BILL NUMBER: SB 189 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 29, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 1, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 26, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hueso
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
An act to add Section 12893.5 to the Government Code, relating to
clean energy development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 189, as amended, Hueso. Clean Energy and Low-Carbon Economic
and Jobs Growth Blue Ribbon Committee.
Existing law requires specified state agencies to prepare and
submit to the Secretary for Environmental Protection specified
information relating to the state agency's greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, including a list of measures adopted and implemented by
the agency to meet GHG emission reduction targets, as defined, and a
status report on GHG emissions reduced as a result of these measures.
Existing law further requires the California Environmental
Protection Agency to provide that information on its Internet Web
site in the form of a state agency GHG emission reduction report
card.
This bill would create the Clean Energy and Low-Carbon Economic
and Jobs Growth Blue Ribbon Committee in the California Environmental
Protection Agency, comprised of comprising
7 members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the
Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules, as provided. The bill
would prescribe the terms and qualifications of committee members and
would require the committee to hold its first meeting on or
before December 1, 2016. The bill would require that any member who
fails to attend 3 committee meetings in one calendar year be deemed
removed from the committee, and would require the appointing power
for that member to appoint a new member to fill the vacancy. The bill
would require the committee to advise state agencies on the
most effective ways to expend clean energy and GHG-related funds and
implement policies in order to maximize California's economic and
employment benefits, and to take specified actions in that regard.
The
This bill would also require the committee to provide
an annual update to the Governor and the appropriate policy and
fiscal committees of the Legislature on its activities, as provided.
The bill would require each state agency responsible for
implementing clean energy and low-carbon polices and programs
that has received advice from the committee to
submit an annual progress report to the Governor and the appropriate
policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature describing how it
implemented or responded to the advice, guidance, and recommendations
of the committee.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) Numerous analyses have shown that California's world
leadership in clean energy and greenhouse gas emission reductions law
and policy has led to major employment and economic benefits as well
as to significant environmental and public health benefits.
(1) In December 2014, the Advanced Energy Economy Institute issued
a report entitled "California Advanced Energy Employment Survey,"
which showed that state advanced energy policies have created over
430,000 jobs, an increase of 5 percent over 2013.
(2) That report further showed that California was number one in
installed solar capacity and solar jobs, number one in total advanced
energy investment, number one in electric vehicle sales, and number
two in energy efficiency.
(b) In order to ensure that California's clean energy and climate
programs are optimized for maximum economic benefit and job creation,
the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, and the Public Utilities
Commission have all created advisory committees to help them better
understand the implications of their clean energy and climate
policies.
(c) The purpose of this act is to create a single independent blue
ribbon committee to provide advice to these and other agencies on
the most effective ways to maximize California's economic benefits
and jobs growth via actions and investments in a cleaner, low-carbon
economy.
SEC. 2. Section 12893.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:
12893.5. (a) The Clean Energy and Low-Carbon Economic and Jobs
Growth Blue Ribbon Committee is hereby created in the agency.
(b) (1) The committee shall consist of the following members:
(A) Five members appointed by the Governor and subject to
confirmation by the Senate.
(B) One member each appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and
the Senate Committee on Rules.
(2) Each member shall serve be appointed
to a term of four years. Any member who fails to attend
three committee meetings in one calendar year shall be deemed removed
from the committee, and the appointing power for that member shall
appoint a new member to fill the vacancy.
(3) Committee members shall not receive per diem or other similar
compensation for serving as a committee member, but may receive
reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in connection with the
performance of their duties.
(c) The committee shall hold its first meeting on or before
December 1, 2016. Meetings shall be held quarterly, or at a frequency
deemed appropriate by the members. Members may attend a meeting
either in person or by teleconference or Web conference.
(c)
(d) The committee shall consist solely of persons with
expertise in economic, financial, and or
policy aspects of clean energy economic growth, job creation,
workforce standards, and or employment
opportunities for disadvantaged workers. At least two members of the
committee appointed by the Governor shall have experience
working on economic projects in disadvantaged communities.
(d)
(e) (1) The committee
shall advise state agencies on the most effective ways to expend
clean energy and greenhouse gas-related funds and to implement
policies in order to maximize California's economic and employment
benefits. The committee shall also do all of the following:
(1)
(A) Develop guidance for tracking and reporting jobs
outcomes for state clean energy and low-carbon investments and use
this information to evaluate jobs outcomes.
(2) In consultation with the Labor and Workforce
DevelopmentAgency, develop
(B) Develop guidance to measure
the quantity and quality of jobs created by state investments in
clean energy and low-carbon investments, as well as guidance to
measure the geographic and demographic distribution of jobs.
(3)
(C) Advise state agencies on the most effective ways to
require responsible contractor standards, as applicable, and minimum
training and skill certifications for workers to ensure high-quality
work for state clean energy and low-carbon investments, and the most
effective ways to connect disadvantaged communities and other target
populations to good quality jobs and career pathways created by
those investments.
(4) In consultation with the California Workforce Investment
Board, advise
(D) Advise state agencies on the
most effective ways to align state clean energy and low-carbon
training funds with existing state workforce development investments
and strategies.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "state agency" means any
board, commission, department, or other agency of the state.
(3) The committee shall consult with the Labor and Workforce
Development Agency and the California Workforce Investment Board,
when appropriate, in implementing this subdivision.
(e)
(f) The committee shall provide an annual update to the
Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature on its activities.
(f)
(g) (1) The State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, the State
Air Resources Board, and any other state agency responsible
for implementing clean energy and low-carbon policies and programs
that has received advice from the committee
shall submit an annual progress report to the Governor and the
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature
describing how it implemented or responded to the advice, guidance,
and any recommendations provided by the committee pursuant to the
requirements of subdivision (d).
(2) The annual progress report required by paragraph (1) may be
included in any other annual report the state agency is required to
provide to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature, if it is feasible for the agency to do
so.
(3) This subdivision shall be inoperative on January 1, 2021,
pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.