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SB-1376 State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: strategic plan: integrated energy resources and policies.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) According to the 2021 SB 100 Joint Agency Report published by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission pursuant to the 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2018 (Chapter 312 of the Statutes of 2018), to reach the target of requiring renewable energy and zero-carbon resources to supply 100 percent of electric retail sales to end-use customers by 2045 while electrifying other sectors to meet the state’s economywide climate goals, California may need to roughly triple its current electrical grid capacity.
(b) The 2021 SB 100 Joint Agency Report further states that California may need to sustain its expansion of clean electricity generation capacity at a record-breaking rate for the next 25 years. On average, the state may need to build annually up to six gigawatts of new renewable energy and storage resources.
(c) In addition to social benefits such as less air pollution and improved public health, the transition to a carbon-free electrical system will also create thousands of jobs, including jobs manufacturing and installing wind turbines and solar panels, and jobs developing new clean energy technologies.

SEC. 2.

 Section 25325 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

25325.
 (a) The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, shall adopt a strategic plan, on or before November 1, 2023, that supports the resource additions included in individual integrated resource plans adopted by the Public Utilities Commission for California’s load-serving entities and those adopted by the commission, that are planned for interconnection to the electrical grid, beginning January 1, 2025.
(b) The strategic plan shall identify and recommend the actions required to
implement investments needed to ensure reliability and meet future growth in electrical load and generation, including, but not limited to, firm zero-carbon resources, offshore wind and other renewable energy generation, and energy storage.
(c) The strategic plan shall be included in the integrated energy policy report adopted by the commission on or before November 1, 2023, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25302.