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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Stern</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 71422 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental protection. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>California Environmental Protection Agency: contract: registry: greenhouse gas emissions that result from the water-energy nexus.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection Agency in state government and requires the agency to oversee the development of a registry for greenhouse gas emissions that result from the water-energy nexus using the best available data. Existing law provides that participation in the registry is voluntary and open to any entity conducting business in the state. Existing law authorizes the agency to enter into a contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to do specified things, including to recruit broad participation in the registry from all economic sectors and regions of the state. Existing law limits the term of the term of the contract to 3 years, except as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would instead require the agency to oversee the administration of the above-described registry and would authorize the agency to enter into a
new contract, limited to a term of 3 years and with a total budget of $2,000,000, to do specified things, including to recruit broad participation in the registry from all economic sectors and regions of the state to meet the different needs of water users throughout the state by various means, as provided. The bill would remove obsolete language related to the development of the registry, as provided.</html:p>
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Section 71422 of the
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is amended to read:
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(a)
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(1)
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The agency shall oversee the administration of a registry for greenhouse gas emissions that result from the water-energy nexus using the best-available data.
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(2)
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Participation in the registry shall be voluntary and open to any entity conducting business in the state. A participating entity may register its emissions, including emissions generated outside of the state, on an entitywide basis and may utilize the services of the registry.
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(b)
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The agency may enter into a
contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to do all of the following:
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(1)
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Help participating entities in the state to establish emissions baselines.
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(2)
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Encourage voluntary actions to increase water and energy efficiency measures to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the state’s water system.
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(3)
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Enable participating entities to record voluntary entitywide greenhouse gas emissions
reductions in a consistent format that is supported by third-party verification.
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(4)
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Recognize, publicize, and promote participating entities making voluntary reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
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(5)
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Recruit broad participation in the registry from all economic sectors and regions of the
state to meet the different needs of water users throughout the state by various means, including, but not limited to, workshops, trainings, and other similar activities, technical support for reporting of emissions, and climate action planning to assist with reduction strategies and improve water and energy efficiency.
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(c)
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The contract
authorized pursuant to subdivision (b), as it read on January 1, 2025,
shall be limited to a term of three years. The contract authorized pursuant to subdivision (b), as amended pursuant to the bill adding this sentence, shall be limited to a term of three years and a total budget of two million dollars ($2,000,000).
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