Bill Text: CA AB841 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: Industrial Heat Electrification Roadmap.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB841 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB841-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 17, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 16, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Berman (Coauthor: Assembly Member Wallis) |
February 14, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 25216.9 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:25216.9.
(a) On or before(1)Identify various subsectors of industrial emissions in California and their locations.
(2)Assess the heat electrification potential for each subsector of industrial emissions in California.
(3)Identify the highest near-term electrification opportunities in underresourced communities, as defined in Section 71130.
(4)Quantify copollutant reductions and commensurate health benefits.
(5)Quantify the workforce necessary to support industrial electrification.
(6)Estimate electrical load growth under high- and low-efficiency scenarios, including identification of circuits where infrastructure upgrades to the electrical grid may be needed to advance industrial decarbonization.
(7)Identify barriers to industrial electrification and possible state agency solutions, including through improved rate design and demand response programs.