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CA AB2750

Bill

Status

Passed

9/25/2024

Primary Sponsor

James Gallagher

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Origin

State Assembly

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Extends the procurement deadline for electrical corporations to collectively procure their proportionate share of 125 megawatts from existing bioenergy projects from December 1, 2023 to July 1, 2025.

  • Changes contract extension requirements for electrical corporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, and community choice aggregators from exactly 5 years to at least 5 years longer than expiration dates in contracts operative in 2022.

  • Applies contract extension requirements to biomass facilities in areas that voluntarily opted for severe or extreme nonattainment status if the air district determines continued operation does not impede attainment deadlines.

  • Prohibits extension of biomass contracts in the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area unless the biomass generator obtains a letter or certificate from the air district confirming the area voluntarily opted for severe or extreme status and the facility does not impede attainment requirements.

  • Makes findings that a special statute is necessary for the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area to address unintended disqualification of a biomass facility in Lincoln, California from contract extension eligibility.

Legislative Description

Electricity: procurement: generation from biomass.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 575, Statutes of 2024.

9/25/2024

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/18/2024
Energy, Utilities and Communications5/29/2024
Rules5/21/2024
Appropriations4/18/2024
Utilities and Energy3/18/2024

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