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| 1 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1559Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnellFebruary 19, 2021 An act relating to energy. to add and repeal Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1559, as amended, ODonnell. Renewable natural gas. Energy: Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021.Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to administer the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to provide financial assistance for the development and deployment of innovative technologies that transform Californias fuel and vehicle types to help attain the states climate change policies. This bill, the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021, would, until January 1, 2031, require the commission to establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to producers for the production of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable dimethyl ether meeting certain requirements and that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state. The bill would establish the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund and would specify that moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure of purposes of the program.The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.This bill would transfer $150,000,000 from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund. The bill would appropriate those moneys, as provided, for the purposes of the program.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations. Existing law requires state agencies to consider and, as appropriate, adopt policies and incentives to significantly increase the sustainable production and use of renewable gas. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to consider additional policies to support the development and use in the state of renewable gas that reduce short-lived climate pollutants in the state.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to renewable natural gas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY2/3 Appropriation: NOYES Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) is added to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 202125810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021.25811. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Liquefied petroleum gas has the same meaning as set forth in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code.(b) Renewable DME means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock.(c) Renewable hydrogen means hydrogen derived from any of the following:(1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions 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.(d) Renewable propane, also known as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, is a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources and other molecules derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen.25812. (a) The commission shall establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to any producer for the production of any of the following that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state:(1) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock.(2) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(3) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(b) The financial incentive provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced, as follows:(1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per gallon for the first 25,000,000 gallons of those gases produced.(2) One dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) per gallon for any volumetric amount above 25,000,000 gallons produced.(c) To obtain an incentive under the program, the producer shall submit to the commission documentation, in a format determined by the commission, of the amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced during the previous calendar year and the disposition of those gases, including information on the use of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25813. The Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter.25814. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund.(b) (1) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(2) For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding Section 16304 of the Government Code, the amounts appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) are available for encumbrance until December 31, 2030.25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to renewable natural gas. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1559Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnellFebruary 19, 2021 An act relating to energy. to add and repeal Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1559, as amended, ODonnell. Renewable natural gas. Energy: Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021.Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to administer the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to provide financial assistance for the development and deployment of innovative technologies that transform Californias fuel and vehicle types to help attain the states climate change policies. This bill, the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021, would, until January 1, 2031, require the commission to establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to producers for the production of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable dimethyl ether meeting certain requirements and that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state. The bill would establish the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund and would specify that moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure of purposes of the program.The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.This bill would transfer $150,000,000 from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund. The bill would appropriate those moneys, as provided, for the purposes of the program.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations. Existing law requires state agencies to consider and, as appropriate, adopt policies and incentives to significantly increase the sustainable production and use of renewable gas. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to consider additional policies to support the development and use in the state of renewable gas that reduce short-lived climate pollutants in the state.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to renewable natural gas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY2/3 Appropriation: NOYES Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO | |
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| 10 | 9 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 12 | 11 | Assembly Bill | |
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| 14 | 13 | No. 1559 | |
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| 16 | 15 | Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnellFebruary 19, 2021 | |
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| 18 | 17 | Introduced by Assembly Member ODonnell | |
| 19 | 18 | February 19, 2021 | |
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| 21 | - | An act to add and repeal Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy, and making an appropriation therefor. | |
| 20 | + | An act relating to energy. to add and repeal Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy, and making an appropriation therefor. | |
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| 23 | 22 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 25 | 24 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 27 | - | AB 1559, as amended, ODonnell. Energy: Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021. | |
| 26 | + | AB 1559, as amended, ODonnell. Renewable natural gas. Energy: Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021. | |
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| 29 | - | Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to administer the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to provide financial assistance for the development and deployment of innovative technologies that transform Californias fuel and vehicle types to help attain the states climate change policies. This bill, the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021, | |
| 28 | + | Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to administer the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to provide financial assistance for the development and deployment of innovative technologies that transform Californias fuel and vehicle types to help attain the states climate change policies. This bill, the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021, would, until January 1, 2031, require the commission to establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to producers for the production of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable dimethyl ether meeting certain requirements and that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state. The bill would establish the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund and would specify that moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure of purposes of the program.The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.This bill would transfer $150,000,000 from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund. The bill would appropriate those moneys, as provided, for the purposes of the program.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations. Existing law requires state agencies to consider and, as appropriate, adopt policies and incentives to significantly increase the sustainable production and use of renewable gas. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to consider additional policies to support the development and use in the state of renewable gas that reduce short-lived climate pollutants in the state.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to renewable natural gas. | |
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| 31 | 30 | Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to administer the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to provide financial assistance for the development and deployment of innovative technologies that transform Californias fuel and vehicle types to help attain the states climate change policies. | |
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| 33 | - | This bill, the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021, | |
| 32 | + | This bill, the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021, would, until January 1, 2031, require the commission to establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to producers for the production of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable dimethyl ether meeting certain requirements and that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state. The bill would establish the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund and would specify that moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure of purposes of the program. | |
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| 35 | 34 | The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. | |
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| 36 | + | This bill would transfer $150,000,000 from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund. The bill would appropriate those moneys, as provided, for the purposes of the program. | |
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| 38 | + | Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations. Existing law requires state agencies to consider and, as appropriate, adopt policies and incentives to significantly increase the sustainable production and use of renewable gas. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board, to consider additional policies to support the development and use in the state of renewable gas that reduce short-lived climate pollutants in the state. | |
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| 39 | - | This bill would transfer $150,000,000 from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund. The bill would appropriate those moneys, as provided, for the purposes of the program. | |
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| 42 | + | This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to renewable natural gas. | |
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| 43 | 46 | ## Digest Key | |
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| 47 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) is added to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of | |
| 50 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) is added to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 202125810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021.25811. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Liquefied petroleum gas has the same meaning as set forth in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code.(b) Renewable DME means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock.(c) Renewable hydrogen means hydrogen derived from any of the following:(1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions 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.(d) Renewable propane, also known as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, is a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources and other molecules derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen.25812. (a) The commission shall establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to any producer for the production of any of the following that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state:(1) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock.(2) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(3) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(b) The financial incentive provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced, as follows:(1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per gallon for the first 25,000,000 gallons of those gases produced.(2) One dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) per gallon for any volumetric amount above 25,000,000 gallons produced.(c) To obtain an incentive under the program, the producer shall submit to the commission documentation, in a format determined by the commission, of the amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced during the previous calendar year and the disposition of those gases, including information on the use of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25813. The Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter.25814. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund.(b) (1) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(2) For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding Section 16304 of the Government Code, the amounts appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) are available for encumbrance until December 31, 2030.25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to renewable natural gas. | |
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| 49 | 52 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 51 | 54 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 53 | - | SECTION 1. Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) is added to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of | |
| 56 | + | SECTION 1. Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) is added to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read: CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 202125810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021.25811. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Liquefied petroleum gas has the same meaning as set forth in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code.(b) Renewable DME means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock.(c) Renewable hydrogen means hydrogen derived from any of the following:(1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions 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.(d) Renewable propane, also known as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, is a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources and other molecules derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen.25812. (a) The commission shall establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to any producer for the production of any of the following that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state:(1) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock.(2) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(3) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(b) The financial incentive provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced, as follows:(1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per gallon for the first 25,000,000 gallons of those gases produced.(2) One dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) per gallon for any volumetric amount above 25,000,000 gallons produced.(c) To obtain an incentive under the program, the producer shall submit to the commission documentation, in a format determined by the commission, of the amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced during the previous calendar year and the disposition of those gases, including information on the use of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25813. The Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter.25814. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund.(b) (1) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(2) For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding Section 16304 of the Government Code, the amounts appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) are available for encumbrance until December 31, 2030.25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. | |
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| 55 | 58 | SECTION 1. Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 25810) is added to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read: | |
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| 57 | 60 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 59 | - | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of | |
| 62 | + | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 202125810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021.25811. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Liquefied petroleum gas has the same meaning as set forth in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code.(b) Renewable DME means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock.(c) Renewable hydrogen means hydrogen derived from any of the following:(1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions 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.(d) Renewable propane, also known as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, is a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources and other molecules derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen.25812. (a) The commission shall establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to any producer for the production of any of the following that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state:(1) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock.(2) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(3) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(b) The financial incentive provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced, as follows:(1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per gallon for the first 25,000,000 gallons of those gases produced.(2) One dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) per gallon for any volumetric amount above 25,000,000 gallons produced.(c) To obtain an incentive under the program, the producer shall submit to the commission documentation, in a format determined by the commission, of the amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced during the previous calendar year and the disposition of those gases, including information on the use of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25813. The Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter.25814. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund.(b) (1) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(2) For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding Section 16304 of the Government Code, the amounts appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) are available for encumbrance until December 31, 2030.25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. | |
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| 61 | - | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of | |
| 64 | + | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 202125810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021.25811. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Liquefied petroleum gas has the same meaning as set forth in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code.(b) Renewable DME means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock.(c) Renewable hydrogen means hydrogen derived from any of the following:(1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions 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.(d) Renewable propane, also known as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, is a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources and other molecules derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen.25812. (a) The commission shall establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to any producer for the production of any of the following that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state:(1) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock.(2) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(3) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(b) The financial incentive provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced, as follows:(1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per gallon for the first 25,000,000 gallons of those gases produced.(2) One dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) per gallon for any volumetric amount above 25,000,000 gallons produced.(c) To obtain an incentive under the program, the producer shall submit to the commission documentation, in a format determined by the commission, of the amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced during the previous calendar year and the disposition of those gases, including information on the use of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25813. The Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter.25814. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund.(b) (1) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(2) For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding Section 16304 of the Government Code, the amounts appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) are available for encumbrance until December 31, 2030.25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases.25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. | |
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| 63 | - | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021 | |
| 66 | + | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021 | |
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| 65 | - | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021 | |
| 68 | + | CHAPTER 9.5. Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021 | |
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| 67 | - | 25810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021. | |
| 70 | + | 25810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021. | |
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| 71 | - | 25810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021. | |
| 74 | + | 25810. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Act of 2021. | |
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| 73 | 76 | 25811. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) Liquefied petroleum gas has the same meaning as set forth in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code.(b) Renewable DME means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock.(c) Renewable hydrogen means hydrogen derived from any of the following:(1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions 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.(d) Renewable propane, also known as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, is a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources and other molecules derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen. | |
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| 77 | 80 | 25811. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: | |
| 78 | 81 | ||
| 79 | 82 | (a) Liquefied petroleum gas has the same meaning as set forth in Section 380 of the Vehicle Code. | |
| 80 | 83 | ||
| 81 | 84 | (b) Renewable DME means dimethyl ether derived from renewable feedstock. | |
| 82 | 85 | ||
| 83 | 86 | (c) Renewable hydrogen means hydrogen derived from any of the following: | |
| 84 | 87 | ||
| 85 | 88 | (1) Electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions using renewable electricity. | |
| 86 | 89 | ||
| 87 | 90 | (2) Catalytic cracking or steam methane reforming of biomethane. | |
| 88 | 91 | ||
| 89 | 92 | (3) Thermochemical conversion of biomass, including the organic portion of municipal solid waste. | |
| 90 | 93 | ||
| 91 | 94 | (d) Renewable propane, also known as biopropane, bioLPG, renewable LPG, or rLPG, is a low-pressure liquefied gas comprised of propane derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources and other molecules derived from nonpetroleum or renewable sources, which may include renewable DME or renewable hydrogen. | |
| 92 | 95 | ||
| 93 | 96 | 25812. (a) The commission shall establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to any producer for the production of any of the following that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state:(1) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock.(2) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(3) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane.(b) The financial incentive provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced, as follows:(1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per gallon for the first 25,000,000 gallons of those gases produced.(2) One dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) per gallon for any volumetric amount above 25,000,000 gallons produced.(c) To obtain an incentive under the program, the producer shall submit to the commission documentation, in a format determined by the commission, of the amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced during the previous calendar year and the disposition of those gases, including information on the use of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases. | |
| 94 | 97 | ||
| 95 | 98 | ||
| 96 | 99 | ||
| 97 | 100 | 25812. (a) The commission shall establish and implement a program to provide financial incentives to any producer for the production of any of the following that is used as an energy source for buildings in the state: | |
| 98 | 101 | ||
| 99 | 102 | (1) Renewable propane derived entirely from renewable feedstock. | |
| 100 | 103 | ||
| 101 | 104 | (2) Renewable hydrogen produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane. | |
| 102 | 105 | ||
| 103 | 106 | (3) Renewable DME produced for blending with propane, liquefied petroleum gas, or renewable propane. | |
| 104 | 107 | ||
| 105 | 108 | (b) The financial incentive provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be based on the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced, as follows: | |
| 106 | 109 | ||
| 107 | 110 | (1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per gallon for the first 25,000,000 gallons of those gases produced. | |
| 108 | 111 | ||
| 109 | 112 | (2) One dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) per gallon for any volumetric amount above 25,000,000 gallons produced. | |
| 110 | 113 | ||
| 111 | 114 | (c) To obtain an incentive under the program, the producer shall submit to the commission documentation, in a format determined by the commission, of the amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, or renewable DME produced during the previous calendar year and the disposition of those gases, including information on the use of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases. | |
| 112 | 115 | ||
| 113 | 116 | 25813. The Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter. | |
| 114 | 117 | ||
| 115 | 118 | ||
| 116 | 119 | ||
| 117 | 120 | 25813. The Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, are available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter. | |
| 118 | 121 | ||
| 119 | - | ||
| 120 | - | ||
| 121 | - | (a)The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund. | |
| 122 | + | 25814. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund.(b) (1) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(2) For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding Section 16304 of the Government Code, the amounts appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) are available for encumbrance until December 31, 2030. | |
| 122 | 123 | ||
| 123 | 124 | ||
| 124 | 125 | ||
| 126 | + | 25814. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) is transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund. | |
| 127 | + | ||
| 125 | 128 | (b) (1) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter. | |
| 129 | + | ||
| 130 | + | (2) For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter. | |
| 131 | + | ||
| 132 | + | (c) Notwithstanding Section 16304 of the Government Code, the amounts appropriated pursuant to subdivision (b) are available for encumbrance until December 31, 2030. | |
| 133 | + | ||
| 134 | + | 25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases. | |
| 126 | 135 | ||
| 127 | 136 | ||
| 128 | 137 | ||
| 129 | - | (2)For the 202223 fiscal year and the 202324 fiscal year, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for each of those fiscal years is hereby appropriated from the Innovative Renewable Energy for Buildings Fund to the commission for the purposes of this chapter. | |
| 138 | + | 25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases. | |
| 139 | + | ||
| 140 | + | 25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. | |
| 130 | 141 | ||
| 131 | 142 | ||
| 132 | 143 | ||
| 133 | - | ||
| 144 | + | 25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. | |
| 134 | 145 | ||
| 135 | 146 | ||
| 136 | 147 | ||
| 137 | - | 25814. The implementation of the program is contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter. | |
| 138 | - | ||
| 139 | - | ||
| 140 | - | ||
| 141 | - | 25814. The implementation of the program is contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter. | |
| 142 | - | ||
| 143 | - | 25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, 2024, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases. | |
| 144 | - | ||
| 145 | - | ||
| 146 | - | ||
| 147 | - | 25815. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning January 1, 2023, 2024, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code detailing the volumetric amount of renewable propane, renewable hydrogen, and renewable DME receiving incentives under the program and the uses of those gases categorized by the types of retail end users of those gases. | |
| 148 | - | ||
| 149 | - | 25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, 2032, and as of that date is repealed. | |
| 150 | - | ||
| 151 | - | ||
| 152 | - | ||
| 153 | - | 25816. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, 2032, and as of that date is repealed. | |
| 148 | + | It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to renewable natural gas. |