BILL NUMBER: AB 1925	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  471
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2006

   An act relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1925, Blakeslee  Energy: electricity: carbon dioxide.
   Existing law imposes various duties on the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, including requiring the
commission to undertake a continuing assessment of trends in the
consumption of electrical energy and other forms of energy and to
analyze the social, economic, and environmental consequences of these
trends, and to recommend to the Governor and the Legislature new and
expanded energy conservation measures, as specified.
   Existing law also requires the commission to adopt an integrated
energy policy report that contains an overview of major energy trends
and issues facing the state, including supply, demand, pricing,
reliability, efficiency, and impacts on public health and safety, the
economy, resources, and the environment.
   This bill would require the commission, on or before November 1,
2007, and in coordination with the Division of Oil, Gas, and
Geothermal Resources of the Department of Conservation and the
California Geological Survey, to submit a report to the Legislature
containing recommendations for how the state can develop parameters
to accelerate the adoption of cost-effective geologic sequestration
strategies for the long-term management of industrial carbon dioxide.
  The bill would require the commission, in formulating those
recommendations, to meet with specified individuals and groups. The
bill would require the study for the report to be conducted using
existing resources and to include specified information. The bill
would require the commission to include the report in its 2007
integrated energy policy report.
   The bill would require the commission to support specified
research and development efforts concerning storage, capture, and
sequestration of carbon dioxide.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  (a) (1) On or before November 1, 2007, the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in coordination
with the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources of the
Department of Conservation and the California Geological Survey,
shall submit a report to the Legislature containing recommendations
for how the state can develop parameters to accelerate the adoption
of cost-effective geologic sequestration strategies for the long-term
management of industrial carbon dioxide. In formulating
recommendations, the commission shall meet with representatives from
industry, environmental groups, academic experts, and other
government officials, with expertise in indemnification, subsurface
geology, fossil fuel electric generation facilities, advanced carbon
separation and transport technologies, and greenhouse gas management.

   (2) The study for the report shall be conducted using existing
resources and shall include, but is not limited to, all of the
following:
   (A) Key components of site certification protocol, including seal
characterization, reservoir capacity and fluid and gas dynamics,
testing standards, and monitoring strategies.
   (B) Integrity and longevity standards for storage sites.
   (C) Mitigation, remediation, and indemnification strategies to
manage long-term risks.
   (3) The commission shall include the report prepared pursuant to
this section in its 2007 integrated energy policy report required by
Section 25302 of the Public Resources Code.
   (b) The commission shall support research and development efforts
to do all of the following:
   (1) Identify and characterize state geological sites that
potentially are appropriate for long-term storage of carbon dioxide.

   (2) Evaluate the comparative economics of various technologies for
capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide.
   (3) Identify technical gaps in the science of sequestration of
carbon dioxide, to be prioritized for further analysis.
   (4) Evaluate the potential risks associated with geologic
sequestration of carbon dioxide, including leakage resulting from
carbonates and other dissolved minerals.
   (5) Evaluate the potential risks if geologically sequestered
carbon dioxide leaks into aquifers.
   (6) Evaluate, and to the extent feasible quantify, the potential
liability from the leakage of geologically sequestered carbon dioxide
and potentially responsible parties.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "commission" means the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 25200) of Division 15 of the Public
Resources Code).