Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 915Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-NorrisFebruary 19, 2025 An act relating to energy, and making an appropriation therefor. An act to add Section 25238 to the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 915, as amended, Petrie-Norris. Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan. Plan: clean energy project siting and permitting.Existing law requires, upon appropriation by the Legislature, certain amounts of money to be available for specified fiscal years to support a Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan developed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Commission (Energy Commission), as specified. Existing law requires the commission, Energy Commission, by March 1, 2023, to submit the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairs of the relevant policy committees of the Legislature.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to appropriate $900,000,000 from the General Fund to the commission Energy Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.Existing law requires the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission to submit a joint Reliability Planning Assessment to the Legislature on a quarterly basis. Existing law requires that assessment to report on significant delays or barriers affecting the timely deployment of renewable energy and zero-carbon resources, including, among other things, permitting processes. This bill would require the Energy Commission to establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.Digest Key Vote: TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY Appropriation: YESNO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias climate, emissions reduction, air pollution, and clean energy goals necessitate the build out of new resources at an unprecedented pace and scale.(b) Counties are critical in delivering on state clean energy targets, bearing a disproportionately high role in relation to their influence in meeting those targets.(c) Within the next decade, based on the Public Utilities Commissions Decision 24-02-047 (February 15, 2024), Decision Adopting 2023 Preferred System Plan and Related Matters, and Addressing Two Petitions for Modification, counties will be siting over 19 gigawatts (GWs) of solar, 7 GWs of terrestrial wind, and over 15 GWs of storage.(d) County infrastructure is often insufficient to address the volume and pace of projects needed to meet the states clean energy targets.(e) The Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) was established to support programs and projects that accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources, support demand response, assist ratepayers, and increase energy reliability.(f) In 2022, the Legislature designated $1 billion $1,000,000,000 for the CERIP in Senate Bill 846 (Chapter 239 of the Statutes of 2022), but to date only $100,000,000 of those funds have been allocated.SEC. 2. The It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would appropriate the sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.SEC. 3. Section 25238 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25238. The commission shall establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 915Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-NorrisFebruary 19, 2025 An act relating to energy, and making an appropriation therefor. An act to add Section 25238 to the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 915, as amended, Petrie-Norris. Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan. Plan: clean energy project siting and permitting.Existing law requires, upon appropriation by the Legislature, certain amounts of money to be available for specified fiscal years to support a Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan developed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Commission (Energy Commission), as specified. Existing law requires the commission, Energy Commission, by March 1, 2023, to submit the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairs of the relevant policy committees of the Legislature.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to appropriate $900,000,000 from the General Fund to the commission Energy Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.Existing law requires the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission to submit a joint Reliability Planning Assessment to the Legislature on a quarterly basis. Existing law requires that assessment to report on significant delays or barriers affecting the timely deployment of renewable energy and zero-carbon resources, including, among other things, permitting processes. This bill would require the Energy Commission to establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.Digest Key Vote: TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY Appropriation: YESNO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2025
Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2025
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 915
Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-NorrisFebruary 19, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris
February 19, 2025
An act relating to energy, and making an appropriation therefor. An act to add Section 25238 to the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 915, as amended, Petrie-Norris. Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan. Plan: clean energy project siting and permitting.
Existing law requires, upon appropriation by the Legislature, certain amounts of money to be available for specified fiscal years to support a Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan developed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Commission (Energy Commission), as specified. Existing law requires the commission, Energy Commission, by March 1, 2023, to submit the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairs of the relevant policy committees of the Legislature.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to appropriate $900,000,000 from the General Fund to the commission Energy Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.Existing law requires the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission to submit a joint Reliability Planning Assessment to the Legislature on a quarterly basis. Existing law requires that assessment to report on significant delays or barriers affecting the timely deployment of renewable energy and zero-carbon resources, including, among other things, permitting processes. This bill would require the Energy Commission to establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
Existing law requires, upon appropriation by the Legislature, certain amounts of money to be available for specified fiscal years to support a Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan developed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Commission (Energy Commission), as specified. Existing law requires the commission, Energy Commission, by March 1, 2023, to submit the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairs of the relevant policy committees of the Legislature.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to appropriate $900,000,000 from the General Fund to the commission Energy Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.
Existing law requires the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission to submit a joint Reliability Planning Assessment to the Legislature on a quarterly basis. Existing law requires that assessment to report on significant delays or barriers affecting the timely deployment of renewable energy and zero-carbon resources, including, among other things, permitting processes.
This bill would require the Energy Commission to establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias climate, emissions reduction, air pollution, and clean energy goals necessitate the build out of new resources at an unprecedented pace and scale.(b) Counties are critical in delivering on state clean energy targets, bearing a disproportionately high role in relation to their influence in meeting those targets.(c) Within the next decade, based on the Public Utilities Commissions Decision 24-02-047 (February 15, 2024), Decision Adopting 2023 Preferred System Plan and Related Matters, and Addressing Two Petitions for Modification, counties will be siting over 19 gigawatts (GWs) of solar, 7 GWs of terrestrial wind, and over 15 GWs of storage.(d) County infrastructure is often insufficient to address the volume and pace of projects needed to meet the states clean energy targets.(e) The Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) was established to support programs and projects that accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources, support demand response, assist ratepayers, and increase energy reliability.(f) In 2022, the Legislature designated $1 billion $1,000,000,000 for the CERIP in Senate Bill 846 (Chapter 239 of the Statutes of 2022), but to date only $100,000,000 of those funds have been allocated.SEC. 2. The It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would appropriate the sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.SEC. 3. Section 25238 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25238. The commission shall establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias climate, emissions reduction, air pollution, and clean energy goals necessitate the build out of new resources at an unprecedented pace and scale.(b) Counties are critical in delivering on state clean energy targets, bearing a disproportionately high role in relation to their influence in meeting those targets.(c) Within the next decade, based on the Public Utilities Commissions Decision 24-02-047 (February 15, 2024), Decision Adopting 2023 Preferred System Plan and Related Matters, and Addressing Two Petitions for Modification, counties will be siting over 19 gigawatts (GWs) of solar, 7 GWs of terrestrial wind, and over 15 GWs of storage.(d) County infrastructure is often insufficient to address the volume and pace of projects needed to meet the states clean energy targets.(e) The Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) was established to support programs and projects that accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources, support demand response, assist ratepayers, and increase energy reliability.(f) In 2022, the Legislature designated $1 billion $1,000,000,000 for the CERIP in Senate Bill 846 (Chapter 239 of the Statutes of 2022), but to date only $100,000,000 of those funds have been allocated.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias climate, emissions reduction, air pollution, and clean energy goals necessitate the build out of new resources at an unprecedented pace and scale.(b) Counties are critical in delivering on state clean energy targets, bearing a disproportionately high role in relation to their influence in meeting those targets.(c) Within the next decade, based on the Public Utilities Commissions Decision 24-02-047 (February 15, 2024), Decision Adopting 2023 Preferred System Plan and Related Matters, and Addressing Two Petitions for Modification, counties will be siting over 19 gigawatts (GWs) of solar, 7 GWs of terrestrial wind, and over 15 GWs of storage.(d) County infrastructure is often insufficient to address the volume and pace of projects needed to meet the states clean energy targets.(e) The Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) was established to support programs and projects that accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources, support demand response, assist ratepayers, and increase energy reliability.(f) In 2022, the Legislature designated $1 billion $1,000,000,000 for the CERIP in Senate Bill 846 (Chapter 239 of the Statutes of 2022), but to date only $100,000,000 of those funds have been allocated.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(a) Californias climate, emissions reduction, air pollution, and clean energy goals necessitate the build out of new resources at an unprecedented pace and scale.
(b) Counties are critical in delivering on state clean energy targets, bearing a disproportionately high role in relation to their influence in meeting those targets.
(c) Within the next decade, based on the Public Utilities Commissions Decision 24-02-047 (February 15, 2024), Decision Adopting 2023 Preferred System Plan and Related Matters, and Addressing Two Petitions for Modification, counties will be siting over 19 gigawatts (GWs) of solar, 7 GWs of terrestrial wind, and over 15 GWs of storage.
(d) County infrastructure is often insufficient to address the volume and pace of projects needed to meet the states clean energy targets.
(e) The Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) was established to support programs and projects that accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources, support demand response, assist ratepayers, and increase energy reliability.
(f) In 2022, the Legislature designated $1 billion $1,000,000,000 for the CERIP in Senate Bill 846 (Chapter 239 of the Statutes of 2022), but to date only $100,000,000 of those funds have been allocated.
SEC. 2. The It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would appropriate the sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.
SEC. 2. The It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would appropriate the sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.
SEC. 2. The It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would appropriate the sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the 202526 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.
### SEC. 2.
SEC. 3. Section 25238 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25238. The commission shall establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
SEC. 3. Section 25238 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
### SEC. 3.
25238. The commission shall establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
25238. The commission shall establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
25238. The commission shall establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
25238. The commission shall establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.
###### 25238.