AB 1

  • California Assembly Bill
  • 2023-2024, Special Session 2
  • Introduced in Assembly Sep 03, 2024
  • Passed Assembly Oct 01, 2024
  • Senate
  • Governor

Energy: transportation fuels: inventories: turnaround and maintenance.

Abstract

Existing law, beginning on June 26, 2023, establishes the Independent Consumer Fuels Advisory Committee within the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to advise the Energy Commission and the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, as provided. Existing law prescribes the composition of the 8-member committee, including 6 specified members appointed by the Governor, one member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. Existing law requires one member appointed by the Governor to represent labor. Existing law prohibits a member of the committee from having been employed by, contracted with, or received direct compensation from, a company that produces, refines, distributes, trades in, markets, or sells any petroleum product in the preceding 12 months, except as provided. Existing law specifies that the schedule of meetings of the committee is to be prescribed by the Energy Commission. This bill would specify that the above prohibition does not exclude a representative of a labor organization whose membership consists of, in whole or in part, individuals employed by a company that produces, refines, distributes, trades in, markets, or sells any petroleum product. The bill would require the gubernatorial appointee who represents labor to instead represent a labor organization with experience in refinery operations. The bill would require the committee to meet no less than annually. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and labor and industry stakeholders, to consider ways to manage necessary refinery turnarounds and maintenance that would protect the health and safety of employees and the public, and minimize the impacts of maintenance-related production losses on fuel prices. Existing law authorizes the Energy Commission, by regulation, to impose requirements governing the timing of turnaround and maintenance. This bill would expressly require those regulations to protect the health and safety of employees, local communities, and the public, and to include criteria that are required to be met before a refinery commences a turnaround or maintenance event, as provided. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the committee, to consider the effects of refiners' inventories of fuel and feedstocks and blending components on the price of transportation fuels in California. The bill would authorize the Energy Commission, by regulation, to develop and impose requirements for refiners operating in the state to maintain minimum levels of inventories of refined transportation fuels meeting California specifications, including any feedstocks and blending components, as specified. The bill would prohibit the Energy Commission from applying a minimum inventory requirement to a refiner in a manner that would be met only by the construction of additional storage infrastructure, as determined by the Energy Commission. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2033. This bill would impose an administrative civil penalty on a refiner or person who fails to comply with regulations adopted pursuant to the above-described authority and would authorize the Energy Commission to seek any form of injunctive or remedial relief to enforce compliance with those regulations, as provided. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, on or before January 1, 2024, and every 3 years thereafter, to submit an assessment to the Governor and the Legislature that, among other things, identifies methods to ensure a reliable supply of affordable and safe transportation fuels in California, as provided. This bill, beginning with the first assessment submitted after the effective date of the bill, would require that the assessment also include an evaluation of California's future petroleum product and crude oil import needs, identification of steps that can be taken to ensure that marine infrastructure and port facilities will be adequate to accommodate the efficient movement of petroleum products to meet those needs, an evaluation of ways to maximize use of existing infrastructure and minimize cumulative pollution burdens, and an evaluation of the effects on supplies of transportation fuels of state regulations that the Energy Commission identifies may be causing supply constraints, or for which the Energy Commission believes alternative compliance pathways should be considered by state agencies to mitigate potential impacts on supply.

Bill Sponsors (10)

Votes


Actions


Oct 08, 2024

Senate

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Amendment-Passage
  • Reading-1
  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Senate

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Senate

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (October 8).

Oct 07, 2024

Senate

In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Senate

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (October 7).

Senate

Referred to Com. on F. S. & P. S.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on F. S. & P. S.

Senate

Senate rules suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 8 .).

Oct 01, 2024

Assembly

Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 16.)

Assembly

Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Assembly

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 18.)

Sep 27, 2024

Assembly

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (September 26).

Sep 26, 2024

Assembly

Re-referred to Com. on P. & G.S.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on P. & G.S.

Assembly

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & G.S. Read second time and amended.

Sep 25, 2024

Assembly

Referred to Com. on P. & G.S.

  • Referral-Committee
Com. on P. & G.S.

Assembly

Read first time.

Sep 11, 2024

Assembly

Assembly Rule 56 suspended.

Sep 04, 2024

Assembly

From printer.

Sep 03, 2024

Assembly

Introduced. To print.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
AB1 HTML
09/03/24 - Introduced PDF
09/26/24 - Amended Assembly PDF
10/01/24 - Amended Assembly PDF
10/08/24 - Amended Senate PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
09/25/24- Assembly Petroleum and Gasoline Supply PDF
09/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS PDF
10/07/24- Senate Appropriations PDF
10/07/24- Senate Fuel Supply and Price Spikes PDF
10/10/24- Sen. Floor Analyses PDF

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