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AB-2008 Reliable Energy Needs for Everyone in the West Program.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 7.10 (commencing with Section 25698) is added to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

CHAPTER  7.10. Reliable Energy Needs for Everyone in the West Program
25698.
 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Eligible customer” means a customer in a hard-to-decarbonize climate zone.
(b) “Hard-to-decarbonize climate zone” means a heating dominant climate zone in California where combustion fuels will continue to be the lowest cost and most effective means for providing space and water heating to buildings.
(c) “Liquefied petroleum gas” has the same meaning as defined in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code.
(d) “Renewable DME” means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock.
(e) “Renewable hydrogen” means hydrogen derived through any of the following processes:
(1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solution using renewable electricity.
(2) Catalytic cracking or steam methane reforming of biomethane.
(3) Thermochemical conversion of biomass, including the organic portion of municipal solid waste.
(f) (1) “Renewable propane” means a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from a nonpetroleum or renewable feedstock and other molecules derived from a nonpetroleum, biogenic, or renewable feedstock, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen.
(2) “Renewable propane” includes products such as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, if they satisfy the definition in paragraph (1).
25698.1.
 The commission shall, upon appropriation for this purpose, establish and implement the Reliable Energy Needs for Everyone in the West Program to provide financial incentives to an eligible customer who purchases any of following:
(a) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock.
(b) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.
(c) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.