California Air Resources Board

Would have required California Energy Commission to post and regularly update a dashboard on its website that includes the identification of all California-specific taxes, fees, regulations, and policies that contribute to gasoline prices within the State; the relative contribution of each of those to higher costs; and the extent to which these higher costs are passed on to consumers. Would have required the dashboard to also include the difference in average California gasoline prices compared to national prices, and any substantiated evidence of price gouging or other anticompetitive behavior within the petroleum industry, including the relative contribution of this behavior to the price difference. Remains in the Assembly Rules Committee.

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Would have extended the compliance dates set for local governments and municipalities to meet CARB’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) Regulation by ten years. This bill would have also prohibited CARB from taking enforcement action against a local government that violates the ACF Regulation if the violation occurs before January 1, 2025. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee. 

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Would have required CARB to provide exemptions to "local ferries" from any air pollution standard or regulation that requires the retirement, replacement, or retrofit of the vessel. This bill would provide this exemption for vessels for up to 15 years, or until the cost to replace the marine vessel's internal combustion engine with a new electric motor does not exceed the cost by more than 20%. The proposed definition of local ferry was specific to the Balboa Island Ferry, which is a small vessel that makes extremely short trips. Failed passage in the Assembly Transportation Committee and was granted reconsideration.

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