BILL NUMBER: AB 284 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Quirk
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
An act to add Section 25229 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 284, as amended, Quirk. Energy: Road to 2050 Board.
Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission and vests the commission with various
authorities and duties regarding energy-related issues.
This bill would require the commission to convene the Road to 2050
Board consisting of representatives from specified entities. The
bill would require the board to contract with an independent
research group to undertake specified studies regarding the
achievement of a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% of
the 1990 emissions level by 2050 (2050 goal) . The bill
would require the board to conduct a review and provide a
full public accounting of energy efficiency programs, alternative
energy programs, and alternative fuel programs administered by the
members of the board. The bill would require the board to make the
accounting available on a publicly available Internet Web site and
would require the board to submit to the Legislature the accounting,
and a report on the findings of the studies , on or
before January 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, to prepare and
adopt the Road to 2050 Report that includes specified information to
provide guidance for key infrastructure decisionmaking processes at
the local and statewide level to ensure those processes adequately
consider implications for meeting the 2050 goal. The bill would
require the board to hold a public meeting, on a biennial basis, for
the preparation of the Road to 2050 Report .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 25229 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
25229. (a) The To ensure that the
interests of the people of California are served, the
commission shall convene the Road to 2050 Board consisting of
representatives from all of the following:
(1) The commission.
(2) The Public Utilities Commission.
(3) The State Air Resources Board.
(4) The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation
Financing Authority.
(5)
(4) The California Environmental Protection Agency.
(6)
( 5) The Independent System Operator.
(7)
( 6) The Governor's Office.
(b) The board shall do all both of
the following:
(1) Study both of the following:
(A) The best process for meeting a goal of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by 80 percent of the 1990 emissions level by 2050,
including how to reduce emissions from electric generators.
(B) Integration of renewable electrical generation into the
electric grid in a manner to ensure cost-effectiveness and
reliability that would include methods to reduce greenhouse gas
emission from homes, farms, industrial and commercial structures, as
well as emissions reduction from mobile sources.
(2) Review and provide a full public accounting, on a biennial
basis, of all money spent, and jobs and benefits achieved, by each
energy efficiency programs, alternative energy programs, and
alternative fuel programs administered by the members of the board to
ensure that funding is used in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective
manner.
(3) Publish a complete accounting conducted pursuant to paragraph
(2) on a publicly available Internet Web site.
(1) Contract with an independent research group to focus on a
study to determine the best process for meeting the 2050 goal to
include all of the following:
(A) The best process for reducing carbon emissions from electrical
generation that ensure cost-effectiveness and reliability.
(B) Methods to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from homes,
farms, and industrial and commercial structures.
(C) Emission reductions from sources of transportation.
(4)
( 2) Submit to the Legislature, pursuant to
Section 9795 of the Government Code, findings made pursuant to
paragraph (1) or (2) and identify statutory
changes , policy gaps, and conflicting policies among state
agencies that are needed to meet
optimize the objectives of the state's energy and
environmental policies.
(c) (1) On or before January 1, 2015, and on January 1 of every
four years thereafter, the board shall prepare and adopt the Road to
2050 Report to provide guidance for key infrastructure decisionmaking
processes at the local and statewide level to ensure those processes
adequately consider implications for meeting the 2050 goal.
(2) The report shall contain all of the following:
(A) An overview of the overall reduction is emission of greenhouse
gases as a result of California's energy and environmental policies.
(B) Consistent metric integration among the state agencies to
ensure the analysis of the information included in the report is
reliable and determines cost-effectiveness.
(C) Milestones to represent the progress made towards the 2050
goal and a determination if a change in course of action is
appropriate.
(D) Different scenarios describing the best possible roadmap to
achieve the 2050 goal.
(i) The scenarios shall be based on policies in effect, and
existing technologies and infrastructures at the time of the report.
(ii) The scenarios shall contain separate roadmaps to determine
the best process towards the 2050 goal.
(iii) The scenarios shall include a marginal cost curve analysis
to better assess the cost-effectiveness of each given scenario.
(3) The board may contract with an independent research group to
prepare the report.
(d) The board shall hold a public
hearing, on a biennial basis, for the preparation of the Road to 2050
Report.
(e) For the purposes of this section,
"2050 goal" means the goal of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases
by 80 percent from 1990 emission levels by 2050.