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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add and repeal Section 25302.2 of the Public Resources Code, relating to energy. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Energy Commission: integrated energy policy report: curtailed solar and wind generation: hydrogen production.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and biennially thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report that contains an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state, presents policy recommendations based on an in-depth and integrated analysis of the most current and pressing energy issues facing the state, and includes an assessment and forecast of system reliability and the need for resource additions, efficiency, and conservation, as specified. Existing law also requires the commission, beginning November 1, 2004, and biennially thereafter, to prepare an energy policy review to update analyses from the integrated energy policy report or to raise energy issues that have emerged since the release of the integrated energy policy report, as specified. </html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require the commission, as part of the 2027 edition of the integrated energy policy report, to include an assessment of the potential for using curtailed solar and wind generation to produce hydrogen, as provided. The bill would define curtailed solar and wind generation for this purpose and require the assessment to do specified things, including to provide an estimate of how much hydrogen could feasibly and reliably be produced using energy from curtailed solar and wind generation. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2029.</html:p>
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Section 25302.2 is added to the
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(a)
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As part of the 2027 edition of the integrated energy policy report, the commission shall include an assessment of the potential for using curtailed solar and wind generation to produce hydrogen.
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(b)
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The assessment shall do all of the following:
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(1)
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Provide an estimate of how much solar and wind generation is curtailed monthly and annually.
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(2)
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Provide an estimate of how much solar and wind generation that is curtailed monthly and annually is due to an excess of solar and wind generation relative to system demand.
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(3)
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Provide an estimate of how much
solar and wind generation that is curtailed monthly and annually is due to a lack of capacity from transmission facilities.
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(4)
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Identify the regions of the state where solar and wind energy is being curtailed and determine for each identified region whether the curtailment is due to excess solar and wind generation relative to system demand or due to a lack of capacity from transmission facilities.
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(5)
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Provide an estimate of how much hydrogen could feasibly and reliably be produced using energy from curtailed solar and wind generation.
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(6)
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Identify the necessary regulatory and policy actions to optimize the use of energy from curtailed solar and wind generation for hydrogen production.
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(c)
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For purposes of this section, “curtailed solar and wind
generation” means the difference between the reduced solar and wind generation output and the amount of solar and wind energy that could be produced without demand or transmission constraints.
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(d)
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This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
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