Bill Text: CA AB1358 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Renewable energy generation: transmission planning: report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1358 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1358-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1358

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Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi

February 17, 2023

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An act to add and repeal Section 360.3 of the Public Utilities Commission, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1358, as introduced, Muratsuchi. Tracking Energy Development Taskforce.

Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program to attain a target of generating 20% of total retail sales of electricity in California from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, by December 31, 2013, 33% by December 31, 2020, 50% by December 31, 2026, and 60% by December 31, 2030. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), as part of that program, to establish the quantity of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources to be procured by each retail seller for each compliance period, and requires those quantities to reflect reasonable progress in each of the intervening years sufficient to ensure that the procurement of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources achieves 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016, 33% by December 31, 2020, 44% by December 31, 2024, 52% by December 31, 2027, and 60% by December 31, 2030. Existing law requires each local publicly owned electric utility to adopt and implement a renewable energy resources procurement plan to achieve those same specified targets applicable to each retail seller.

Existing law establishes a policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 90% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2035, 95% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2040, 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2045, and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2035.

This bill would establish, until January 1, 2029, the Tracking Energy Development Taskforce, which would comprise representatives from the PUC, State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Independent System Operator, and Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. The bill would require the taskforce to develop policy recommendations to achieve the goals described above and submit those recommendations to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2025.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 360.3 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

360.3.

 (a) There is hereby established the Tracking Energy Development Taskforce.

(b) The Tracking Energy Development Taskforce shall comprise representatives from the commission, Energy Commission, Independent System Operator, and Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

(c) The Tracking Energy Development Taskforce shall develop policy recommendations to achieve the goals set forth in the following provisions:

(1) Subdivision (a) of Section 399.11.

(2) Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 399.15.

(3) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 399.30.

(4) Subdivision (a) of Section 454.53.

(d) The Tracking Energy Development Taskforce shall submit the policy recommendations developed pursuant to subdivision (c) to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2025.

(e) (1) Policy recommendations to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (d) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2029.