Diane Papan
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 21
Author
Existing law defines a "renewable electrical generation facility" as a facility that uses biomass, solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, fuel cells using renewable fuels, small hydroelectric generation of 30 megawatts or less, digester gas, municipal solid waste conversion, landfill gas, ocean wave, ocean thermal, or tidal current, and that meets other specified requirements. Existing law incorporates that definition into various programs, including the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, which requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers, as defined, to procure a minimum quantity of electricity products from electrical generating facilities that meet the definition of "renewable electrical generation facility," and the net energy metering program, in which residential customers, small commercial customers, and commercial, industrial, or agricultural customers of an electrical utility, who use a renewable electrical generation facility, are eligible to participate, as specified. This bill would revise the definition of "renewable electrical generation facility" to include a facility that uses fuel cells or linear generators that use specified fuels. Under existing law, a violation of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 3).
Referred to Coms. on U. & E. and NAT. RES.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1921 | HTML |
| 01/25/24 - Introduced | |
| 04/08/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/16/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/22/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/25/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/02/24- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy | |
| 04/12/24- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 05/06/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/14/24- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications | |
| 07/01/24- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 08/07/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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