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

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Date Published: 05/04/2022 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Senate  May 04, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1376

Introduced by Senator Stern

February 18, 2022

An act to add Section 25325 to the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1376, as amended, Stern. State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: strategic plan: zero-carbon resources. integrated energy resources and policies.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to conduct biennial assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery and distribution, demand, and prices. Existing law requires the commission to use these assessments and forecasts to develop and evaluate energy policies and programs that conserve resources, protect the environment, ensure energy reliability, enhance the state’s economy, and protect public health and safety. Existing law requires the commission to adopt an integrated energy policy report on or before November 1 of each odd-numbered year that contains an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state and presents policy recommendations, as specified.
This bill would require the commission to adopt a strategic plan on or before November 1, 2023, to enable no less than 6 gigawatts per year of zero-carbon resources to be interconnected to the state’s 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 on January 1, 2025. The bill would require the strategic plan to identify and recommend the actions required to streamline interconnection into the state’s electrical grid and implement investments needed to ensure reliability and meet future growth in electrical load and generation. The bill would require the strategic plan to be included in the integrated energy policy report adopted on or before November 1, 2023.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


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 will may need to roughly triple its current electrical grid capacity.
(b) The 2021 SB 100 Joint Agency Report further states that California will 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 will 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, to enable no less than six gigawatts per year of zero-carbon resources to be interconnected to the state’s 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 do both of the following:

(1)Streamline interconnection of zero-carbon resources into the state’s electrical grid.

(2)Implement 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.