Bill Text: CA AB2302 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Hydrogen underground storage: study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2302 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2302-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Hydrogen underground storage: study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2302 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2302-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2302
| Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk |
February 16, 2022 |
An act to add Section 400.4 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2302, as introduced, Quirk.
Hydrogen underground storage: study.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the PUC to establish rules and to fix the rates and charges for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature, and requires that the rates and charges of a public utility be just and reasonable. Existing law also requires the PUC and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to take specified actions in furtherance of meeting the state’s clean energy and pollution reduction objectives.
Existing law requests the California Council on Science and Technology (council) to undertake and complete various studies, including studies relating to energy and energy storage resources.
This bill would
request the council, in consultation with the PUC and the Energy Commission, to undertake and, within 12 months of entering into the contract, complete a study analyzing the existing oil and gas fields and existing natural gas storage facilities in California that are most suitable for hydrogen underground storage. The bill would require the study to include certain assessments and guidance, including an assessment of suitable geologic conditions for hydrogen storage and guidance on regulations required for hydrogen storage codes and standards. If the council agrees to undertake and complete the study, the bill would require the council to transmit the study, upon completion, to the PUC for its consideration.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 400.4 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:400.4.
(a) The Legislature requests the California Council on Science and Technology (council), in consultation with the commission and the Energy Commission, to undertake and, within 12 months of entering into the contract, complete a study analyzing the existing oil and gas fields and existing natural gas storage facilities in California that are most suitable for hydrogen underground storage. The study shall also consider the suitability of California for underground hard rock storage of hydrogen and ammonia. The study shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:(1) An assessment of suitable geologic conditions for hydrogen storage.
(2) An assessment of regional
future need for hydrogen storage.
(3) Guidance on regulations required for hydrogen storage codes and standards.
(4) An assessment of the potential of idle fields owned by the State Lands Commission for hydrogen storage or carbon capture usage and sequestration.
(b) If the council agrees to undertake and complete the study pursuant to subdivision (a), the council shall, upon completion of the study, transmit it to the commission for its consideration.
