BILL NUMBER: SB 1425 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 17, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 1, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator Pavley
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to add Part 6 (commencing with Section 71420) to Division
34 of the Public Resources Code, relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1425, as amended, Pavley. Water-energy nexus registry.
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.
Existing law creates the California Environmental Protection Agency,
consisting of various boards, offices, and departments, including the
state board.
Existing law, until 2008, established the former California
Climate Action Registry to carry out specified actions, including,
among others, helping various entities in the state to establish
emissions baselines, encourage voluntary actions to increase energy
efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and recognize,
publicize, and promote participants in the registry.
This bill would require the agency to oversee the development of a
registry for greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the
water-energy nexus using the best available data. The bill would
authorize the agency to enter into a contract with a qualified
nonprofit organization to develop and administer the registry, which
would include, among other things, the above-stated actions of the
former California Climate Action Registry as those relate to the
water-energy nexus.
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. Part 6 (commencing with Section 71420) is added to
Division 34 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
PART 6. Water-Energy Nexus Registry
71420. For purposes of this part, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Agency" means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) "The Climate Registry" means the nonprofit organization that
is a successor to the California Climate Action Registry (former
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 42800) of Part 4 of Division 26 of
the Health and Safety Code, as added by Section 1 of Chapter 1018 of
the Statutes of 2000).
(b)
(c) "Registry" means the water-energy nexus registry
developed pursuant to this part.
71422. (a) (1) The agency shall oversee the development of a
registry for greenhouse gas emissions that result from the
water-energy nexus using the best-available data.
(2) Participation in the registry shall be voluntary and open to
any entity conducting business in the state. A participating entity
may register its emissions, including emissions generated outside of
the state, on an entitywide basis and may utilize the services of the
registry.
(b) The agency may enter into a contract with a qualified
nonprofit organization to do all of the following:
(1) Develop, in consultation with the agency and other relevant
state agencies, the registry through a public stakeholder process, as
determined by the agency. In developing the registry, the chosen
qualified nonprofit organization shall consider greenhouse gas
emissions accounting methodologies developed as part of programs
authorized pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health
and Safety Code).
(2) Help participating entities in the state to establish
emissions baselines.
(3) Encourage voluntary actions to increase water and energy
efficiency measures to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the
state's water system.
(4) Enable participating entities to record voluntary entitywide
greenhouse gas emissions reductions in a consistent format that is
supported by third-party verification.
(5) Recognize, publicize, and promote participating entities
making voluntary reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
(6) Recruit broad participation in the registry from all economic
sectors and regions of the state.
(7) Facilitate streamlined data reporting for relevant entities
already reporting to the Climate Registry as part of its voluntary
corporate greenhouse gas emissions reporting program.
(c) (1) The contract authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) shall
be limited to a term of three years.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the term of the contract may be
extended for one year upon the agreement of both parties to the
contract.
71424. Entities Pursuant to Section 39712
of the Health and Safety Code, entities participating in the
registry may qualify for financing opportunities that provide
incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and are
consistent with Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code.
emissions.