AB 678, as amended, O'Donnell. Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Reductions Ports Program.
Existing law establishes various programs to provide financial assistance for energy efficiency upgrades and investments. Under existing law, the State Air Resources Board has issued regulations to reduce emissions from diesel auxiliary engines on container ships, passenger ships, and refrigerated cargo ships while berthing at a California port. Existing law establishes the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury, and requires that all moneys collected by the state board from the auction or sale of specified greenhouse gasbegin delete allowances,end deletebegin insert allowancesend insert be deposited in the fund and available for appropriation by the Legislature.
This bill would require the state board, in conjunction with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to develop and implement the Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Reductions Ports Program to fund energy efficiency upgrades and investments at public ports, as described. The bill would require a port to develop and adopt an energy plan for the port to receive funding under the program for energy-related projects. The bill would authorize the state board to expend moneys it receives from an appropriation from the fund for the purposes of the bill, as provided.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 39735)
2is added to Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code,
3to read:
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(a) The state board, in conjunction with the State
9Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission,
10shall develop and implement the Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse
11Gas Reductions Ports Program to fund energy efficiency upgrades
12and investments at public ports that help reduce the emissions of
13criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases.
14(b) Projects eligible for funding in the program shall include,
15but are not limited to, the following:
16(1) Installation of solar, wind, and other renewable technologies
17at marine terminals, and warehouses and other freight facilities at
18the
ports.
19(2) Replacement of conventional lighting with light emitting
20diodes (LED) lighting at the ports.
21(3) Installation of cold ironing or shorepower equipment, or
22other emissions control or reduction technologies, on vessels,
23beyond actions required by regulations, to facilitate reduced
24emissions from diesel auxiliary engines on container ships,
P3 1passenger ships, and refrigerated cargo ships while berthing at a
2California port.
3(4) Deployment of zero and near-zero emission vehicles and
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infrastructure technologies, including, but not limited to, stationary
5fuel cells, energy storage and battery, and electric trucks at
6California ports.
7(5) Other projects that reduce grid-based energy demand from
8cargo handling operations at public seaports.
9(c) The state board, in consultation with the State Energy
10Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall
11develop guidelines for the implementation of this chapter that are
12consistent with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of
132006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) and Chapter
144.1 (commencing with Section 39710)).
15(d) (1) In order to receive funding under this section for
16energy-related projects, a
port shall develop and adopt, in
17consultation with the respective electric utility providing service
18to the port, an energy plan for the port.
19(2) The energy plan shall be approved by the State Energy
20Resources Conservation and Development Commission before the
21port may receive any funding pursuant to this section for
22energy-related projects. The commission shall review the plan and
23require any changes before approving the plan.
24(3) The energy plan shall adhere to the state’s preferred energy
25loading order and require benchmarking for energy retrofit projects
26and reporting of measurable energy savings.
27(e) In order to receive funding under this section, a
project shall
28demonstrate that it will achieve a reduction in emissions of
29greenhouse gases. In prioritizing projects for funding, the state
30board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources
31Conservation and Development Commission, shall consider the
32extent to which a project would reduce emissions of greenhouse
33gases and provide environmental and public health co-benefits,
34including, but not limited to, improved air and water quality.
35(e)
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36begin insert(f)end insert Moneys appropriated to the state board from the Greenhouse
37Gas Reduction Fund, established pursuant to Section 16428.8 of
38the Government Code, for the purposes of paragraph
(1) of
P4 1subdivision (c) of Section 39712 may be used for the purposes of
2this section.
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