Bill Text: CA AB3016 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 3016

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Bill Title: Renewable electrical generation facilities: interagency coordination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-21 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB3016 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB3016-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3016

Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris

February 16, 2024

An act to amend Section 25991 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3016, as introduced, Petrie-Norris. Energy: offshore wind generation.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in coordination with specified agencies, to develop a strategic plan for offshore wind energy developments installed off the California coast in federal waters, and requires the commission to submit the strategic plan to the Natural Resources Agency and the Legislature on or before June 30, 2023, as specified.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change related to the submission of the strategic plan.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 25991 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

25991.

(a) (1) The commission, in coordination with the California Coastal Commission, the Ocean Protection Council, the State Lands Commission, the Office of Planning and Research, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the Independent System Operator, and the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant federal, state, and local agencies as needed, shall develop a strategic plan for offshore wind energy developments installed off the California coast in federal waters.

(2) Development of the strategic plan shall incorporate, but not delay, progress to advance responsible development of offshore wind in other relevant policy venues.

(b) (1) The commission shall submit the strategic plan to the Natural Resources Agency and the Legislature on or before June 30, 2023.

(2) The strategic plan submitted to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(1) Identification of sea space, including the findings and recommendations resulting from activities undertaken pursuant to Section 25991.2.

(2) Economic and workforce development and identification of port space and infrastructure, including the plan developed pursuant to Section 25991.3.

(3) Transmission planning, including the findings resulting from activities undertaken pursuant to Section 25991.4.

(4) Permitting, including the findings resulting from activities undertaken pursuant to Section 25991.5.

(5) Potential impacts on coastal resources, fisheries, Native American and Indigenous peoples, and national defense, and strategies for addressing those potential impacts.

(d) (1) The strategic plan shall emphasize and prioritize near-term actions, particularly related to port retrofits and investments and the workforce, to accommodate the probable immediate need for jobs and economic development.

(2) In considering port retrofits, the strategic plan shall strive for compatibility with other harbor tenants and ocean users to ensure that the local benefits related to offshore wind energy construction complement other local industries.

(3) The strategic plan shall emphasize and prioritize actions that will improve port infrastructure to support land-based work for the local workforce.

(e) The development of the strategic plan regarding workforce development shall include consultation with representatives of key labor organizations and apprenticeship programs that would be involved in dispatching and training the construction workforce.

(f) The commission shall provide an opportunity for public review and comment on a draft strategic plan.