SB 1153, as amended, Cannella. Greenhouse gases: scoping plan: biomethane.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years.
This bill would require the state board, as a part of the update to the scopingbegin delete plan,end deletebegin insert plan and in consultation with other state entities,end insert to provide a comprehensive overview of state efforts to encourage the development of
instate biomethane and renewable natural gas.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
P2 1(a) California has enacted numerous policies to reduce the
2emissions of greenhouse gases and increase the use of renewable
3energy resources and renewable fuels.
4(b) California has numerous programs to incentivize and
5encourage the development of biogas, biomethane, and renewable
6natural gas projects.
7(c) Despite a regulatory environment encouraging renewable
8energy production and greenhouse gases emissions reductions, the
9development of biomethane and other
renewable natural gas
10projects continues to lag in the state.
11(d) Obstacles to increased biomethane and renewable natural
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gas projects should be identified and addressed.
13(e) Investments in dairy waste digesters, landfill diversion
14programs, and anaerobic digesting at wastewater treatment facilities
15provide significant reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases,
16including methane, for the state.
17(f) A coordinated effort by state agencies should be undertaken
18to address remaining obstacles and identify additional incentive
19programs, if needed, to encourage the increased development of
20instate biomethane and renewable natural gas projects.
Section 38561.5 is added to the Health and Safety
22Code, to read:
As a part of the update of the scoping plan required
24pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 38561, the statebegin delete boardend deletebegin insert board,
25in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the
26Department of Food and Agriculture, the State Energy Resources
27Conservation and Development Commission, the Department of
28Resources Recycling and Recovery, and any other relevant state
29entity,end insert shall provide a comprehensive overview of state efforts to
30encourage the development of instate biomethane and renewable
31natural gas. The overview shall include, but not be limited to, all
32of the following:
33(a) The role of biomethane and renewable natural gas in the
34state’s efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.
35(b) The estimated amount of renewable natural gas that can
36cost-effectively be developed from the state’s organic waste
37streams, including the waste, agricultural, dairy, and forestry
38sectors.
39(c) Estimated cost-effectiveness of the various waste streams.
P3 1(d) Analysis of current market conditions for renewable natural
2gas in California.
3(e) Overview of current programs to encourage development
4of biomethane and renewable natural gas.
5(f) Identification of obstacles to increased development of instate
6biomethane and renewable natural gas.
7(g) Identification of solutions for legislative consideration to
8address obstacles identified in subdivision (f) and encourage
9increased instate biomethane and renewable natural gas
10development, including, but not limited to, incentive programs
11and grants, preferential loan programs to enhance project financing,
12and market stabilization programs, such as contracts for differences,
13tax credits, and biomethane purchase programs.
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