Bill Text: CA SB1153 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Greenhouse gases: scoping plan: biomethane.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SB1153 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1153-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1153	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 38561.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1153, as amended, Cannella. Greenhouse gases: scoping plan:
biomethane.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping
plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and
cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update
the scoping plan at least once every 5 years.
   This bill would require the state board, as a part of the update
to the scoping plan and in consultation with other state entities, to
provide a comprehensive overview of state efforts to encourage the
development of  instate   in-state 
biomethane and renewable natural gas.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) California has enacted numerous policies to reduce the
emissions of greenhouse gases and increase the use of renewable
energy resources and renewable fuels.
   (b) California has numerous programs to incentivize and encourage
the development of biogas, biomethane, and renewable natural gas
projects.
   (c) Despite a regulatory environment encouraging renewable energy
production and greenhouse gases emissions reductions, the development
of biomethane and other renewable natural gas projects continues to
lag in the state.
   (d) Obstacles to increased biomethane and renewable natural gas
projects should be identified and addressed.
   (e) Investments in dairy waste digesters, landfill diversion
programs, and anaerobic digesting at wastewater treatment facilities
provide significant reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases,
including methane, for the state.
   (f) A coordinated effort by state agencies should be undertaken to
address remaining obstacles and identify additional incentive
programs, if needed, to encourage the increased development of
 instate   in-state  biomethane and
renewable natural gas projects.
  SEC. 2.  Section 38561.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   38561.5.  As a part of the update of the scoping plan required
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 38561, the state board, in
consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of
Food and Agriculture, the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery, and any other relevant state entity, shall provide a
comprehensive overview of state efforts to encourage the development
of  instate   in-state  biomethane and
renewable natural gas. The overview shall include, but not be limited
to, all of the following:
   (a) The role of biomethane and renewable natural gas in the state'
s efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.
   (b) The estimated amount of  biomethane and  renewable
natural gas that can  cost-effectively  
feasibly  be developed from the state's organic waste streams,
including the waste, agricultural, dairy, and forestry sectors.
   (c)  Estimated   The   estimated
 cost-effectiveness of the  production of biomethane and
renewable natural gas from the  various waste streams.
   (d)  Analysis   An analysis  of current
market conditions for  biomethane and  renewable natural gas
in California.
   (e)  Overview   An overview  of current
programs to encourage development of biomethane and renewable natural
gas.
   (f) Identification of obstacles to increased development of
 instate   in-state  biomethane and
renewable natural gas.
   (g) Identification of solutions for legislative consideration to
address obstacles identified in subdivision (f) and encourage
increased  instate   in-state  biomethane
and renewable natural gas development, including, but not limited to,
incentive programs and grants, preferential loan programs to enhance
project financing, and market stabilization programs, such as
contracts for differences, tax credits, and biomethane purchase
programs.