BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
21 (Perea)
As Amended May 5, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Natural |7-0 |Williams, Cristina | |
|Resources | |Garcia, Hadley, | |
| | |McCarty, Rendon, | |
| | |Mark Stone, Wood | |
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|----------------+------+--------------------+----------------------|
|Appropriations |17-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bloom, Bonta, | |
| | |Calderon, Chang, | |
| | |Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Gallagher, Eduardo | |
| | |Garcia, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rendon, Wagner, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Adds "energy efficiency" and "facilitation of the
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electrification of the transportation sector" to the list of
energy-related matters that the Air Resources Board (ARB) must
consult with other relevant state agencies when preparing the AB
32 (Núñez), Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006, scoping plan to ensure
that ARB's greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction activities are
complementary, non-duplicative, and can be implemented in an
efficient and cost-effective manner.
EXISTING LAW requires ARB, pursuant to California Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), to:
1)Adopt a statewide GHG emissions limit equivalent to 1990 levels
by 2020 and adopt regulations to achieve maximum technologically
feasible and cost-effective GHG emission reductions.
2)Prepare and approve a scoping plan, on or before January 1,
2009, and once every five years thereafter, for achieving the
maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions
in GHG emissions from sources or categories of sources of GHGs
by 2020.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor, absorbable costs.
COMMENTS: As part of AB 32's direction that ARB adopt a statewide
GHG emissions limit equivalent to 1990 levels by 2020 and adopt
regulations to achieve maximum technologically feasible and
cost-effective GHG emission reductions, AB 32 requires ARB to
prepare and approve a scoping plan at five-year intervals.
The first AB 32 scoping plan, adopted by ARB in 2008, described
the specific measures ARB and others must take to reduce statewide
GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Pursuant to AB 32, the
reduction measures identified in the scoping plan had to be
proposed, reviewed, and adopted as individual regulations by
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January 1, 2011, to become operative beginning on January 1, 2012.
According to ARB, a total reduction of 80 million metric tons
(MMT), or 16% compared to business as usual, is necessary to
achieve the 2020 limit. Approximately 78% of the reductions will
be achieved through identified direct regulations. ARB proposes
to achieve the balance of reductions necessary to meet the 2020
limit (approximately 18 MMT) through a cap-and-trade program that
covers an estimated 600 entities.
In May 2014, ARB adopted a scoping plan update. The scoping plan
update discusses the objective of achieving an 80% reduction by
2050 and the need for a midterm target, but does not propose or
adopt a specific target. According to ARB, the update defines
ARB's climate change priorities for the next five years and sets
the groundwork to reach California's long-term climate goals.
This bill adds specified energy-related considerations for the
next scoping plan update, which is due in 2019.
Analysis Prepared by:
Lawrence Lingbloom / NAT. RES. / (916) 319-2092
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