Bill Text: CA AB1389 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Clean Transportation Program: project funding preferences.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 339, Statutes of 2022. [AB1389 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1389-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
June 24, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 12, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 25, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Members Reyes, Friedman, and Luz Rivas (Principal coauthor: Senator Gonzalez) |
February 19, 2021 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 44272 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44272.
(a) The Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program is hereby established. The program shall be administered by the commission. The commission shall implement the program by regulation pursuant to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The program shall provide, upon appropriation by the Legislature, competitive grants, revolving loans, loan guarantees, loans, or other appropriate funding measures to public agencies, vehicle and technology entities, businesses and projects, public-private partnerships, workforce training partnerships and collaboratives, fleet owners, consumers, recreational boaters, and academic institutions to develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types to help reduce criteria air pollutants and air toxics and attain the state’s climate change policies. The emphasis of this program shall be to develop and deploy technology and alternative and renewable fuels in the marketplace, without adopting any one preferred fuel or technology.(c)The commission shall provide preferences to those projects that maximize the goals of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, based on the following criteria, as applicable:
(1)The project’s ability to reduce criteria air pollutants and air toxics and reduce or avoid
multimedia environmental impacts, with prioritization for projects that reduce these emissions in disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 and low-income communities, as defined in Section 39713.
(2)The project’s ability to support vehicle deployment and advanced vehicle infrastructure needed to meet the state’s climate goals, including, but not limited to, those goals stated in Sections 38566, 39730.5, 43024.2, 44258.4, and 44391.2 of this code and Section 399.11 of the Public Utilities Code.
(3)The project’s consistency with existing and future state climate change policy and low-carbon fuel standards.
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(6)The project uses existing or proposed fueling infrastructure to maximize the outcome of the project.
(7)The project drives new technology advancement for vehicles, vessels, engines, and other equipment,
and promotes the deployment of that technology in the marketplace.
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(9)The project serves and is located in disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711, and in low-income communities, as defined in Section 39713.
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(d)The commission shall rank applications for projects proposed for funding awards based on
solicitation criteria developed in accordance with subdivision (c), and shall give additional preference to funding those projects with higher benefit-cost scores, with a certain percentage of funding allocated for incentives for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles used by owner operators and small fleet owners in the goods movement industry.
(e)The commission shall expend at least 50 percent of the moneys appropriated to the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program for projects located in, and benefiting, disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711.
(f)The following shall be eligible for funding:
(1)Medium- and heavy-duty vehicle, including on-road and off-road vehicles,
research, pilot, demonstration, and deployment projects that reduce emissions and particulate matter from fleets in the goods movement and public transit sectors.
(2)Infrastructure deployment, and related workforce training programs, for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, utility distribution system upgrades, and grid integration technologies to support those
vehicle technologies.
(3)Programs and projects that support fleet conversion in the goods movement and public transit sector, including projects that support fleets with charging and refueling infrastructure, grid integration, warehouse and supply logistics, maintenance yard and utility upgrades, and technical and analytical support.
(4)Vehicle fueling infrastructure deployment for multidwellings units, utility distribution system upgrades, and grid integration technologies.
(g)The following may be eligible for funding:
(1)Alternative and renewable fuel projects to develop and improve alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels, including electricity,
ethanol, dimethyl ether, renewable diesel, natural gas, hydrogen, and biomethane, among others, and their feedstocks that have high potential for long-term or short-term commercialization, including projects that lead to sustainable feedstocks.
(2)Demonstration and deployment projects that optimize alternative and renewable fuels for existing and developing engine technologies.
(3)Projects to produce alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels in California.
(4)Projects to decrease the overall impact of an alternative and renewable fuel’s life-cycle carbon footprint and increase sustainability.
(5)Alternative and renewable fuel infrastructure,
fueling stations, and equipment.
(6)Projects to develop and improve light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle technologies that provide for better fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions, alternative fuel usage and storage, or emission reductions, including propulsion systems, advanced internal combustion engines with a 40 percent or better efficiency level over the current market standard, lightweight materials, intelligent transportation systems, energy storage, control systems and system integration, physical measurement and metering systems and software, development of design standards and testing and certification protocols, battery recycling and reuse, engine and fuel optimization electronic and electrified components, hybrid technology, plug-in hybrid technology, battery electric vehicle technology, fuel cell technology,
and conversions of hybrid technology to plug-in technology through the installation of safety certified supplemental battery modules.
(7)Programs and projects that accelerate the commercialization of vehicles and alternative and renewable fuels including buy-down programs through near-market and market-path deployments, advanced technology warranty or replacement insurance, development of market niches, supply-chain development, and research related to the pedestrian safety impacts of vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels.
(8)Programs and projects to retrofit medium- and heavy-duty on-road and nonroad vehicle fleets with technologies that create higher fuel efficiencies, including alternative and renewable fuel vehicles and technologies, idle management
technology, and aerodynamic retrofits that decrease fuel consumption.
(9)Infrastructure projects that promote alternative and renewable fuel infrastructure development connected with existing fleets, public transit, and existing transportation corridors, including physical measurement or metering equipment and truck stop electrification.
(10)Workforce training programs related to the development and deployment of technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types and assist the state in implementing its climate change policies, including, but not limited to, alternative and renewable fuel feedstock production and extraction; renewable fuel production, distribution, transport, and storage; high-performance and low-emission vehicle technology and high tower
electronics; automotive computer systems; mass transit fleet conversion, servicing, and maintenance; and other sectors or occupations related to the purposes of this chapter, including training programs to transition dislocated workers affected by the state’s greenhouse gas emission policies, including those from fossil fuel sectors, or training programs for low-skilled workers to enter or continue in a career pathway that leads to middle skill, industry-recognized credentials or state-approved apprenticeship opportunities in occupations related to the purposes of this chapter.
(11)Life-cycle and multimedia analyses, sustainability and environmental impact evaluations, and market, financial, and technology assessments performed by a state agency to determine the impacts of increasing the use of low-carbon transportation fuels and
technologies, and to assist in the preparation of the investment plan and program implementation.
(12)A program to provide funding for homeowners who purchase a plug-in electric vehicle to offset costs associated with modifying electrical sources to include a residential plug-in electric vehicle charging station. In establishing this program, the commission shall consider funding criteria to maximize the public benefit of the program.
(13)Block grants or incentive programs administered by public entities or not-for-profit technology entities for multiple projects, education and program promotion within California, and development of alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology centers. The commission may adopt guidelines for implementing the block grant or incentive
program, which shall be approved at a noticed public meeting of the commission.
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