Existing law establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. Existing law requires major oil producers, refiners, marketers, oil transporters, oil storers, pipeline operators, and ports to annually submit certain information to the commission.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require the commission, based on data collected on crude deliveries, to determine if crude pipeline deliveries to refineries are reaching minimum throughput levels that would cause a shutdown of those pipelines, and, if the commission determines that there is a sufficient danger to the operation of a pipeline that could cause it to shut down, to provide notice to the Governor and the Legislature of potential gasoline supply disruptions.