AB 1813, as introduced, Quirk. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Low-Carbon Fuel Standard.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit to be achieved by 2020 equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels of 1990. The state board additionally is required to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.
This bill would establish the Fuel Producer Capital Assistance Program to distribute moneys, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to liquid-transportation-fuel producers who wish to locate within the state a large-scale production facility that produces more than 3,000,000 gallons per year, as specified. The bill would establish the Fuel Producers Capital Assistance Fund and would appropriate $100,000,000 from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to implement the program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislation finds and declares that
2low-carbon liquid transportation fuels are an important element
3of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction policy and that
4increasing the supply of those fuels will help the state achieve its
5greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Section 38566 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
7to read:
(a) The Fuel Producer Capital Assistance Program is
9hereby established. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the
10state board shall distribute moneys to liquid-transportation-fuel
11producers who wish to locate within the state a large-scale
12production facility that produces more than 3,000,000 gallons per
13year.
14(b) (1) The Fuel Producers Capital Assistance Fund is hereby
15established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the
16Legislature, moneys in the fund shall be used to implement this
17section.
18(2) The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) is
19hereby appropriated from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund,
20established pursuant to Section 16428.8
of the Government Code,
21to the state board to implement this section to further the regulatory
22purposes of the act.
23(c) A large-scale production facility that receives financial
24assistance pursuant to this section shall produce fuels that achieve
25both of the following:
26(1) Have an average greenhouse gas intensity that is no greater
27than 50 percent of California reformulated gasoline, as determined
28by the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations adopted by the state
29board.
30(2) Do not use food commodities as feedstock.
31(d) The state board may distribute the moneys as, but not limited
32to, capital development grants, loan guarantees, or public-private
33partnerships.
34(e) The project solicitation and
selection process shall be
35conducted in a public and transparent manner consistent with the
36Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with
37Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
38the Government Code), the Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5
P3 1(commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the
2Government Code), and the State Contract Act (Chapter 1
3(commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the
4Public Contract Code).
5(f) Projects shall be selected for their ability to achieve all of
6the following goals:
7(1) Technological potential.
8(2) Cost-effectiveness.
9(3) Potential for the production process to be adopted in other
10states and nations.
11(4) Scalability.
12(5) Certainty that the project will produce at a predicted level.
13(6) Ability of the project to repay the initial investment by the
14state.
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