Bill Text: CA SB983 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Energy: gasoline stations and alternative fuel infrastructure.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and TRANS. [SB983 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 983
| Introduced by Senator Wahab (Coauthors: Senators |
January 29, 2024 |
An act to add and repeal Section 25239 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 983, as amended, Wahab.
Energy: gasoline stations and alternative fuel infrastructure.
Existing law vests the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission with jurisdiction over various energy-related matters.
This bill would require the commission, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to form the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Taskforce to conduct a study on retail gasoline fueling stations and alternative fuels infrastructure, as provided. The bill would require the taskforce, on or before January 1, 2027, to submit to the Legislature a report on the study with recommendations.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) There are over 10,000 retail gasoline fueling stations in California with over 95 percent of stations being operated by small business owners of both branded and independent stations.
(b) Almost 9,000 stations in California are connected to convenience stores that provide communities with access to a wide variety of food and beverage options.
(c) Over 60 percent of the owners are first generation, foreign-born immigrants, which is the highest of any industry in the
United States.
(d) These stations provide nearly $6 billion in wages annually and paid nearly $10 billion paid in taxes to state and local governments in California.
(e) Gasoline fueling stations are a critical part of California’s transportation fueling infrastructure for consumers.
(f) A recent study from the Energy Institute at Haas titled “Competitive Effects of Entry in Gasoline Markets” (December 2023) examined the entry of over 1,000 new gas stations in Mexico from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, and found that each additional nearby competitor leads
to lower prices for regular gasoline, premium gasoline, and diesel. The study also found suggestive evidence that increased competition has improved station quality.
(g) California should facilitate and accelerate alternative fuel infrastructure as the state estimates about 1,200,000 electric vehicle chargers will be needed by the year 2030, and currently only about 80,000 public chargers have been installed statewide.
(h) According to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, only 66 retail hydrogen refueling stations for light-duty vehicles are open in the state with an additional 34 hydrogen refueling stations in permitting, construction, or commissioning phases.
(i) Continuing to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases is critical for the protection of all areas of the state, but especially for the state’s most disadvantaged communities, as those communities are affected first, and, most frequently, by the adverse impacts of climate change, including an increased frequency of extreme weather events, such as drought, heat, and flooding. The state’s most disadvantaged communities also are disproportionately impacted by the deleterious effects of climate change on public health.
(j) As the state pursues achieving its climate goals set in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code), including Sections 38562.2 and 38566 of the Health and Safety Code, it is important to increase competition and to examine the existing infrastructure and
how it can be used in conjunction with alternative fuel infrastructure.
SEC. 2.
Section 25239 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25239.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Alternative fuel” means electricity, hydrogen, or other zero-emission alternative fuel, as determined appropriated by the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Taskforce, that is not a fossil fuel.
(2) “Alternative fuel infrastructure” means infrastructure for the fueling of alternative fuels.
(3) “Retail gasoline fueling station” means an establishment that offers for sale or sells
gasoline or gasoline and diesel fuel to the public.
(4) “Taskforce” means the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Taskforce established pursuant to subdivision (b).
(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the commission shall form the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Taskforce consisting of all of the following: following members:
(1) A member representing representative of
environmental justice communities.
(2) A representative from a national environmental organization with expertise in energy transition and economic sustainability policy.
(3) A representative with expertise in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.).
(4) A retail gasoline fueling station owner from a rural county.
(5) A retail gasoline fueling station owner from southern California.
(6) A retail gasoline fueling station owner from northern California.
(7) A member representing
representative of consumers.
(8) A member representing representative of construction labor.
(9) A member with expertise An expert in electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
(10) A member with expertise An
expert in hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
(11) A local government representative from a rural city or county.
(12) A local government representative from a northern California city or county.
(13) A local government representative from a southern
California city or county.
(14) A lawyer with expertise in land use policy.
(15) A representative from a local publicly owned electric utility.
(16) A representative from an investor-owned utility.
(c) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, the taskforce shall conduct a study study, and shall submit to the Legislature a report on the study with recommendations
recommendations, on all of the following:
(A) Policies to facilitate and accelerate the development and construction of alternative fuels infrastructure at retail gasoline fueling stations.
(B) Barriers to the accelerated development and construction of alternative fuels infrastructure at retail gasoline fueling stations.
(C) Best practices for compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 when developing and constructing alternative fuel infrastructure.
(D) Other infrastructure challenges that may delay the development and construction of alternative fuels infrastructure at retail gasoline fueling
stations.
(2) The submission of the report to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
