Amended
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Assembly
August 06, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 27, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 13, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 02, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 11, 2018 |
Senate Bill | No. 1369 |
Introduced by Senator Skinner (Coauthor: Senator Hertzberg) |
February 16, 2018 |
The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission). Existing law requires the Energy Commission to carry out technical assessment studies on all forms of energy and energy-related problems, in order to influence federal research and development priorities and to be informed on future energy options and their impact, including, among other things, the use of hydrogen as an energy form.
Existing law requires the PUC to adopt a process for each load-serving entity, defined as including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, to file for approval an integrated resource plan and a schedule for periodic updates to the plan to ensure that load-serving entities accomplish specified objectives. Existing law requires that the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility with an annual electrical demand exceeding 700
gigawatthours adopt an integrated resource plan and a process for updating the plan at least once every 5 years to ensure the utility achieves specified objectives. Existing law requires that local publicly owned electric utility integrated resource plans and any updates be filed with the Energy Commission, and requires the Energy Commission to review the plans and plan updates and, if the Energy Commission determines a plan or plan update is deficient, to provide recommendations to correct the deficiencies.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the state board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of statewide greenhouse gas emissions and to monitor and enforce compliance with this program. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit to be achieved by
2020, equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels in 1990. Amendments to the act require the state board to ensure that statewide emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit no later than December 31, 2030.
This bill would require the PUC, when evaluating an integrated resource plan filed after January 1, 2021, by a load-serving entity, and the Energy Commission, when reviewing an integrated resource plan filed after January 1, 2021, by a local publicly owned electric utility, to consider the existing and potential uses for green electrolytic hydrogen in meeting the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits approved by the state board, including the procurement of green electrolytic hydrogen for energy storage and to displace the use of fossil fuels in the electrical industry.
(2)Utilize electricity from zero-carbon electricity resources. For these purposes, a “zero-carbon electricity resource” means a facility that produces electricity in a manner that does not produce emissions of greenhouse gases.
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(a)For purposes of this section, “green electrolytic hydrogen” means hydrogen gas produced through electrolysis and does not include hydrogen gas manufactured using steam reforming or some other conversion technology that produces hydrogen from a fossil fuel feedstock.
(b)The commission, when evaluating an integrated resource plan filed after January 1, 2021, by a load-serving entity pursuant to Section 454.52, shall consider existing and potential uses for green electrolytic hydrogen in meeting the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits approved by the State Air Resources Board, including the procurement of green electrolytic hydrogen for energy storage and to displace the use of fossil fuels in the electrical industry.
(c)The Energy Commission, when reviewing an integrated resource plan filed after January 1, 2021, by a local publicly owned electric utility pursuant to Section 9622, shall consider existing and potential uses for green electrolytic hydrogen in meeting the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits approved by the State Air Resources Board, including the procurement of green electrolytic hydrogen for energy storage and to displace the use of fossil fuels in the electrical industry.