Existing law requires, upon appropriation by the Legislature, certain amounts of money to be available for specified fiscal years to support a Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan developed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , as specified. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, by March 1, 2023, to submit the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairs of the relevant policy committees of the Legislature.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to appropriate $900,000,000 from the General Fund to the Energy Commission for the 2025–26 fiscal year to be allocated for the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan for local incentive grants to increase investment in clean energy infrastructure.
Existing law requires the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission to submit a joint Reliability Planning Assessment to the Legislature on a quarterly basis. Existing law requires that assessment to report on significant delays or barriers affecting the timely deployment of renewable energy and zero-carbon resources, including, among other things, permitting processes.
This bill would require the Energy Commission to establish a state central pool of subject matter experts with experience in clean energy project siting and permitting.