Bill Text: CA AB3 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Offshore wind energy: reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2023. [AB3 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB3-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 23, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Zbur (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Addis and Hart) |
December 05, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would
state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to accelerate the approval, implementation, and operation of offshore wind energy projects necessary to meet California’s climate action goals and the transition to a clean energy economy, clarify the authority of California governmental agencies related to the analysis and selection of feasible alternatives for seawater ports and transmission infrastructure improvements required to construct wind energy projects along the California coast, and specify criteria for the analysis and selection of port and transmission alternatives related to offshore wind energy projects to ensure the protection of the environment and sensitive habitats and robust community participation and comment, to keep the maximum number of jobs related to the construction of offshore wind energy projects in California, and to achieve environmental justice goals.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Offshore Wind Advancement Act.SEC. 2.
Section 25991.8 of the Public Resources Code is amended and renumbered to read:25991.8.25991.11.
This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,SEC. 3.
Section 25991.8 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25991.8.
(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, shall identify potential alternatives, analyze, and make recommendations regarding procurement mechanisms and procurement strategies that are necessary or advisable to ensure that offshore wind energy projects that are necessary for California to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 can be financed, entitled, constructed, and operated within the timeframes necessary for meeting the state’s carbon neutrality goals.SEC. 4.
Section 25991.9 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25991.9.
(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the State Lands Commission, shall develop a second-phase plan and strategy for seaport readiness that further analyzes the recommendations and alternatives in the strategic plan for offshore wind energy developments pursuant to Sections 25991 and 25991.3, and additional potential alternatives identified as part of a public process undertaken pursuant to this section.SEC. 5.
Section 25991.10 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25991.10.
(a) (1) The commission, in coordination with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of achieving 70 percent and 85 percent in-state assembly and manufacturing of offshore wind energy projects. The commission shall submit a report on the study to the Governor and the Legislature on or before July 1, 2027.(a)This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Offshore Wind Energy and Jobs Act.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to do all of the following:
(1)Accelerate the approval, implementation, and operation of offshore wind energy projects necessary to meet California’s climate action goals and the transition to a clean energy economy.
(2)Clarify the authority of California governmental agencies related to the analysis and selection of feasible alternatives for seawater ports and transmission infrastructure improvements required to
construct wind energy projects along the California coast.
(3)Specify criteria for the analysis and selection of port and transmission alternatives related to offshore wind energy projects to ensure the protection of the environment and sensitive habitats and robust community participation and comment, to keep the maximum number of jobs related to the construction of offshore wind energy projects in California, and to achieve environmental justice goals.