Amended in Assembly May 8, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 24, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 8, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 284

Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk

February 11, 2013

An act to add begin delete Section 25229 end delete begin insert Sections 71090 and 71091 end insert to the Public Resources Code, relating to begin delete energy end delete begin insert global warming end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 284, as amended, Quirk. Energy: Road to 2050 begin delete Board. end delete begin insert Board: reporting. end insert

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The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases.

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This bill would require the chair of the state board to convene the Road to 2050 Board consisting of specified representatives from specified state agencies and commissions. The bill would require the Road to 2050 Board, by January 31, 2016, and by January 31 of each even-numbered year thereafter, to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the impacts to California of global warming, including impacts to water supply, public health, agriculture, coastline, and forestry, and to prepare and report on mitigation and adaptation plans to combat these impacts. The bill would require that the report be used, on an advisory basis, to guide key infrastructure decisionmaking processes and policies at the local and statewide level.

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Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and vests the commission with various authorities and duties regarding energy-related issues.

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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, referred to as the 2050 goal. The bill would require the board, on or before January 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, to prepare, adopt, and submit to the Legislature the Road to 2050 Report that includes specified information to provide, on an advisory basis, 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.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 71090 is added to the end insert begin insert Public Resources
Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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To ensure that the interests of the people of California
are served, the Chair of the State Air Resources Board shall
convene the Road to 2050 Board consisting of all of the following:

(a) The Secretary of the Business Consumer Services.

(b) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture.

(c) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.

(d) The Secretary of Transportation.

(e) The Chair of the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission.

(f) The President of the Public Utilities Commission.

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begin insert Section 71091 is added to the end insert begin insert Public Resources Code end insert begin insert ,
to read: end insert

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(a) For purposes of this section, “2050 goal” means
the goal of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 percent
from 1990 emission levels by 2050.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code,
and pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, by January
31, 2016, and by January 31 of each even-numbered year
thereafter, the Road to 2050 Board shall submit a report to the
Governor and the Legislature on the impacts to California of
global warming, including impacts to water supply, public health,
agriculture, coastline, and forestry, and shall prepare and report
on mitigation and adaptation plans to combat these impacts. The
report shall contain all of the following:

(1) An overview of the overall reduction in emissions of
greenhouse gases as a result of California’s environmental and
energy policies, then to date.

(2) Milestones to represent the progress needed to achieve the
2050 goal, an evaluation of what is reasonably possible, and if a
change in course of action is appropriate.

(3) Descriptions of all programs and policies using currently
available technologies to achieve the 2050 goal.

(4) The best process for reducing carbon emissions from
electrical generation that ensure cost-effectiveness and reliability.

(5) Methods to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from
homes, farms, and industrial and commercial structures.

(6) Reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases from sources
of transportation, then to date.

(c) (1) The report shall be used to establish consistent metrics
to be used for quantifying emissions of greenhouse gases and
reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases and assessing the
costs and benefits of each emission reduction program.

(2) The report shall be based on policies currently in effect
based on existing infrastructures and technologies.

(3) The report shall include a marginal cost curve analysis on
each program to provide an assessment of the cost-effectiveness
of the program.

(4) The report shall identify any statutory changes, policy gaps,
limitations in statutes, or conflicting policies among state agencies
that are needed to or prevent the ability to, optimize the objectives
of the state’s energy and environmental policies.

(d) The report shall be used, on an advisory basis, to guide key
infrastructure decisionmaking processes and policies at the local
and statewide level.

(e) The Chair of the State Air Resources Board shall convene
at least one public meeting to take public comments on each report.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 25229 is added to the Public Resources
Code, to read:

25229.  

(a) To ensure that the interests of the people of
California are served, the commission shall convene the Road to
2050 Board consisting of all of the following:

(1) A high-level representative from the commission.

(2) A high-level representative from the Public Utilities
Commission.

(3) A high-level representative from the State Air Resources
Board.

(4) A high-level representative from the California
Environmental Protection Agency.

(5) A high-level representative from the Independent System
Operator.

(6) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(7) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.

(b) The board shall do both of the following:

(1) (A) On or before January 1, 2015, and on or before January
1 every four years thereafter, the board shall prepare and adopt,
the Road to 2050 Report containing findings that are used, on an
advisory basis, to guide key infrastructure decisionmaking
processes and policies at the local and statewide level to ensure
those processes adequately consider implications for meeting the
2050 goals.

(B) The report shall contain all of the following:

(i) An overview of the overall reduction in emissions of
greenhouse gases as a result of California’s energy and
environmental policies to date.

(ii) Consistent metric integration among the state agencies to
ensure the analysis of the information included in the report is
reliable and determines cost-effectiveness.

(iii) Milestones to represent the progress needed to achieve the
2050 goal, an evaluation of what is reasonably possible, and if a
change in course of action is appropriate.

(iv) Alternative scenarios describing the best possible roadmap
to achieve the 2050 goal in the most cost-effective manner.

(I) The scenarios shall be based on policies currently in effect
and existing technologies and infrastructures at the time of the
report.

(II) The scenarios shall contain separate roadmaps to determine
the best processes toward the 2050 goal.

(III) The scenarios shall include a marginal cost curve analysis
to better assess the cost-effectiveness of each given scenario.

(C) The board shall hold a public meeting, on a biennial basis,
for the preparation of the report.

(D) The board shall submit to the Legislature, notwithstanding
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, and pursuant to Section
9795 of the Government Code, the report and identify statutory
changes, policy gaps, limitations in statutes, or conflicting policies
among state agencies that are needed to optimize the objectives
of the state’s energy and environmental policies.

(E) The board may contract with an independent research group
to prepare the report.

(2) 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.

(c) 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.

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