Bill Text: CA SB18 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hydrogen: green hydrogen: emissions of greenhouse gases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-08-26 - August 26 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB18 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB18-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 30, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 21, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 07, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 20, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 03, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 23, 2021 |
Introduced by Senator Skinner (Coauthor: Senator Eggman) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo, Holden, Muratsuchi, and Quirk) |
December 07, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 38561.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:38561.7.
(a) Not later than December 31, 2022, as part of the scoping plan prepared pursuant to Section 38561 and the state’s goal for carbon neutrality, the state board shall(A)A strategic plan
(B)An assessment of difficult to decarbonize
(C)
(D)Recommendations to the Legislature for legislative or agency actions to implement the strategic plan. The recommendations shall include recommendations on how to overcome market barriers and accelerate progress in green hydrogen production and use, including through the use of public-private partnerships, demonstration projects undertaken by public, private, or nonprofit entities, or a combination thereof, incentives, financing mechanisms, or other policies, and
recommendations to maximize economic, environmental, public health, workforce, and equity benefits resulting from increased utilization of green hydrogen.
(E)A strategic plan for supporting hydrogen infrastructure and end uses in difficult to decarbonize sectors of the economy for the purpose of preparing infrastructure and end uses for green hydrogen deployment. This plan shall identify policies that promote the reduction of economywide emissions of greenhouse gases through the deployment of hydrogen, including green hydrogen, while ensuring that hydrogen infrastructure will support the employment of a skilled and trained workforce in California to perform that work.
(F)The strategic plan should also include the potential for other forms of hydrogen, outside of green hydrogen, to achieve emission reductions that can contribute to achieving the state’s climate, clean energy, and
clean air objectives.
(G)An analysis of how curtailed electrical generation could be better utilized to help meet the goals set forth in this division, including, but not limited to, whether curtailed electrical generation could be made available for the production of green hydrogen. The state board shall consult with the Independent System Operator in the preparation of the analysis.