Energy: firm zero-carbon resources., the official text

An act to add and repeal Section 25240 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the Independent System Operator, and the State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in the state and will achieve the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to the state’s end-use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045, as specified.
This bill would require the Energy Commission, working with the PUC, to prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2028, a statewide assessment of the role and necessity of firm zero-carbon resources in meeting the state’s clean energy and reliability objectives, potential technologies and strategies for integrating firm zero-carbon resources into the state’s energy mix, recommendations on procurement, policy, and planning actions to deploy and support firm zero-carbon resources, and current and projected renewable and firm zero-carbon generation capacity, reliability requirements under varying system conditions, and the cost and emission implications of firm zero-carbon resources.

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

SECTION 1.
Section 25240 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
25240.
(a) On or before January 1, 2028, the commission, working with the Public Utilities Commission, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a statewide assessment of all of the following:
(1) The role and necessity of firm zero-carbon resources, as defined in Section 25305.5, in meeting the state’s clean energy and reliability objectives.
(2) Potential technologies and strategies for integrating firm zero-carbon resources into the state’s energy mix.
(3) Recommendations on procurement, policy, safety, and planning actions to deploy and support firm zero-carbon resources, if deemed necessary.
(4) Current and projected renewable and firm zero-carbon generation capacity, reliability requirements under varying system conditions, and the cost and emission implications of firm zero-carbon resources.
(b) (1) The assessment to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2032.