Bill Text: CA AB1711 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Energy: hydrogen: Clean Energy Equity Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1711 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1711
| Introduced by Assembly Member Juan Carrillo |
February 17, 2023 |
An act to add Section 43018.10 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1711, as amended, Juan Carrillo.
Energy: hydrogen: Clean Energy Equity Act.
Existing law, until January 1, 2024, requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to allocate $20,000,000 annually, not to exceed 20% of the moneys appropriated by the Legislature from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, to fund the number of stations identified by the state board until at least 100 publicly available hydrogen-fueling stations are in operation in California.
This bill would enact the Clean Energy Equity Act and would require the commission to equitably allocate moneys appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of achieving an accessible statewide hydrogen-fueling network and expanding an existing hydrogen-fueling network, as necessary,
hydrogen-fueling infrastructure to specifically prioritize rural communities and low-income communities. The bill would require the commission and the State Air Resources Board Board, except as provided, to jointly review and submit a report to the Legislature on the progress toward establishing a statewide hydrogen-fueling network infrastructure that is equally accessible to all communities, especially rural communities and low-income communities.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall beSEC. 2.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1)Governor Jerry Brown, by Executive Order No. B-48-18, established goals of achieving 200 hydrogen-fueling stations statewide by 2025, and Governor Gavin Newsom, by Executive Order No. N-79-20, set increasingly aggressive zero-emission goals for greenhouse gases for California.
(2)To advance these goals, Chapter
(1) Chapter 401 of the Statutes of 2013 (AB 8) was enacted to establish a statewide hydrogen-fueling network established, in part, funding to support fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs)
vehicle infrastructure
that provides
fueling coverage and capacity to hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the state.
(3)AB 8 provided for 10 years of investment and subsidies for hydrogen-fueling stations, however, these subsidies have
(2) Hydrogen-fueling station funding has primarily been awarded to large urban areas, leaving many rural regions and disadvantaged communities without access to this clean energy technology.
(4)
(3) The State Air Resources Board’s 2022 Annual Evaluation indicated that most of our state’s rural regions and disadvantaged communities do not have access to hydrogen refueling stations because stations are concentrated in the areas of the San Francisco Bay, Sacramento, greater Los Angeles, and San Diego. Diego regions.
(5)
(4) One such rural community, the City of Lancaster, has been a pioneer in embracing hydrogen power, setting bold and unprecedented clean energy and renewable hydrogen power goals. In 2019, the City of Lancaster became the first “net zero” energy city in the world and, in 2022, was recognized by the United States Department of Energy as an H2 mentor city as part of that department’s H2 Twin Cities 2022 initiative. The City of Lancaster is also the first H2 city in the United States.
(6)
(5) Despite having made significant strides in advancing clean energy and having been nationally and internationally recognized for its innovations, the City of Lancaster and the entire Antelope Valley region were excluded from the subsidies did not receive funding for hydrogen fueling infrastructure provided under AB 8. the Clean Transportation Program.
(7)
(6) Hydrogen is a zero-carbon energy carrier that has the potential potential, depending on how it is produced, to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create highly skilled jobs of the future, and its adoption should not be limited to only the most populous areas of the state.
(8)
(7) The Public Utilities Commission, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the State Air
Resources Board have a responsibility to promote the equitable distribution of clean energy technologies throughout the state and to identify and prioritize areas that lack access to these technologies.
(9)
(8) There are certain rural regions and disadvantaged areas of California, such as the City of Lancaster, that have demonstrated a commitment to advancing clean energy and are well-positioned to benefit from increased, equitable investment in renewable hydrogen infrastructure.
(b) In enacting this act, it is the intent of
the Legislature to build on the progress made by AB 8 by directing
direct the appropriate agencies, in their expenditure of the budgetary allocations for our state’s hydrogen refueling infrastructure, to prioritize the needs of rural regions and disadvantaged communities to ensure that all Californians have access to the benefits of hydrogen technology. communities.
SEC. 3.
Section 43018.10 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately43018.10.
(a) The commission shall equitably allocate moneys appropriated by the Legislature for(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2025, the commission and the state board shall jointly review and submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with
Section 9795 of the Government Code on the progress toward establishing a statewide hydrogen-fueling network infrastructure that is equally accessible to all communities, especially rural communities and low-income communities.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10321.5
10231.5 of the Government Code, the requirement to submit a report imposed by this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2029.
(3) This subdivision shall not become operative if the provisions of Section 43018.9 are extended beyond January 1, 2024.
