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(a) The commission shall establish and administer the Climate Innovation Program to provide financial incentives to California-headquartered companies for developing and commercializing technologies that provide technological advancements that either help California meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets and achieve its climate goals on an accelerated timeline and at a lower cost, or enable the state to be more resilient to the impacts of climate change such as drought and wildfire.

(b) In administering the Climate Innovation Program, the commission shall do all of the following:

(1) Award funds to California-headquartered companies.

(2) (A) Award funds to research teams consisting of California-headquartered companies working jointly with California public university students, faculty, or researchers at a University of California or a California State University facility, including innovation hubs, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centers, or California Institutes for Sciences and Innovation, as provided through a memorandum of understanding or contract between the California-headquartered company and these public entities.

(B) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), eligible applicants may include corporations or other business entities that enter into written agreements with the commission that the company will relocate its headquarters to California and comply with the requirements of this chapter if granted an incentive, from a state that has enacted a law that does any of the following:

(i) Voids or repeals, or has the effect of voiding or repealing, existing state protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

(ii) Authorizes or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families, or discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

(iii) Creates an exemption to antidiscrimination laws in order to permit discrimination against same-sex couples or their families, or permit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

(iv) Denies or interferes with, or has the effect of denying or interfering with, a woman’s right to choose to bear a child or to choose and obtain an abortion, as provided by Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 123460) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code.

(3) Conduct a stakeholder-driven process to identify and prioritize investments in technological advancements for the Climate Innovation Program that:

(A) Provide the greatest potential benefits to the state’s climate goals, including, but not limited to, zero-emission transportation, lithium processing, manufacturing, and recovery, regenerative agriculture, and drought and wildfire prevention.

(B) Are not sufficiently addressed by other funding programs.

(C) May leverage and attract significant federal funding to California.

(4) Negotiate with an eligible applicant the terms and conditions of proposed written agreements that provide the financial incentives allowed pursuant to this chapter. The written agreement may include such terms and conditions as required by the commission, including, but not limited to, requiring repayment of some or all of the financial incentive over a period of time determined in the written agreement.

(5) Provide the negotiated written agreement to the commission for its approval at a duly noticed public meeting held in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), including the proposed terms and conditions from paragraph (4).

(6) Post on its internet website all of the following information:

(A) The name of each applicant granted a financial incentive under this chapter.

(B) The estimated amount of the investment by each applicant.

(C) The estimated number of jobs created or retained.

(D) The amount of the financial incentive granted to the funding recipient.

(E) The amount of the financial incentive recaptured from the funding recipient, if applicable.

(7) (A) Include a term requiring the recipient, if there is a liquidity event, to repay the full amount of the financial incentive plus an additional percentage. The additional percentage shall be set at 20 percent. The commission and recipient may enter into a repayment plan for the recipient to make the repayment over time instead of the recipient making a one-time payment. The percentage may be increased to the extent the recipient fails to meet the performance metrics it agrees upon with the commission.

(B) Each financial incentive shall include performance metrics, including jobs created and environmental benefits, and may include other metrics, including, but not limited to, follow-on investment, patents filed, and estimated benefits to California based on a reasonable estimate of market adoption.

(C) The commission shall exempt from the repayment term in subparagraph (A) a “producer,” as defined in Section 47002 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that pays a lithium extraction excise tax pursuant to Section 47010 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(D) The commission may exempt projects from the repayment term in subparagraph (A) if it is prohibited by a recipient’s existing or announced federal award.

(8) (A) Establish a process for selecting and overseeing projects funded through the Climate Innovation Program to ensure financial incentives are used to advance technologies that help meet the state’s climate goals.

(B) The process described in subparagraph (A) shall include developing criteria for awarding financial incentives and providing oversight over funded projects.

(9) Require each recipient to report on the number of jobs created and the project’s measurable environmental benefits. The commission may require each recipient to report on other specific, measurable performance metrics, including, but not limited to, follow-on investment, patents filed, and estimated benefits to California based on a reasonable estimate of market adoption, as determined by the commission.

(10) Maintain an online database that includes, but is not limited to, a brief description of each project for which funding was awarded, including the name of the recipient, the amount of the award, and the outcomes of the funded project.

(11) (A) Solicit applicants and award financial incentives using a competitive award process. The commission may noncompetitively award follow-on financial incentives to awardees of a prior competitive award process.

(B) The commission may use the competitive award process of another organization to award funds or provide follow-on funding for a company previously selected through a competitive process for the purpose of attracting significant federal or private funding for the projects or for the purpose of accelerating the delivery of program benefits.

(C) Notwithstanding any other law, in its discretion, advance up to 25 percent of the financial incentive awarded pursuant to this chapter, in a manner consistent with Section 11019 of the Government Code.

(12) (A) Without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the commission, the commission may include the following repayment term: “Without limiting any of its other remedies, the commission may, for recipient’s noncompliance of any financial incentive requirement, withhold future payments, demand and be entitled to repayment of past reimbursements, or suspend or terminate this financial incentive. The tasks in the scope of work are not severable, and completion of all of them is material to this financial incentive. Another material aspect of this financial incentive is that the recipient shall be a California-headquartered company for the entire term of the financial incentive and an additional 10 years. Thus, the commission, without limiting its other remedies, is entitled to repayment of all funds paid to recipient if the recipient does not timely complete all tasks in the scope of work or is not a California-headquartered company at any time during the financial incentive period and an additional 10 years.” (B) If both the repayment term described in subparagraph (A) and the repayment term in paragraph (4) apply, the repayment term of paragraph (4) has priority, but the repayment term of subparagraph (A) also applies.

(C) The commission may exempt projects from the repayment term described in subparagraph (A) if it is prohibited by a recipient’s existing or announced federal award.

(13) Include a term requiring all funds awarded in the financial incentive to be spent on projects located in California.


kind: section

code: PRC

text: The commission may propose contingent financial incentives under the Climate Innovation Program to corporations or other business forms organized for the transaction of business that are not California-headquartered companies contingent upon a requirement that the entity become a California-headquartered company before the commission executes the financial incentive.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 11. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)

division: 15. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

chapter: 7.2. Climate Innovation Program

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text: Recipients of a financial incentive awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be a California-headquartered company for the entire term of the financial incentive and for 10 years after the financial incentive ends.


text: To support the activities of this chapter, the commission may noncompetitively obtain assistance for technical, scientific, or administrative services or expertise, including, but not limited to, through contract or interagency agreement, to help with the commission’s implementation of the Climate Innovation Program or to provide assistance to project applicants for technical, scientific, or administrative services or expertise. Up to 10 percent of programs funds shall be used for this administrative purpose.


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(a) The commission shall establish a small business energy assistance low-interest revolving loan program to fund the purchase of equipment for alternative technology energy projects for California’s small businesses.

(b) Loan repayments, interest, and royalties shall be deposited in the Energy Technologies Research, Development, and Demonstration Account. The interest rate shall be based on surveys of existing financial markets and at rates not lower than the Pooled Money Investment Account.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 227, Sec. 93. Effective August 16, 2004.)

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text:
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Energy storage system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2835 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) “Thermal energy storage” means the storage of thermal energy for direct use for heating or cooling at a later time in a manner that avoids the need to use electricity at that later time.

(c) “Financial incentive” includes a contract, grant, loan, rebate, block grant, or other appropriate funding mechanism.

(d) “Under-resourced community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 71130.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 395, Sec. 2. (AB 1280) Effective January 1, 2026.)

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(a) The commission shall establish and implement the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program to provide financial incentives for eligible projects, located at eligible storage facilities, that have power ratings of at least one megawatt and are capable of reaching a target of at least eight hours of continuous discharge of electricity at that power rating in order to deploy innovative energy storage systems to the electrical grid for purposes of providing critical capacity and grid services.

(b) The commission shall establish and implement an Industrial Facilities Thermal Energy Storage Program within the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program to provide financial incentives for eligible projects located at eligible facilities to decarbonize industrial facilities’ use of heat and power. The commission may establish project and industrial facility guidelines for the purposes of this section that support the broader transformation of industrial facilities to ensure program resources support high-road jobs, community benefits, and the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 395, Sec. 3. (AB 1280) Effective January 1, 2026.)

chapter: 7.4. Long-Duration Energy Storage Program


text:
(a) The commission may establish project and storage facility eligibility guidelines for purposes of this chapter.

(b) Any eligibility guidelines established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be consistent with both of the following requirements:

(1) “Eligible storage facility” shall include, but not be limited to, an energy storage system that is interconnected to the electrical grid in California or to a California balancing authority.

(2) (A) “Eligible project” shall include, but not be limited to, an eligible storage facility that includes any of the following:

(i) Compressed air or liquid air technologies.

(ii) Flow batteries, advanced chemistry batteries, or mechanical energy storage.

(iii) Thermal energy storage or aqueous battery systems.

(iv) A hydrogen demonstration project.

(B) “Eligible project” shall not include a pumped storage project or lithium-ion-based storage technology.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 395, Sec. 4. (AB 1280) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text:
In implementing the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program, the commission may do all of the following:

(a) In addition to any other authorized method of providing moneys to participants in the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program, use financial incentives.

(b) Award Long-Duration Energy Storage Program moneys for technical assistance, including, but not limited to, providing outreach to eligible industries, identifying promising technologies, assessing market conditions needed to accelerate commercial traction of the technology, assisting with technical review of proposals and deliverables, identifying opportunities that provide significant benefits to the electrical grid, and performing benefits analysis. The commission may contract for, or through interagency agreement obtain, technical, scientific, and administrative services and expertise from one or more entities to support the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program.

(c) Adopt guidelines or other standards at a business meeting for the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program. The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to the adoption of the guidelines or other standards adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter.

(d) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, noncompetitively award Long-Duration Energy Storage Program moneys through an amendment to, or a new agreement with a party to or recipient of, contracts or grants from California governmental entities or a federal agency if the recipient has received funding for the original project through a competitive bid process from a California governmental entity or federal agency and the awarding of those moneys is consistent with the stated goals and criteria of the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, noncompetitively award Long-Duration Energy Storage Program moneys to a governmental entity, national laboratory, entity contracted by the federal government to operate a national laboratory, or foundation established to serve the University of California or California State University.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law, noncompetitively award Long-Duration Energy Storage Program moneys to any entity if the cost to the state is reasonable and the commission makes any of the following determinations:

(A) The expertise, service, or product is unique.

(B) A competitive solicitation would frustrate the obtainment of necessary information, goods, or services in a timely manner.

(C) The moneys to be awarded would fund the next phase of a multiphased project, the multiphased project was funded through competitively awarded agreement, and the entity satisfactorily performed the competitively awarded agreement.

(D) It is in the best interests of the state to do so.

(E) The entity will use the moneys as matching funds for federally awarded moneys.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, in its discretion, advance up to 25 percent of the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program moneys awarded pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 61, Sec. 5. (AB 205) Effective June 30, 2022.)


text: Notwithstanding any other law, a commission agreement entered into for purposes of the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program shall not require the review, consent, or approval of the Department of General Services or any other state department or agency and are not required to comply with the requirements of the State Contracting Manual, the Public Contract Code, or the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.


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(a) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall give preference to an eligible project that does one or more of the following:

(1) Increases the reliability and resiliency of the electrical grid.

(2) Adds electrical grid services when the electrical grid is stressed or anticipating pending energy challenges.

(3) Increases the use of renewable energy, through reducing curtailment and shifting power usage from peak to off-peak times, and reduces the impact of climate change on the electrical grid or on connected facilities or communities, including by improving air quality, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, or providing under-resourced communities with increased reliability and resiliency.

(4) Lowers energy costs and provides employment opportunities for residents of under-resourced communities.

(5) Interconnects to the electrical grid and is commercially operational by 2028.

(b) For applications received after January 1, 2027, the commission shall provide financial incentives to a project that involves the performance of work by contractors in the construction industry only if that work is performed pursuant to a project labor agreement that, at a minimum, meets the requirements of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 395, Sec. 5. (AB 1280) Effective January 1, 2026.)


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(a) All funds from loan repayments and interest that become due and payable for loans made by the commission pursuant to an agriculture energy assistance program shall be deposited in the Energy Technologies Research, Development, and Demonstration Account, and shall be available for loans and technical assistance pursuant to this section, upon appropriation in the Budget Act. Up to 20 percent of the annual appropriation may be available for technical assistance.

(b) Loans made pursuant to this section shall be for the purchase of equipment and services for agriculture energy efficiency and development demonstration projects, including, but not limited to, production of methane or ethanol, use of wind, photovoltaics, and other sources of energy for irrigation pumping, application of load management conservation techniques, improvements in water pumping and pressurization techniques, and conservation tillage techniques.

(c) The loans shall contain terms that provide for a repayment period of not more than seven years and for interest at a rate that is not less than 2 percent below the rate earned by moneys in the Pooled Money Investment Account.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1046, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)

path: 15. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT > 7.5. Agricultural Industry Energy Program


text:
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Clean energy programs” means the programs described in Section 25660.4.

(b) “Emergency Load Reduction Program” means the Emergency Load Reduction Program established by the Public Utilities Commission in Decision 21-03-056 (March 25, 2021), Decision Directing Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas and Electric Company to Take Actions to Prepare for Potential Extreme Weather in the Summers of 2021 and 2022.

(c) “Financial incentive” includes a contract, grant, loan, rebate, block grant, or other appropriate funding mechanism.

(d) “Under-resourced community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 71130.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 12. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)

chapter: 7.6. Clean Energy Programs

article: 1. General Provisions

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text:
On or before March 1 , 2024, and annually thereafter by that date until all funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter have been encumbered, the commission shall publish on its internet website and report, as applicable, to the budget and relevant policy committees of the Legislature all of the following for each clean energy program:

(a) The amount of moneys expended for the program and balance of moneys remaining to be spent, including geographic distribution of those moneys.

(b) The amount of moneys expended on administrative, technical, or scientific services for the program.

(c) Quantitative estimates and qualitative information on how moneys expended by the program are achieving the specific purposes of that program.

(d) Estimates of additional electrical generation or storage capacity at net peak hours or during critical grid conditions created, expanded, or otherwise made available as a direct result of the program.

(e) Estimated onsite reductions of the emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants that occurred as a direct result of the program.

(f) A description of how the appropriated moneys were used for the program and industries receiving program funding.

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
This chapter only applies to the following programs or activities:

(a) The Industrial Grid Support and Decarbonization Program established pursuant to Section 25662.

(b) The Food Production Investment Program established pursuant to Section 25663.

(c) The Hydrogen Program established pursuant to Section 25664.2.

(d) The Equitable Building Decarbonization Program established pursuant to Section 25665.1.

(e) The program to support offshore wind infrastructure improvements established pursuant to Section 25666.

article: 1. General Provisions


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In implementing the clean energy programs, the commission may do both of the following:

(a) Contract for or use an interagency agreement to obtain technical, scientific, outreach, and administrative services. Administrative services may include, but are not limited to, providing outreach to eligible industries, identifying promising technologies, assessing market conditions needed to accelerate commercial traction of the technology, assisting with technical review of proposals and deliverables, identifying opportunities that provide significant benefits to the electrical grid, and performing benefits analysis. No more than 15 percent of the moneys appropriated for each program may be used for technical, scientific, outreach, or administrative services.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, in its discretion, advance up to 25 percent of the clean energy program moneys allocated pursuant to this chapter to recipients of a financial incentive.

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Of the moneys appropriated for the clean energy programs, the Climate Innovation Program established pursuant to Section 25625.2, the Carbon Removal Innovation Program established pursuant to Section 25688, and the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program established pursuant to Section 25641, the commission may use up to a total of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) for projects consistent with subdivision (f) of Section 63048.93 of the Government Code. The commission, in its sole discretion, shall determine how to allocate those moneys for those programs. The commission may transfer moneys, if necessary, from the source fund of the appropriation to the Climate Catalyst Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 63048.95 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 20, Sec. 39. (AB 137) Effective June 30, 2025.)

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The commission shall establish and administer the Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid Operations Program to provide financial incentives for the implementation of eligible projects at eligible industrial facilities to provide significant benefits to the electrical grid, reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and health-harming pollutants, achieve the state’s clean energy goals, and exceed compliance requirements.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 395, Sec. 7. (AB 1280) Effective January 1, 2026.)

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text:
(a) The commission may establish project and industrial facility eligibility guidelines for purposes of this article.

(b) The eligibility guidelines established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be consistent with all of the following requirements:

(1) “Eligible industrial facility” shall include, but not be limited to, a facility involved with manufacturing, production, and processing of materials, such as chemicals, metals, food and beverages, and nonmetallic minerals, including cement, glass, electronics, and pharmaceuticals, and related support facilities.

(2) (A) “Eligible project” shall include, but not be limited to, the purchase and deployment of advanced technologies and equipment that is capable of doing at least one of the following:

(i) Enhance electrical grid reliability and enable industrial facility participation in utility load reduction programs, such as an emergency load reduction program.

(ii) Electrify processes that use gas or other fossil fuels to produce heat for industrial processes.

(iii) Incorporate energy storage, including thermal energy storage, or renewable energy resources.

(iv) Increase energy efficiency.

(v) Develop and deploy novel decarbonization technologies and strategies, including carbon capture of process emissions for use in products, such as carbonate mineralization and carbon curing of concrete that reduces or eliminates the emissions of greenhouse gases, except geologic storage.

(B) “Eligible project” shall not include a project to benefit an oil production, processing, or refining facility, to benefit a fossil gas production, processing, or refining facility, or to use captured carbon for enhanced oil and gas recovery.

(C) For applications received after January 1, 2027, a project that involves the performance of work by contractors in the construction industry shall be eligible for a financial incentive pursuant to this article only if the work is performed pursuant to a project labor agreement that, at a minimum, meets the requirements of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

(D) A project shall only be eligible for a financial incentive pursuant to this article if the project will use technologies that exceed the best available control technology, as defined in Section 40405 of the Health and Safety Code, if applicable.

(E) For applications received after January 1, 2027, an eligible project for a facility that has a record of air permit violations shall separately develop a plan for pollution remediation, including for ecological and public health harms.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 395, Sec. 8. (AB 1280) Effective January 1, 2026.)

article: 2. Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid Operations Program


text:
(a) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this article, the commission shall give preference to an eligible project that does one or more of the following:

(1) Provides significant benefits to the electrical grid, especially during net peak periods.

(2) Maximizes the reduction of the emissions of greenhouse gases.

(3) Reduces air pollution in under-resourced communities.

(4) Is located in an under-resourced community, as defined in Section 71130, or in an area out of compliance with the applicable federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.) deadlines in nonattainment areas.

(5) Develops a community benefit fund or agrees to pursue a community benefits agreement with the surrounding community and other affected stakeholders.

(b) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this article, the commission shall prioritize an eligible project that reduces demand during net peak periods.

(c) (1) The commission shall consult with the State Air Resources Board to ensure that financial incentives provided pursuant to this article reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases under the statewide greenhouse gas emission limits in furtherance of the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets, to the extent feasible under the State Air Resources Board’s regulatory programs.

(2) To comply with the requirements of this subdivision, the commission may require a recipient of a financial incentive to surrender to the State Air Resources Board the number of annual allowances allocated at no cost to the eligible industrial facility pursuant to the market-based compliance mechanism developed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 38570) of Division 25.5 of the Health and Safety Code equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions reduced by the eligible project.

(d) A recipient of a financial incentive pursuant to this article shall not receive more than 20 percent of the moneys allocated pursuant to this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 395, Sec. 9. (AB 1280) Effective January 1, 2026.)


text: An eligible project that receives a financial incentive pursuant to this article is ineligible for a financial incentive pursuant to the Food Production Investment Program (Article 3 (commencing with Section 25663)).


text: The commission shall establish and administer the Food Production Investment Program to provide financial incentives for the implementation of eligible projects to accelerate the adoption of advanced energy technologies and other decarbonization technologies at eligible facilities to support electrical grid reliability and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from those eligible facilities.

article: 3. Food Production Investment Program

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text:
(a) The commission may establish project and facility eligibility guidelines for purposes of this article.

(b) The eligibility guidelines established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be consistent with both of the following requirements:

(1) “Eligible facility” shall include, but not be limited to, a facility that is directly involved in food production and processing, and related support facilities.

(2) “Eligible project” shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following:

(A) The purchase and deployment of advanced technologies and equipment that exceed the best available control technologies, as defined in Section 40405 of the Health and Safety Code, if applicable.

(B) A project that does at least one of the following:

(i) Enhances electrical grid reliability and enables an eligible facility to participate in a utility load reduction program, such as an emergency load reduction program.

(ii) Electrifies processes that use gas or other fossil fuels.

(iii) Incorporates photovoltaics, energy storage, or other renewable energy sources.

(iv) Increases energy efficiency.

(v) Develops and deploys novel decarbonization technologies and strategies, except carbon capture or utilization technologies.

article: 3. Food Production Investment Program


text:
(a) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this article, the commission shall give preference to an eligible project that does one or more of the following:

(1) Provides significant benefits to the electrical grid, especially during net peak periods.

(2) Maximizes the reduction of the emissions of greenhouse gases.

(3) Reduces air pollution in under-resourced communities.

(b) In providing financial incentives pursuant to this article, the commission shall prioritize an eligible project that reduces demand during net peak periods.

(c) (1) The commission shall consult with the State Air Resources Board to ensure that financial incentives provided pursuant to this article reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases under the statewide greenhouse gas emission limits in furtherance of the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets, to the extent feasible under the State Air Resources Board’s regulatory programs.

(2) To comply with the requirements of this subdivision, the commission may require a recipient of a financial incentive to surrender to the State Air Resources Board the number of annual allowances allocated at no cost to the facility pursuant to the market-based compliance mechanism developed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 38570) of Division 25.5 of the Health and Safety Code equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions reduced by the project.

(d) A recipient of a financial incentive pursuant to this article shall not receive more than 20 percent of the moneys allocated pursuant to this article.

article: 3. Food Production Investment Program


text: An eligible project that receives a financial incentive pursuant to this article is ineligible for a financial incentive pursuant to the Industrial Grid Support and Decarbonization Program (Article 2 (commencing with Section 25662)).

article: 3. Food Production Investment Program


text: For purposes of this article, hydrogen projects that produce, process, deliver, store, or use hydrogen derived from water using eligible renewable energy resources, as defined in Section 399.12 of the Public Utilities Code, or produced from these eligible renewable energy resources, shall be eligible for financial incentives pursuant to this article.

article: 4. Hydrogen Program

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text:
(a) The commission shall establish and administer the Hydrogen Program pursuant to this article to provide financial incentives to eligible in-state hydrogen projects for the demonstration or scale-up of the production, processing, delivery, storage, or end use of hydrogen consistent with Section 25664.1.

(b) Financial incentives provided pursuant to this article may be used as matching funds by selected entities that have received a grant pursuant to Section 16161 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(c) The commission may establish project eligibility and other guidelines for purposes of this article.

(d) The commission shall include in the guidelines or project requirements that the financial incentives received pursuant to this article do not supplant or result in duplicative offset credits, renewable energy credits, or other forms of compliance credits.

(e) The commission shall only provide financial incentives to eligible projects that help reduce sector-wide emissions, as determined by the commission.

(f) The commission shall prioritize eligible projects that benefit geographically diverse areas of the state.

(g) The commission shall prioritize eligible projects that maximize air quality, equity, health, and workforce benefits.

article: 4. Hydrogen Program


text:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “California Native American tribe” has the same meaning as defined in Section 21073.

(b) “California tribal organization” means a corporation, association, or group controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by a California Native American tribe that is subject to its laws, the laws of the State of California, or the laws of the United States.

(c) “Direct install” means an energy efficiency, decarbonization, or load flexible solution provided directly to a consumer at minimal or no cost through a third-party implementer.

(d) “Low-carbon building technology” means a technology that reduces a building’s direct emissions of greenhouse gases.

(e) “Low-to-moderate income” has the same meaning as “persons and families of low or moderate income” as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(f) “Residential dwelling” means any of the following:

(1) A multifamily residential building of at least two housing units.

(2) An individual or single-family residence.

(3) A mobilehome unit.

(g) “Statewide incentive program” means a first come, first served incentive program for specified equipment serving the residents of California.

(h) “Third-party implementer” means noncommission personnel under contract to the commission who propose, design, implement, or deliver Equitable Building Decarbonization Program activities.

(i) “Under-resourced community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 71130.

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text:
(a) (1) The commission shall establish the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program.

(2) The Equitable Building Decarbonization Program includes the direct install program established pursuant to Section 25665.3 and the statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies established pursuant to section 25665.5.

(b) If moneys made available for the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program remain unspent after two years, the commission shall evaluate potential changes to the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program to increase participation and may make those unspent funds, or a portion of those unspent funds, available for other purposes consistent with the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program.

article: 5. Equitable Building Decarbonization Program


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The commission shall establish the direct install program consistent with all of the following:

(a) Participation in the direct install program shall be at minimal or no cost for low-to-moderate income residents, with preference given where the building meets one or more of the following criteria:

(1) The building is located in a under-resourced community.

(2) The building is owned or managed by a California Native American tribe or a California tribal organization.

(3) The building is owned by a member of a California Native American tribe.

(b) The commission may administer the direct install program through regional direct install third-party implementers selected through a competitive solicitation process. In selecting third-party implementers, the commission shall prioritize applications from entities that include at least one community-based organization in order to ensure for the provision of culturally-appropriate outreach, education, and support to households participating in the direct install program, and from entities that employ workers from local communities.

(c) The direct install program shall reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, and shall encourage, where feasible, resiliency to extreme heat, indoor air quality improvements, energy affordability, and grid reliability support.

(d) Projects eligible to be funded through the direct install program include installation of energy efficient electric appliances, energy efficiency measures, demand flexibility measures, wiring and panel upgrades, building infrastructure upgrades, efficient air conditioning systems, ceiling fans, and other measures to protect against extreme heat, where appropriate, and remediation and safety measures to facilitate the installation of new technologies.

(e) The direct install program may include tenant protections for participating rental properties. These protections may include requiring the consent of tenants impacted by the work, tenant education provided by community-based organizations, protections against short-term and long-term displacement, and limits on increases in rent after completion of a project funded pursuant to the direct install program.

(f) Projects funded pursuant the direct install program shall be performed by workers paid prevailing wage where possible and when applicable.

(g) The commission may establish project and eligibility guidelines for purposes of the direct install program.


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The commission shall establish and administer a statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies, consistent with all of the following:

(a) The commission shall coordinate with other program administrators, such as the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of Community Services and Development, and the Strategic Growth Council, and may integrate with or enhance other incentive programs.

(b) The commission shall establish eligibility requirements for the statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies.

(c) Measures eligible for funding pursuant to the statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies include, but are not limited to, low-carbon building technologies, such as heat pumps, space and water heaters, and other efficient electric technologies.

(d) A minimum of 50 percent of the moneys allocated pursuant to the statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies shall benefit residents living in an under-resourced community.

(e) The guidelines for the statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies may be developed with input from stakeholders, including, but not limited to, residential dwelling owners, manufacturers, building contractors, utilities, and other agencies through public workshops.

(f) The commission may establish guidelines for purposes of the statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies.


text: The commission may adopt guidelines or other standards at a commission business meeting to implement this article. The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to the adoption of the guidelines or other standards adopted by the commission to implement this article. Before adopting or revising the guidelines or other standards, the commission shall provide an opportunity for public comment and at least one public workshop.


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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before September 1, 2024, and annually thereafter until all moneys appropriated in Items 3360-002-0001 and 3360-102-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2022, as amended by Chapter 249 of the Statutes of 2022, for the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program have been expended, the commission shall submit a report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature that includes information about the progress of the direct install program, including the selected administrators and implementers and implementation progress, including, but not limited to, the number of residents and buildings provided low- and zero-cost projects, the number of each project type implemented, the estimated reductions of the emissions of greenhouse gases, and the locational distribution of the expenditures by county and region.

(b) (1) Upon the complete expenditure of all moneys described in subdivision (a), the commission shall notify the Secretary of State contemporaneously with the submission of the report required by subdivision (a) that includes information regarding the last expended moneys.

(2) This section shall become inoperative on the date the commission notifies the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (1) and is repealed on January 1 of the following year.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 387, Sec. 1. (SB 306) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed January 1 following the inoperative date.)


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(a) The commission shall establish and administer a program to support offshore wind infrastructure improvements in order to advance the capabilities of California ports, harbors, and other waterfront facilities to support the buildout of offshore wind facilities and maximize the economic and environmental benefits of an offshore wind industry in California.

(b) The commission may develop guidelines for purposes of this article. Eligible applicants shall include California port authorities, port operators, port commissions, and their respective authorized agents, other California waterfront facilities, and other entities that demonstrate a commitment to California offshore wind energy investments and are partnered with a California waterfront facility.

(c) Moneys allocated pursuant to this article may be used for any of the following purposes:

(1) Category I activities. Category I activities support developing individual or regional retrofit concepts and investment plans. Category I activities may include planning, feasibility analysis, business case development, environmental analyses, engineering and design work, and other offshore wind energy related planning and development activities.

(2) Category II activities. Category II activities support final design, engineering, environmental studies and review, and construction of retrofits. Category II activities may support a range of retrofit activities to support deployment of offshore wind energy, including land expansion for component assembly, staging, and transportation, facility updates such as adding laydown and storage areas, increasing heavy-lift crane weight and height capabilities, and other improvements to support the long-term operation and maintenance of offshore wind generation facilities, and other offshore wind energy related design and development activities.

(3) Providing cost share funding to an eligible applicant that receives a federal award for purposes consistent with Category I or Category II activities. Moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be known as Category III funds.

(4) Preliminary engineering and environmental review work, including taking actions and preparing material to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) or federal environmental laws.

(d) Moneys allocated pursuant to this article may be used for one or more purposes described in subdivision (c), to the extent it is consistent with the commission’s guidelines and the scope of the allocation.

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text: This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Carbon Removal Innovation Program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 13. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)

chapter: 7.8. Carbon Removal Innovation Program

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

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text:
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Eligible projects” means projects that include, but are not limited to, technology research, development, and demonstrations and implementation of prototype and pilot research test centers.

(b) “Financial incentive” includes a contract, grant, loan, or other appropriate funding mechanism.

(c) “Program” means the Carbon Removal Innovation Program established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 25688).

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


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(a) The commission shall establish and administer the Carbon Removal Innovation Program to provide financial incentives for eligible projects that advance technologies for direct air capture of atmospheric carbon.

(b) Eligible projects shall include, but not be limited to, technology research, development and demonstrations, and prototype and pilot research test centers to remove atmospheric carbon. Eligible projects shall not include a project to benefit a petroleum or gas production, processing, or refining facility, through enhanced oil or gas recovery.

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In implementing the program, the commission may do all of the following:

(a) In addition to any other authorized method of providing moneys to participants, use financial incentives.

(b) Adopt guidelines or other standards at a commission business meeting for the program, including guidelines to ensure that the program improves emission reductions and environmental performance of existing facilities and does not adversely impact local air quality.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, noncompetitively award program moneys to an entity that will use the moneys as matching funds for federally awarded moneys.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, advance up to 25 percent at a time of the program moneys awarded pursuant to this chapter to the awardee.

(e) Consult with the State Air Resources Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Department of Fish and Wildlife, State Lands Commission, local air quality management districts and local air pollution control districts, regional water quality control boards, and other relevant local, state, or federal agencies, to ensure program moneys support achieving the state’s climate targets, to the extent feasible.

(f) On or before January 1, 2026, the commission shall publish on its internet website, at a minimum, the following information regarding the projects for which the commission awards program funds:

(1) A detailed description of the project, including how the project meets the goals and objectives established by the commission.

(2) A detailed update regarding the status of the construction, development, permitting, and operation of the project.

(3) If feasible, based on available data, an analysis of the effectiveness of the project, and the project’s impact on criteria pollutants in the community in which the project is located or near.

article: 2. Program Establishment and Implementation


text: The commission shall, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, develop contingency plans to deal with possible shortages of electrical energy or fuel supplies to protect public health, safety, and welfare.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 276.)

chapter: 8. Energy Shortage Contingency Planning

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text:
(a) Within six months after the effective date of this division, each electric utility, gas utility, and fuel wholesaler or manufacturer in the state shall prepare and submit to the commission a proposed emergency load curtailment plan or emergency energy supply distribution plan setting forth proposals for identifying priority loads or users in the event of a sudden and serious shortage of fuels or interruption in the generation of electricity.

(b) The commission shall encourage electric utilities to cooperate in joint preparation of an emergency load curtailment plan or emergency energy distribution plan. If such a cooperative plan is developed between two or more electric utilities, such utilities may submit such joint plans to the commission in place of individual plans required by subdivision (a) of this section.

(c) The commission shall collect from all relevant governmental agencies, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission and the Office of Emergency Services, any existing contingency plans for dealing with sudden energy shortages or information related thereto.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 484. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)


text: The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, review the emergency load curtailment program plans or emergency energy supply distribution plans submitted pursuant to Section 25701, and, within one year after the effective date of this division, the commission shall approve and recommend to the Governor and the Legislature plans for emergency load curtailment and energy supply distribution in the event of a sudden energy shortage. Such plans shall be based upon the plans presented by the electric utilities, gas utilities, and fuel wholesalers or manufacturers, information provided by other governmental agencies, independent analysis and study by the commission and information provided at the hearing or hearings. Such plans shall provide for the provision of essential services, the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, and the maintenance of a sound basic state economy. Provision shall be made in such plans to eliminate wasteful, uneconomic, and unnecessary uses of energy in times of shortages and to differentiate curtailment of energy consumption by users on the basis of ability to accommodate such curtailments. Such plans shall also specify the authority of and recommend the appropriate actions of state and local governmental agencies in dealing with energy shortages.


text: Within four months after the date of certification of any new facility, the commission shall review and revise the recommended plans based on additional new capacity attributed to any such facility. The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, review the plans at least every five years from the approval of the initial plan as specified in Section 25702.


text: The commission shall carry out studies to determine if potential serious shortages of electrical, natural gas, or other sources of energy are likely to occur and shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature concerning administrative and legislative actions required to avert possible energy supply emergencies or serious fuel shortages, including, but not limited to, energy conservation and energy development measures, to grant authority to specific governmental agencies or officers to take actions in the event of a sudden energy shortage, and to clarify and coordinate existing responsibilities for energy emergency actions.


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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events and increasing levels of variable renewable energy resources necessitate planning for the net load, which is load minus variable renewables, peak in addition to peak load.

(2) There is a need to reassess how applicable authorities plan to have adequate resources to ensure reliability in all hours of the day. While certain capacity product requirements have been standardized through the Independent System Operator, such as local and flexible capacity obligations, and there have been discussions of increased or even minimum planning reserves margins, there is a need to consider modern metrics to assess the overall reliability performance of the Independent System Operator balancing authority area.

(b) On or before December 31, 2023, the commission shall, as part of a transparent public process that includes input from industry stakeholders, and in direct collaboration with representatives of local publicly owned electric utilities and the Independent System Operator, develop recommendations about approaches to determine an appropriate minimum planning reserve margin for local publicly owned electric utilities within the Independent System Operator balancing authority area sufficient to ensure each local publicly owned electric utility is adequately accounting for its contribution to reliability in the Independent System Operator balancing authority area. The approaches shall take into consideration climate change, extreme weather events, cost effectiveness, and feasibility, and may vary by utility type. The recommendations shall include an implementation timeline taking into account potential impacts on resource needs and availability of clean energy resources. These recommendations shall be used by local publicly owned electric utilities in conformance with subdivision (b) of Section 9620 of the Public Utilities Code. The commission shall from time to time revise, as appropriate and in accordance with the process set forth in this subdivision, the planning reserve margin recommendations to ensure that each local publicly owned electric utility is adequately accounting for its contribution to reliability.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 14. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)


text:
If the commission determines that all reasonable conservation, allocation, and service restriction measures may not alleviate an energy supply emergency, and upon a declaration by the Governor or by an act of the Legislature that a threat to public health, safety, and welfare exists and requires immediate action, the commission shall authorize the construction and use of generating facilities under such terms and conditions as specified by the commission to protect the public interest.

Within 60 days after the authorization of construction and use of such generating facilities, the commission shall issue a report detailing the full nature, extent, and estimated duration of the emergency situation and making recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature for further energy conservation and energy supply measures to alleviate the emergency situation as alternatives to use of such generating facilities.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1012.)


text:
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Electric Program Investment Charge” means the surcharge instituted by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Decision 11-12-035 or any subsequent decisions to collect funds for renewable energy programs and research, development, and demonstration programs.

(b) “Fund” means the portion of the Electric Program Investment Charge Fund created by Section 25711.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 97. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)

path: 15. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT > 8.1. Electric Program Investment Charge Fund


text:
For the purposes of implementing this chapter, the Electric Program Investment Charge Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.

(a) The commission shall administer the fund.

(b) At least quarterly, moneys received by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to the Electric Program Investment Charge for those programs the Public Utilities Commission has determined should be administered by the Energy Commission shall be forwarded by the Public Utilities Commission to the commission for deposit in the fund.

(c) The Controller shall, as directed by the commission, disburse moneys in the fund for purposes of this chapter.

(d) The commission may use moneys in the fund for the administration of this chapter, as authorized by the Public Utilities Commission and appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

chapter: 8.1. Electric Program Investment Charge Fund


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In administering moneys in the fund for research, development, and demonstration programs under this chapter, the commission shall develop and implement the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program to do all of the following:

(a) Award funds for projects that will benefit electricity ratepayers and lead to either of the following:

(1) Technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome the barriers that prevent the achievement of the state’s statutory energy goals and that result in a portfolio of projects that is strategically focused and sufficiently narrow to make advancement on the most significant technological challenges that shall include, but not be limited to, energy storage, renewable energy and its integration into the electrical grid, energy efficiency, integration of electric vehicles into the electrical grid, and accurately forecasting the availability of renewable energy for integration into the electrical grid.

(2) Technological advancements to reduce the costs of building electrification, including by reducing or avoiding costs of expanding electrical service and electrical panel upgrades for existing buildings.

(b) In consultation with the Treasurer, establish terms that shall be imposed as a condition to receipt of funding for the state to accrue any intellectual property interest or royalties that may derive from projects funded by the EPIC program. The commission, when determining if imposition of the proposed terms is appropriate, shall balance the potential benefit to the state from those terms and the effect those terms may have on the state achieving its statutory energy goals. The commission shall require each reward recipient, as a condition of receiving moneys pursuant to this chapter, to agree to any terms the commission determines are appropriate for the state to accrue any intellectual property interest or royalties that may derive from projects funded by the EPIC program.

(c) Require each applicant to report how the proposed project may lead to technological advancement and potential breakthroughs to overcome barriers to achieving the state’s statutory energy goals.

(d) Take into account, when applicable, the adverse localized health impacts of proposed projects to the greatest extent possible.

(e) Establish a process for tracking the progress and outcomes of each funded project, including an accounting of the amount of funds spent by program administrators and individual grant recipients on administrative and overhead costs and whether the project resulted in any technological advancement or breakthrough to overcome barriers to achieving the state’s statutory energy goals.

(f) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, prepare and submit to the Legislature no later than April 30 of each year an annual report in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code that shall include all of the following:

(1) A brief description of each project for which funding was awarded in the immediately prior calendar year, including the name of the recipient and the amount of the award, a description of how the project is thought to lead to technological advancement or breakthroughs to overcome barriers to achieving the state’s statutory energy goals, and a description of why the project was selected.

(2) A brief description of each project funded by the EPIC program that was completed in the immediately prior calendar year, including the name of the recipient, the amount of the award, and the outcomes of the funded project.

(3) A brief description of each project funded by the EPIC program for which an award was made in the previous years but that is not completed, including the name of the recipient and the amount of the award, and a description of how the project will lead to technological advancement or breakthroughs to overcome barriers to achieving the state’s statutory energy goals.

(4) Identification of the award recipients that are California-based entities, small businesses, or businesses owned by women, minorities, or disabled veterans.

(5) Identification of which awards were made through a competitive bid, interagency agreement, or sole source method, and the action of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) for each award made through an interagency agreement or sole source method.

(6) Identification of the total amount of administrative and overhead costs incurred for each project.

(7) A brief description of the impact on program administration from the allocations required to be made pursuant to former Section 25711.6, including any information that would help the Legislature determine whether to reauthorize those allocations beyond June 30, 2023.

(8) A brief description of each project for which follow-on funding was awarded in the immediately prior calendar year, including the amount of follow-on funding awarded for the project and the method and criteria used to select that project.

(g) Establish requirements to minimize program administration and overhead costs, including costs incurred by program administrators and individual grant recipients. Each program administrator and grant recipient, including a public entity, shall be required to justify actual administration and overhead costs incurred, even if the total costs incurred do not exceed a cap on those costs that the commission may adopt.

(h) (1) Use a competitive bid as the preferred method to solicit project applications and award funds pursuant to the EPIC program, except as specified in paragraphs (2) and (4).

(2) (A) The commission may use a sole source or interagency agreement method to noncompetitively award funding for a project if the project has a reasonable cost, the project satisfies one or more of the criteria described in subdivision (f) of Section 25620.5, and both of the following conditions are met:

(i) The commission, at least 60 days before making an award pursuant to this subdivision, notifies the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the relevant policy committees in both houses of the Legislature, in writing, of its intent to take the proposed action.

(ii) The Joint Legislative Budget Committee either approves or does not disapprove the proposed action within 60 days from the date of notification required by clause (i).

(B) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact this paragraph to ensure legislative oversight for awards made on a sole source basis, or through an interagency agreement.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law, standard terms and conditions that generally apply to contracts between the commission and any entities, including state entities, do not automatically preclude the award of moneys from the fund through the competitive bid method.

(4) (A) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may award, through a noncompetitive method, follow-on funding for projects that meet all of the following requirements:

(i) The project is eligible to receive an award of funds from the EPIC program.

(ii) The project has been funded, at least in part, through the EPIC program.

(iii) The project has a prime recipient that is located in California.

(iv) The project will spend a minimum of 80 percent of its funding from the program in California.

(v) The project has received funding for the original project or technology through a competitive bid process from a state or federal agency.

(vi) The project has demonstrated significant results under its previous award.

(vii) The project has technology breakthrough potential that can enable the state to achieve its statutory energy policy goals on or ahead of schedule.

(viii) The project can address near-term priorities impacting the electricity sector and its ratepayers, such as mitigating wildfires and reducing the occurrence of deenergization events.

(ix) Absent follow-on funding, the project would experience a gap in funding that would likely prevent the technology from achieving significant advancement, negatively impact the ability of the project to attract sufficient private investment, or prevent the project’s commercialization and associated sales revenue.

(x) The project has not previously received follow-on funding through a noncompetitive method.

(B) The commission shall approve any award of follow-on funding at a business meeting.

(C) Follow-on funding is not subject to the requirements of paragraph (2).

(D) A project’s follow-on funding shall not exceed the project’s most recent competitively bid award through the EPIC program.

(E) The commission may adopt guidelines for follow-on funding awards. The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to the adoption of these guidelines.

(F) This paragraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2028.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 15, Sec. 6. (SB 127) Effective June 27, 2025.)


text:
(a) The Public Utilities Commission shall not require the collection of funds pursuant to its Decision 12-05-037 (May 24, 2012), Phase 2 Decision Establishing Purposes and Governance for Electric Program Investment Charge and Establishing Funding Collections for 2013–2020, as corrected by Decision 12-07-001 (July 3, 2012), Order Correcting Error, and as modified by Decision 13-04-030 (April 18, 2013), Order Modifying Decision (D.) 12-05-037, and Denying Rehearing of Decision, as Modified, in an annual amount greater than the amount specified in those decisions.

(b) This section does not modify, alter, or, in any way, affect the operation of Section 25712.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 23. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)


text: For a project related to the deployment of a microgrid, a recipient of moneys awarded pursuant to this chapter shall not expend those moneys for the purchase of diesel generators, including diesel backup generators.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 476, Sec. 2. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2018.)


text:
(a) The commission shall consider, in the investment planning process for the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program, funding for eligible biomass conversion, as defined in Section 40106, to energy projects using new and emerging technologies that maximize ratepayer and public benefits.

(b) In determining the appropriate amount of EPIC funding for biomass conversion, the commission shall consider the recommendations of the State Air Resources Board and the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, and shall coordinate with the Natural Resources Agency, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and the Department of Food and Agriculture about the need for biomass conversion.

(c) The commission shall also consider opportunities to reduce short-lived climate pollutant emissions, generate carbon negative emissions, reduce wildfire impacts, and increase energy reliability.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 229, Sec. 2. (AB 322) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text: This chapter does not authorize the levy of a charge or any increase in the amount collected pursuant to any existing charge, nor does it add to, or detract from, any existing authority of the Public Utilities Commission to levy or increase charges.


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(a) By January 31, 2002, the commission shall examine the feasibility, including possible costs and benefits to consumers and impacts on fuel prices for the general public, of operating a strategic fuel reserve to insulate California consumers and businesses from substantial short-term price increases arising from refinery outages and other similar supply interruptions. In evaluating the potential operation of a strategic fuel reserve, the commission shall consult with other state agencies, including, but not limited to, the State Air Resources Board.

(b) The commission shall examine and recommend an appropriate level of reserves of fuel, but in no event may the reserve be less than the amount of refined fuel that the commission estimates could be produced by the largest California refiner over a two week period. In making this examination and recommendation, the commission shall take into account all of the following:

(1) Inventories of California-quality fuels or fuel components reasonably available to the California market.

(2) Current and historic levels of inventory of fuels.

(3) The availability and cost of storage of fuels.

(4) The potential for future supply interruptions, price spikes, and the costs thereof to California consumers and businesses.

(c) The commission shall evaluate a mechanism to release fuel from the reserve that permits any customer to contract at any time for the delivery of fuel from the reserve in exchange for an equal amount of fuel that meets California specifications and is produced from a source outside of California that the customer agrees to deliver back to the reserve within a time period to be established by the commission, but not longer than six weeks.

(d) The commission shall evaluate reserve storage space from existing facilities.

(e) The commission shall evaluate a reserve operated by an independent operator that specializes in purchasing and storing fuel, and is selected through competitive bidding.

(f) (1) Not later than January 31, 2002, the commission and the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the other state and local agencies the commission deems necessary, shall develop and adopt recommendations for the Governor and Legislature on a California Strategy to Reduce Petroleum Dependence.

(2) The strategy shall include a base case forecast by the commission of gasoline, diesel, and petroleum consumption in years 2010 and 2020 based on current best estimates of economic and population growth, petroleum base fuel supply and availability, vehicle efficiency, and utilization of alternative fuels and advanced transportation technologies.

(3) The strategy shall include recommended statewide goals for reductions in the rate of growth of gasoline and diesel fuel consumption and increased transportation energy efficiency and utilization of nonpetroleum based fuels and advanced transportation technologies, including alternative fueled vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and high fuel efficiency vehicles.

(g) The studies required by this section shall be conducted in conjunction with any other studies required by acts enacted during the 2000 portion of the 1999–2000 Regular Session dealing with gasoline prices.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 936, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)

chapter: 8.2. Strategic Fuel Reserve

path: 15. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT > 8.2. Strategic Fuel Reserve


text: The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Attorney General by January 31, 2002. If the commission finds that it would be feasible to operate a strategic gas reserve to insulate California consumers and businesses from substantial, short-term price increases arising from refinery outages or other similar supply interruptions, the commission shall request specific statutory authority and funding for establishment of a reserve.


text:
(a) On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, the Department of General Services, and the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with any other state agency that the commission, the department, and the state board deem necessary, shall develop and adopt fuel-efficiency specifications governing the purchase by the state of motor vehicles and replacement tires that, on an annual basis, will reduce petroleum consumption of the state vehicle fleet to the maximum extent practicable and cost-effective.

(b) In developing the specifications, the commission and the department shall jointly conduct a study to examine state vehicle purchasing patterns, including the purchase of after market tires, and to analyze the costs and benefits of reducing the energy consumption of the state vehicle fleet by no less than 10 percent on or before January 1, 2005.

(c) The study shall include an analysis of all of the following topics:

(1) Use of alternative fuels.

(2) Use of fuel-efficient vehicles.

(3) Costs and benefits of decreasing the size of the state vehicle fleet.

(4) Reduction in vehicle trips and increase in use of alternative means of transportation.

(5) Improved vehicle maintenance.

(6) Costs and benefits of using fuel-efficient tires relative to using retreaded tires, as described in the Retreaded Tire Program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 42400) of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code).

(7) The costs and benefits of purchasing high fuel efficiency gasoline vehicles, including hybrid electric vehicles, instead of flexible fuel vehicles.

(d) On or before January 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, the commission, the Department of General Services, and the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with any other state agency that the commission, the department, and the state board deem necessary, shall develop and adopt air pollution emission specifications governing the purchase by the state of passenger cars and light-duty trucks that meet or exceed California’s Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) standards for exhaust emissions (13 Cal. Code Regs. 1960.1).

(e) If the study described in subdivision (b) determines that lower cost measures exist that deliver petroleum reductions equivalent to applicable federal requirements governing the state purchase of passenger cars and light-duty trucks, the state shall pursue a waiver from those federal requirements.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 912, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)

chapter: 8.3. State Vehicle Fleet

path: 15. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT > 8.3. State Vehicle Fleet


text:
(a) Each state office, agency, and department shall review its vehicle fleet and, upon finding that it is fiscally prudent, cost effective, or otherwise in the public interest to do so, shall dispose of nonessential sport utility vehicles and four-wheel drive trucks in its fleet and replace these vehicles with more fuel-efficient passenger cars and trucks.

(b) To the maximum extent practicable, each state office, agency, and department that has bifuel natural gas, bifuel propane, and flex fuel vehicles in its vehicle fleet shall use the respective alternative fuel in those vehicles.

(c) The Director of General Services shall compile annually and maintain information on the nature of vehicles that are owned or leased by the state, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) The number of passenger-type motor vehicles purchased or leased during the year, and the number owned or leased as of December 31 of each year.

(2) The number of sport utility vehicles and four-wheel drive trucks purchased or leased by the state during the year, and the number owned or leased as of December 31 of each year.

(3) The number of alternatively fueled vehicles and hybrid vehicles purchased or leased by the state during the year, and the total number owned or leased as of December 31 of each year and their location.

(4) The locations of the alternative fuel pumps available for those vehicles.

(5) The justification provided for all sport utility vehicles and four-wheel drive trucks purchased or leased by the state and the specific office, department, or agency responsible for the purchase or lease.

(6) The number of sport utility vehicles and four-wheel drive trucks purchased or leased by the state during the year, and the number owned or leased as of December 31 of each year that are alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles.

(7) The number of light-duty trucks disposed of under subdivision (a).

(8) The total dollars spent by the state on passenger-type vehicle purchases and leases, categorized by sport utility vehicle and nonsport utility vehicle, and within each of those categories, by alternative fuel, hybrid, and other.

(9) The total annual consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel used by the state fleet.

(10) The total annual consumption of alternative fuels.

(11) On December 31, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Director of General Services shall also compile the total annual vehicle miles traveled by vehicles in the state fleet.

(d) Each state office, agency, and department shall cooperate with the Department of General Services’ data requests in order that the department may compile and maintain the information required in subdivision (c).

(e) As soon as practicable, but no later than 12 months after receiving the data, the information compiled and maintained under subdivision (c) and a list of those state offices, agencies, and departments that are not in compliance with subdivision (d) shall be made available to the public on the Department of General Services’ internet website.

(f) Beginning July 1, 2009, and every three years thereafter, the Director of General Services shall prepare a report on the information compiled and maintained pursuant to subdivision (c). The Director of General Services shall post that report on its internet website.

(g) Pursuant to Article IX of the California Constitution, this section does not apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make this section applicable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 152, Sec. 1. (SB 1305) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2023, the Department of General Services shall maximize the purchase and availability of alternative fuel vehicles, such as battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, in the state fleet by adopting a procurement method to evaluate those vehicles. The procurement method may evaluate those vehicles based only on cost or also on any environmental or energy benefits of those vehicles.

(2) For the purchase of passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks powered solely by an internal combustion engine, the Department of General Services shall evaluate the cost and the environmental and energy benefits for potential procurement by state and local governments. The evaluations shall consider both of the following criteria:

(A) The reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutant emissions, and petroleum use on a full fuel-cycle basis, to the extent possible, based on existing data available to the State Air Resources Board, the commission, or other reliable sources, including the California Strategy to Reduce Petroleum Dependence developed pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 25720 and the state plan to increase the use of alternative transportation fuels developed pursuant to Section 43866 of the Health and Safety Code.

(B) The total costs of ownership of the vehicle and life-cycle impacts.

(b) The Department of General Services shall revise its procedures for the procurement of state and local government vehicles based on the necessary performance specifications of the vehicles to perform the required work or tasks of the vehicles in the fleet. The Department of General Services shall establish vehicle “classes” depending on the required work or tasks and the necessary performance specifications.

(c) For the purpose of state fleet procurement, both of the following shall apply:

(1) Available vehicles powered solely by an internal combustion engine in individual classes shall be evaluated for purchase or lease using the method and criteria developed pursuant to subdivision (a).

(2) Vehicles shall be procured for use in the state fleet that meet all requirements established by the federal government, including, but not limited to, the federal Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public Law 102-486, if applicable.

(d) The Department of General Services shall evaluate vehicles for potential addition to the state and local fleets, as described in this section, on an annual basis, reflecting annual new vehicle availability.

(e) A vehicle capable of using alternative fuels shall be operated on those fuels to the maximum extent practicable unless alternative fuels are not readily available or other factors exist that may prevent the use of those fuels in the area in which the vehicle is used.

(f) The Department of General Services shall do both of the following:

(1) During the normal course of coordination and contracting with nearby fueling stations, provide information related to the alternative fuel vehicles in the state fleet and request the stations to provide a fuel supply to meet that demand.

(2) When replacing, retrofitting, or installing a fueling tank or infrastructure at a facility that fuels state vehicles, the Department of General Services shall consider requesting competitive bids for alternative fuel infrastructure that would meet the needs of vehicles used, or planned to be used, in that facility.

(g) Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, that are equipped with emergency lamps or lights, as described in Section 25252 of the Vehicle Code, are exempt from the requirements of this section.

(h) Each state office, agency, or department seeking to purchase or lease a sport utility vehicle or four-wheel drive vehicle shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director of General Services or the entity that purchases or leases vehicles that the vehicle is required to perform an essential function of the office, agency, or department. If it is so demonstrated, priority consideration shall be given to the purchase or lease of an alternative fuel or hybrid sports utility vehicle or four-wheel drive vehicle.

(i) Pursuant to Article IX of the California Constitution, this section does not apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make this section applicable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 152, Sec. 2. (SB 1305) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text:
(a) In order to further achieve the policy objectives set forth in Sections 25000.5, 25722, and 25722.5, the Department of General Services, in consultation with the commission, shall establish a minimum fuel economy standard that is above the standard, as it existed on January 1, 2007, established pursuant to Section 3620.1 of the State Administrative Manual, for the purchase of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks for the state fleet that are powered solely by internal combustion engines using fossil fuels or that are powered by more than one source, such as nonplug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The minimum fuel economy standard required by this subdivision does not apply to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or battery electric vehicles.

(b) All new state fleet purchases by the Department of General Services and any other state entities of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks that are powered solely by internal combustion engines using fossil fuels, or that are powered by more than one source, such as nonplug-in hybrid electric vehicles, shall meet the fuel economy standard established under subdivision (a). This subdivision does not apply to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or battery electric vehicles.

(c) Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, and vehicles described in subdivision (h) of Section 25722.6, are exempt from this section.

(d) Vehicles that are purchased and modified for the following purposes are exempt from this section:

(1) To provide services by a state entity to an individual with a disability or a developmental disability, as defined under the statutes or regulations governing that state entity.

(2) As a reasonable accommodation for the known physical or mental disability, as defined in Section 12926 of the Government Code, of an employee.

(e) For purposes of this section, “state entities” includes all state departments, boards, commissions, programs, and other organizational units of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.

(f) This section shall not apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make that provision applicable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 152, Sec. 3. (SB 1305) Effective January 1, 2023.)


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(a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Secretary of the Government Operations Agency, in consultation with the Department of General Services and other appropriate state agencies that maintain or purchase vehicles for the state fleet, including the campuses of the California State University, shall develop and implement, and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, a plan to improve the overall state fleet’s use of alternative fuels, synthetic lubricants, and fuel-efficient vehicles by reducing or displacing the consumption of petroleum products by the state fleet when compared to the 2003 consumption level based on the following schedule:

(1) By January 1, 2012, a 10-percent reduction or displacement.

(2) By January 1, 2020, a 20-percent reduction or displacement.

(b) Beginning April 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Department of General Services shall prepare a progress report on meeting the goals specified in subdivision (a). The Department of General Services shall post the progress report on its Internet Web site.

(c) (1) The Department of General Services shall encourage, to the extent feasible, the operation of state alternatively fueled vehicles on the alternative fuel for which the vehicle is designed and the development of commercial infrastructure for alternative fuel pumps and charging stations at or near state vehicle fueling or parking sites.

(2) The Department of General Services shall work with other public agencies to incentivize and promote, to the extent feasible, state employee operation of alternatively fueled vehicles through preferential or reduced-cost parking, access to charging, or other means.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, “alternatively fueled vehicles” means light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that reduce petroleum usage and related emissions by using advanced technologies and fuels, including, but not limited to, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electric, natural gas, or fuel cell vehicles and including those vehicles described in Section 5205.5 of the Vehicle Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 144. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.)


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, “alternatively fueled vehicles” means light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that reduce petroleum usage and related emissions by using advanced technologies and fuels, including, but not limited to, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electric, natural gas, or fuel cell vehicles and including those vehicles described in Section 5205.5 of the Vehicle Code.

(b) The Department of General Services and the Department of Transportation shall develop and implement advanced technology vehicle parking incentive programs, to the extent feasible, in public parking facilities of 50 spaces or more operated by the Department of General Services and park-and-ride lots owned and operated by the Department of Transportation to incentivize the purchase and use of alternatively fueled vehicles in the state. These programs shall provide meaningful, tangible benefits for drivers of alternatively fueled vehicles. These incentives may include preferential spaces, reduced fees, and fueling infrastructure for alternatively fueled vehicles that use these parking facilities or park-and-ride lots.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (AB 2583) Effective January 1, 2013.)


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(a) Beginning December 31, 2025, at least 15 percent of newly purchased vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 19,000 pounds or more purchased by the Department of General Services and other state entities for the state fleet shall be zero emission. Beginning December 31, 2030, at least 30 percent of newly purchased vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 19,000 pounds or more purchased by the Department of General Services and other state entities for the state fleet shall be zero emission.

(b) This section does not apply to vehicles that have special performance requirements necessary for the protection of public safety, as defined by the Department of General Services.

(c) If, on or after December 31, 2026, the Department of General Services, in a public hearing, finds that it cannot meet the needs of the state while meeting the requirements of this section, the department shall disclose that finding at the hearing and shall notify the Legislature of the finding in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(d) Upon disclosure of a finding pursuant to subdivision (c), the Department of General Services shall take the following steps:

(1) While meeting the requirements of this section to the maximum extent practicable, the department, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall conduct a technological assessment of zero-emission vehicle technology for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 19,000 pounds or more. The technological assessment shall include a plan to address the issues preventing the department and other state entities from meeting the requirements of this section.

(2) The department shall implement the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (1) for a period of at least one year.

(3) If, after the one-year period specified in paragraph (2), the department, in a public hearing, finds that it still cannot meet the needs of the state while meeting the requirements of this section, the department shall disclose that finding at the hearing and shall notify the Legislature of the finding in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(e) This section is inoperative on the date on which the Department of General Services notifies the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) and is repealed on January 1 of the following year.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 639, Sec. 1. (AB 739) Effective January 1, 2018. Inoperative on date prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed, by its own provisions, on January 1 following inoperative date.)


text:
On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, in consultation with any other state agency that the commission deems necessary, shall develop and adopt recommendations for consideration by the Governor and the Legislature of a California State Fuel-Efficient Tire Program. The commission shall make recommendations on all of the following items:

(a) Establishing a test procedure for measuring tire fuel efficiency.

(b) Development of a data base of fuel efficiency of existing tires in order to establish an accurate baseline of tire efficiency.

(c) A rating system for tires that provides consumers with information on the fuel efficiency of individual tire models.

(d) A consumer-friendly system to disseminate tire fuel-efficiency information as broadly as possible. The commission shall consider labeling, Web site listing, printed fuel economy guide booklets, and mandatory requirements for tire retailers to provide fuel-efficiency information.

(e) A study to determine the safety implications, if any, of different policies to promote fuel efficient replacement tires in the consumer market.

(f) A mandatory fuel-efficiency standard for all after market tires sold in California.

(g) Consumer incentive programs that would offer a rebate to purchasers of replacement tires that are more fuel efficient than the average replacement tire.


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(a) Beginning no later than the 2024–25 fiscal year, the Department of General Services shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the light-duty vehicles purchased for the state vehicle fleet each fiscal year are zero-emission vehicles.

(b) This section shall not apply to vehicles that have special performance requirements necessary for the protection of public safety, as defined by the Department of General Services.

(c) (1) If the Department of General Services determines that it cannot meet the needs of the state while fulfilling the requirements of this section, the department shall hold a public hearing to make that finding, notify the Secretary of State of the finding, and cease to implement this section.

(2) The Department of General Services may base the finding required pursuant to paragraph (1) on a determination that fulfilling the requirements of this section would result in costs that are not substantially absorbable by the department when purchasing those light-duty vehicles.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 628, Sec. 3. (SB 498) Effective January 1, 2018.)


text:
(a) The installation of electric vehicle supply equipment or supporting electrical and hydrogen fueling infrastructure by state entities to support state fleet operations pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 599.808 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations shall not be construed to be gifts of public funds in violation of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

(b) State entities shall not be required to recover electric vehicle supply equipment upon the separation of a state employee.

(c) For purposes of this section, “electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)” means the unit that controls the power supply to one or more vehicles during a charging session.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 360, Sec. 3. (SB 1010) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text: When awarding a vehicle procurement contract, every city, county, city and county, and special district, including a school district and a community college district may evaluate and score fuel economy, in addition to other life-cycle factors, in choosing passenger cars or light-duty trucks, or both, with the lowest life-cycle costs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 593, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)

chapter: 8.4. Local Vehicle Fleet

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text:
(a) When awarding a vehicle procurement contract, every city, county, city and county, and special district, including a school district and a community college district may require that 75 percent of the passenger cars or light-duty trucks, or both, to be acquired be energy-efficient vehicles.

(b) “Energy-efficient vehicle” means either of the following:

(1) A vehicle that meets California’s Super Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV) standard for exhaust emissions and the federal inherently low-emission vehicle (ILEV) evaporative emission standard, as defined in Part 88 (commencing with Section 88.101-94) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(2) A hybrid vehicle or an alternative fuel vehicle that meets California’s advanced technology partial zero-emission vehicle (AT PZEV) standard for criteria pollutant emissions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 593, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2008.)


text: It is the intent of the Legislature in establishing this program, to increase the amount of electricity generated from eligible renewable energy resources per year, so that it equals at least 33 percent of total retail sales of electricity in California per year by December 31, 2020.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 4. (SB 2 1x) Effective December 10, 2011.)

chapter: 8.6. Renewable Energy Resources Program

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