California Climate Policy Summit 2022 Presentations

Track 1: Community Energy Resilience Panel 1: Grid for the Future slides (PDF) Lorenzo Kristov, Independent Consultant Allie Detrio, Microgrid Resources Coalition and Reimagine Power Panel 2: Distributed Energy Technology Solutions slides (PDF) Allan Schurr, Enchanted Rock Adam Simpson, Mainspring Energy Ardi Arian, Renewable America Peter Asmus, AutoGrid Panel 3: Project Development in Frontline Communities … Read more

SB 1287: Electric service providers and community choice aggregators – financial security requirements

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 1287 (Bradford) This bill would have required newly forming Community Choice Agencies (CCAs) to post bonds or demonstrate insurance coverage in an amount of no less than $500,000. The bill would also empower the CPUC to require new CCAs include financial security that would meet no less than 12 months of incremental procurement cost incurred … Read more

SB 1217: State-Regional Collaborative for Climate, Equity, and Resilience

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 1217 (Allen) Would establish the State-Regional Collaborative for Climate, Equity, and Resilience to provide guidance to the Air Resources Board for approving new guidelines for sustainable communities strategies. STATUS: APPROVED May 24 in the Senate; double-referred to the Assembly Transportation and Natural Resources Committees. Held in Assembly Natural Resources Committee beyond deadline to pass. DEAD.

Supported by The Climate Center

SB 1173: Public retirement systems – fossil fuels – divestment

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 1173 (Lena Gonzalez and Scott Wiener) A fossil fuel divestment bill. SB 1173 would prohibit the boards of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds in fossil fuel corporations. Read The Climate Center’s Letter of Support. Read … Read more

SB 977: California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 977 (Laird) This bill would establish the California Conservation Ranching Incentive Program under the Wildlife Conservation Board. The objectives of the program are to restore and enhance the ecological health of private rangelands. Management plans cited in the bill shall include science-based goals and actions to maintain or improve the ecological function of private rangeland, including supporting a diversity and abundance of … Read more

SB 953: Oil and gas leases – State Lands Commission

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 953 (Min) Would ban offshore oil drilling in non-federal waters off the coast of California, including oil production under current lease agreements. News Release. STATUS: Held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee August 11 (failed).

SB 917: Seamless Transit Transformation Act

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 917 (Becker) This bill, the Seamless Transit Transformation Act, would direct the Metropolitan Transportation Commission of the Bay Area to develop a program that would streamline service among the 26 transit agencies that serve the Bay Area. Read the author’s factsheet. STATUS: Held August 11 in the Assembly Appropriations Committee; FAILED.

SB 881: Load-serving entities – integrated resource plans

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 881 (Min) This was an Integrated Resource Planning Bill. It would require the CPUC to require each load-serving entity (LSE) in the state to undertake sufficient procurement to achieve a diverse, balanced, and reliable statewide portfolio and realize specified electricity sector greenhouse gas emissions reductions. STATUS: DEAD. Amended May 19 in the Appropriations Committee. Held in … Read more

SB 839: Electricity – demand response

Status: Failed in Committee

SB 839 (Dodd) Pursuant to existing law, the commission has authorized the state’s three major IOUs to offer reliability-based demand response (DR) programs, including the Base Interruptible Program (BIP), which is available to qualifying nonresidential customers. This bill would require each of those IOUs to make its BIP available to its qualifying commercial and industrial customers regardless of … Read more