Bill Text: CA AB841 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: Industrial Heat Electrification Roadmap.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB841 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB841-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 841

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Introduced by Assembly Member Berman

February 14, 2023

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An act to amend Section 25601 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 841, as introduced, Berman. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: research and development.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to develop and coordinate a program of research and development in energy supply, consumption, and conservation and the technology of siting facilities, and to give priority to those forms of research and development that are of particular importance to the state, as specified.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 25601 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

25601.

 The commission shall develop and coordinate a program of research and development in energy supply, consumption, and conservation and the technology of siting facilities and shall give priority to those forms of research and development which that are of particular importance to the state, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Methods of energy conservation specified in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 25400).

(b) Increased energy use efficiencies of existing thermal electric and hydroelectric powerplants and increased energy efficiencies in designs of thermal electric and hydroelectric powerplants.

(c) (1) Expansion and accelerated development of alternative sources of energy, including geothermal and solar resources, including, but not limited to, participation in large-scale demonstrations of alternative energy systems sited in California in cooperation with federal agencies, regional compacts, other state governments, and other participants. For purposes of this subdivision, “participation” shall be defined as means any of the following: (1)direct

(A) Direct interest in a project, (2) research project.

(B) Research and development to insure ensure acceptable resolution of environment environmental and other impacts of alternative energy systems, (3) research systems.

(C) Research and development to improve siting and permitting methodology for alternative energy systems, (4) experiments utilizing systems.

(D) Experiments using the alternative energy systems, and (5) research systems.

(E) Research and development of appropriate methods to insure ensure the widespread utilization usage of economically useful alternative energy systems. Large-scale

(2) Large-scale demonstrations of alternative energy systems are exemplified by the 100KWe to 100MWe range demonstrations of solar, wind, and geothermal systems contemplated by federal agencies, regional compacts, other state governments, and other participants.

(d) Improved methods of construction, design, and operation of facilities to protect against seismic hazards.

(e) Improved methods of energy-demand forecasting.

(f) To accomplish the purposes of subdivision (c), an amount not more than one-half of the total state funds appropriated for the solar energy research and development program as proposed in the budget prepared pursuant to Section 25604 shall be allocated for large-scale demonstration of alternative energy systems.