Bill Text: CA SB501 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Retail hydrogen refueling stations: reliability and service quality plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB501 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB501-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
April 19, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 20, 2023 |
Introduced by Senator Newman |
February 14, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would require the energy commission to use the data collected under these provisions to develop numerical scales for station operator and station quality rankings, as specified. The bill would require the energy commission to create an internet website with an interactive map of every hydrogen refueling station in the state that provides specified information for each station.
This bill would require the state board to develop a performance penalty and quality bonus wherein the poorest performing stations would have a percentage of their Low-Carbon Fuel Standard credits withheld each quarter and those credits would be awarded to the highest performing stations.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 43871.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:43871.5.
(a) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall do all of the following:(7)Utilizing the data collected pursuant to this section, develop a station operator ranking that will assign a performance ranking on a numerical scale for all retail hydrogen refueling stations.
(8)Publish all data collected pursuant to this section on a publicly accessible internet website that displays all retail hydrogen refueling stations on an interactive map that provides a user with all of the following information for each station:
(A)Station address.
(B)Station operator.
(C)Number of pumps, differentiating between H35 and H70 nozzles.
(D)Operational status of each pump onsite.
(E)Aggregate uptime of pumps, differentiating between H35 and H70 nozzles.
(F)Volume of saleable hydrogen fuel.
(G)Retail cost per kilogram of hydrogen.
(H)Historical average number of refuelings per hour, displayed by hour of the day.
(b)The state board shall develop a performance penalty for the poorest performing retail hydrogen refueling stations and a quality bonus for the highest performing stations. The performance penalty shall consist of a withholding of a percentage of credits generated each quarter issued to the station under the
Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations (Subarticle 7 (commencing with Section 95480) of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations). The withheld credits shall be awarded to the highest performing stations as a quality bonus.