AB 2951

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law authorizes specified harbor and port districts, as defined, jointly with an electrical corporation, a gas corporation, a specified community choice aggregator, or a publicly owned electric or gas utility serving the district to prepare one or more energy management plans to reduce air emissions, promote economic development, and encourage the development of new businesses and retention of existing businesses in the district. Existing law requires, if a district prepares an energy management plan, that the plan include, among other things, an assessment of other energy efficiency and management issues the district determines to evaluate in order to inform the development of specific goals and actions that reduce air emissions and promote economic development. Existing law requires that assessment to include, among other things, an electric or natural gas load forecast and an assessment that identifies domestic and international shipping requirements and operations related to energy use and consumption. This bill would require that assessment to also include an assessment of the capacity of ports to advance the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets by facilitating the development, construction, and creation of a supply chain for eligible renewable energy resources.