Bill Text: CA AB2696 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Electricity: transmission facilities: study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-11 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2696 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2696-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 18, 2022 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia |
February 18, 2022 |
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares(a)California is falling behind in planning and building the electric transmission facilities needed to meet California’s clean energy and climate targets.
(b)California’s transmission planning process needs to be better aligned with the greenhouse gas reductions goals established by the State Air Resources Board, to ensure there is the transmission needed to interconnect and deliver clean energy to the California electrical grid.
SEC. 2.
Section 25236 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25236.
(a) The commission, in consultation with the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the Independent System Operator, and the Public Utilities Commission, shall conduct a study to review potential lower cost ownership and alternative financing mechanisms for new transmission facilities needed to meet the state’s clean energy and climate targets, including, but not limited to, public ownership, public financing, and partnerships with federal agencies.SEC. 3.
Section 454.53 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:454.53.
(a) It is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100 percent of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers and 100 percent of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045. The achievement of this policy for California shall not increase carbon emissions elsewhere in the western grid and shall not allow resource shuffling. The commission and Energy Commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall take steps to ensure that a transition to a zero-carbon electric system for the State of California does not cause or contribute to greenhouse gas emissions increases elsewhere in the western grid, and is undertaken in a manner consistent with clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. The commission, the Energy Commission, the State Air Resources Board, and all other state agencies shall incorporate this policy into all relevant planning.(2)If a transmission facility has been identified in the Independent System Operator’s transmission planning process as needed to achieve the policy stated in subdivision (a), the commission shall direct the electrical corporation where the transmission facility
is located to file an application for a certificate authorizing the construction of the transmission facility pursuant to the need determination in paragraph (1).
(3)