for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturing. This bill expands the groups the California Energy Commission (CEC) must consult as part of ARFVTP workforce development efforts to include California Conservation Corps, local Conservation Corps, California Mobility Center, and California Community Colleges. This bill also incorporates workforce development as a resource CEC must evaluate part of its regular assessment of resources needed to meet State ZEV deployment goals.

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2021 - Senate Bill 542 (Limón, Monique), Sales and Use Taxes: Exemption: Medium- or Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Trucks (2-Year)

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Would provide an exemption from taxes with respect to the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, a qualified motor vehicle. The bill defines “qualified motor vehicle” as a specified zero-emission truck. The bill would disallow the exemption for sales or uses made on or after January 1, 2025, if the purchaser also received other specified benefits. The bill would provide that this exemption does not apply to specified state sales and use taxes from which the proceeds are deposited into the Local Revenue Fund, the Local Revenue Fund 2011, or the Local Public Safety Fund. Moved to the Senate Inactive File.

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