AB 1074, as amended, Cristina Garcia. Alternative fuels: infrastructure.
The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and requires the commission to prepare a biennial integrated energy policy report containing an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, including supply, demand, pricing, reliability, efficiency, and impacts on public health and safety, the economy, resources, and the environment. The commission is required to make recommendations to improve the efficiency of transportation energy use, reduce dependence on petroleum fuels, decrease environmental impacts from transportation energy use, and contribute to reducing congestion, promoting economic development, and enhancing energy diversity and security.
Existing law authorizes the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District and specified harbor and port districts, as defined, to jointly, with an electrical corporation, gas corporation, community choice aggregator established on or before July 1, 2013, or publicly owned electric or gas utility serving the district, to prepare one or more energy management plans to reduce air emissions and promote economic development through the addition of new businesses and the retention of existing businesses in the district. Existing law requires that if a district prepares an energy management plan pursuant to these provisions, that the plan include specified provisions.
This bill would add a definition of “alternative fuel” and would provide that it is the policy of the state to help accelerate the adoption of vehicles using alternative fuels throughout the state by increasing the amount of charging and refueling options needed to facilitate electric, hydrogen, and natural gas vehicles traveling along all passenger and goods
movement corridors on federal and state highways. The billbegin delete would,end deletebegin insert wouldend insert require the commission to conduct an assessment and develop anbegin delete intergratedend deletebegin insert integratedend insert strategy to maximize the benefits and scope of an alternative refueling infrastructure, as defined, to help the state achieve its climate change, air quality, and economic goals and this newly stated policy.begin insert The bill would require the commission, as part of this assessment and strategy, to develop a refueling infrastructure plan that identifies specified matter and toend insertbegin insert
provide the infrastructure plan to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2017.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 25010 is added to the Public Resources
2Code, to read:
It is the policy of the state and the intent of the
4Legislature to help accelerate the adoption of vehicles using
5alternative fuels throughout the state by increasing the amount of
6charging and refueling options needed to facilitate electric,
7hydrogen, and natural gas vehicles traveling along all passenger
8and goods movement corridors on federal and state highways.
Section 25142 is added to the Public Resources Code,
10to read:
“Alternative fuel” include biodiesel, bioalcohol
12(methanol, ethanol, and butanol),begin delete chemically stored electricity begin insert electricity,end insert hydrogen, compressed fossil
13(batteries and fuel cells),end delete
14or nonfossil natural gas, liquefied fossil or nonfossil natural gas,
15vegetable oil, propane, and other biomass sources.
Section 25991 is added to the Public Resources Code,
2to read:
(a) As used in this section, “alternative refueling
4infrastructure” means the equipment used to charge or store and
5dispense alternative fuel to vehicles according to industry codes
6and standards that is open to the public.
7(b) The commission shall conduct an assessment and develop
8anbegin delete intergratedend deletebegin insert integratedend insert strategy to maximize the benefits and
9scope of an alternative refueling infrastructure to help the state
10achieve its climate change, air quality, and economic goals and
11the policy described in
Section 25010. As part of this assessment
12and strategy, the commission shall develop a refueling
13infrastructure plan that identifies both of the following:
14(1) The number and types of stations that are needed to fulfill
15the policy goal described in Section 25010.
16(2) The geographical areas where additional stations will be
17needed.
18(c) Where applicable, when conducting the assessment,
19developing the integrated strategy, and developing the refueling
20infrastructure plan, the commission shall rely upon, and
21consolidate, existing reports and information.
22(d) The commission shall provide the infrastructure plan to the
23Legislature on or before January 1, 2017.
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