BILL NUMBER: SB 984 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator McClintock
FEBRUARY 22, 2005
An act to amend Section 25730 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to powerplants.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 984, as introduced, McClintock. Greenhouse gas emissions
reductions: powerplants.
Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission (Energy Commission), and requires the
Energy Commission, among other things, to analyze the social,
economic, and environmental consequences of trends in the consumption
of energy. Existing law also requires the Energy Commission, in
consultation with various entities, to update, by January 1, 2002,
the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from all sources located in
the state, as identified in a specified report, and to acquire and
develop data and information on global climate change and provide
state, regional, and local agencies, utilities, business, industry,
and other energy and economic sectors with information on the costs,
technical feasibility, and demonstrated effectiveness of methods for
reducing or mitigating the production of greenhouse gases from
in-state sources. Existing law requires the Energy Commission to
update its inventory every 5 years, and to report on the updated
inventory to the Governor and the Legislature.
This bill would require the Energy Commission to establish an
inventory of existing zero emission powerplants, including
powerplants located in the state that produce electricity using wind,
solar, or nuclear technology. The inventory is required to include
information that compares the annual emissions of zero emission
powerplants, including the amount of greenhouse gases that are
avoided by zero emissions powerplants, with the annual emissions of
powerplants using state-of-the-art current gas generation technology
to produce electricity.
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. Section 25730 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
25730. The commission, in consultation with the State Air
Resources Board, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the
Department of Transportation, the State Water Resources Control
Board, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and other
state agencies with jurisdiction over matters affecting climate
change, shall do all of the following:(a) (1)
On or before January 1, 2002, update the inventory of greenhouse gas
emissions from all sources located in the state, as identified in the
commission's 1998 report entitled, "Appendix A: Historical and
Forecasted Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories for California."
Information on natural sources of greenhouse gas emissions shall be
included to the extent that information is available. The inventory
shall include information that compares emissions from similar
inventories prepared for the United States and other states or
countries, and shall include information on relevant current and
previous energy and air quality policies, activities, and greenhouse
gas emissions reductions and trends since 1990, to the extent that
information is available.
(2) Establish an inventory of existing zero emission powerplants,
including powerplants located in the state that produce electricity
using wind, solar or nuclear technology. The inventory shall include
information that compares the annual emissions of zero emission
powerplants, including the amount of greenhouse gases that are
avoided by zero emissions powerplants, with the annual emissions of
powerplants using state-of-the-art current gas generation technology
to produce electricity.
(b) Acquire and develop data and information on global climate
change, and provide state, regional, and local agencies, utilities,
business, industry, and other energy and economic sectors with
information on the costs, technical feasibility, and demonstrated
effectiveness of methods for reducing or mitigating the production of
greenhouse gases from in-state sources, including net reductions
through the management of natural forest reservoirs. The commission,
in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall provide a
variety of forums for the exchange of that information among
interested parties, and shall provide other state agencies with
information on cost-effective and technologically feasible methods
that can be used to reduce or mitigate the emissions of greenhouse
gases.
(c) Update its inventory every five years using current scientific
methods, and report on the updated inventory to the Governor and the
Legislature.
(d) Conduct at least one public workshop prior to finalizing each
updated inventory. The commission shall post its report and inventory
on the commission's web Web page on
the Internet.
(e) Convene an interagency task force consisting of state agencies
with jurisdiction over matters affecting climate change to ensure
policy coordination at the state level for those activities.
(f) Establish a climate change advisory committee, to the extent
that the commission determines that it can do so within existing
resources. This advisory committee shall make recommendations to the
commission on the most equitable and efficient ways to implement
international and national climate change requirements based on cost,
technical feasibility, and relevant information on current energy
and air quality policies and activities and on greenhouse gas
emissions reductions and trends since 1990. The commission shall
designate one of its commissioners as chair, and shall include on the
advisory committee members who represent business, including major
industrial and energy sectors, utilities, forestry, agriculture,
local government, and environmental groups. The meetings of the
advisory committee shall be open to the public, and shall provide an
opportunity for the public to be heard on matters considered by the
advisory committee.