BILL NUMBER: AB 284 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 8, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 24, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Quirk
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
An act to add Section 25229 Sections 71090
and 710 91 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to energy global warming .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 284, as amended, Quirk. Energy: Road to 2050 Board.
Board: reporting.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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 71090 is added to the
Public Resources Code , to read:
71090. 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.
SEC. 2. Section 71091 is added to the
Public Resources Code , to read:
71091. (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.
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.