Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (SB 350)
BILL SUMMARY:
This bill requires that the amount of electricity generated and sold to retail customers per year from eligible renewable energy resources be increased to 50% by December 31, 2030, as provided. The bill makes other revisions to the RPS Program and to certain other requirements on public utilities and publicly owned electric utilities.
STATE:
CA
FINAL LANGUAGE:
STATUTE:
Chapter 547, Statutes of 2015
AUTHOR:
Senator Kevin de Leon
CO-AUTHORS:
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia; Assemblymember Das Williams
SENATE VOTE:
| Yes: 26 | No: 14 |
| R: 0 | R: 14 |
| D: 26 | D: 0 |
ASSEMBLY VOTE:
| Yes: 52 | No: 27 |
| R: 2 | R: 26 |
| D: 50 | D: 1 |
FISCAL IMPACT:
LISTED SUPPORT:
350 Bay Area/Marin; Academy of Pediatrics- California; Advanced Energy Economy; Alameda Building Trades Council; Alameda County Board of Supervisors; Alliance for Solar Choice; American Academy of Pediatrics; American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; American Farmland Trust; American Lung Association; American Lung Association-California; American White Water; Annies?s Natural Foods Artesia City Councilmember Ali Sajjad Taj Asian Pacific Environmental Network; Asthma and Sinus Center; Asthma Coalition of Los Angeles County; Attorney General Kamala Harris; Audubon; Autodesk; AzTech; Aztec Energy; Azul; Baz Allergy; Ben & Jerry?s; Beneficial State Bank; Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates; Berkshire Hathaway Energy; Biosynthetic Technologies; Blattner Energy; Bloom Energy; Bonnie J. Adario Lung Cancer Foundation; Borrego Solar; Breathe California; Bright Power; BYD Motors, Inc.; CA Local conservation corps; California Association of Sanitation Agencies; California Bicycle Coalition; California Biomass Energy Alliance; California Black Health Network; California Catholic Conference; California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health; California Conservation Corps; California District Council of Ironworkers; California Energy Efficiency Industry Council; California Energy Storage Alliance; California Environmental Justice Alliance; California Equity Leaders Network; California Federation of Teachers; California League of Conservation Voters; California Municipal Utilities Association; California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition; California Nurses Association; California Pan Ethnic Health Network; California Public Health Association- North; California Solar; California Solar Energy Industry Association; California State Association of Electrical Workers; California State Pipes Trade Council; California Teamsters Public Affairs Council; California Thoracic Society; California Trout; California Walks; California Wind Energy Association; California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers; Californians Against Waste; CalSTART; Canadian Solar; Catholic Charities Diocese of Stockton; Center for Climate Change and Health; Center for Sustainable Energy; Center on Race Poverty and the Environment; Central California Asthma Collaborative; Chai Energy; ChangeLab Solutions; Circulate San Diego City of Glendale; City of Huntington Park City of Los Angeles; City of Santa Monica Clean Energy Collective; Clean Energy and Clean Energy Renewable Fuels; Clean Fuel Partners; Clean Power Campaign; Clean Power Finance; Clean Water Action; CleanTech San Diego; Cleveland National Forest Foundation; CLIF Bar & Co.; Climate Parents; Climate Resolve; Coalition for Clean Air; Coalition for Renewables and Gas; Coalition for Sustainable Transportation; Coalition of California Utility Employees; Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation; Code REDD; Contra Costa Building Trades Council; Controller Betty Yee; County of Los Angeles Public Health; Dignity Health; Distinguished Outreach Services; Doctors for Climate Health Dr. Carl Wunsch (Harvard) Dr. Roger Bales (UC Merced); Eagle Creek; Eagle Crest Energy; Eco Factor; EDF Renewable Energy; Endangered Habitats League; EnergyHub; energyhippo; Energy Source; Environment California; Environmental and Energy Consulting; Environmental Defense Fund; Environmental Entrepreneurs; Eon Energy; EtaGen; First Fuel; First Solar; Fresno, Madera, and Kings Building Trades Council; Friends Committee on Legislation of California; Friends of the River; fs energy; Gaia Development Services; Gap, Inc. Genability; Greenbelt Alliance; Greenlining institute; Green Star Solutions; greentech; GRID Alternatives; Harvest Power Hawthorne City Councilmember Angie Reyes English; Health Care Without Harm; Health Officers Association of California; Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers; Home Energy Analytics; Humboldt/Del Norte Building Trades Council; Hydropower Reform Coalition; icontrol Networks Inglewood City Councilmember Eloy Morales; Imperial Building Trades Council; Independent Energy Producers Association; Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Union of Painters and Allied Trades; Investor Confidence Project; KB Home; Kern, Inyo & Mono Building Trades Council; kW Engineering; Lancaster Choice Energy; Large Scale Solar Association; League of Women Voters of California; Levi Strauss & Co.; Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom; Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia; Los Angeles City Council; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative; Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education; Los Angeles/Orange Building Trades Council; Lyft; Marin Building Trades Council; Marin Clean Energy; Mars, Inc.; McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.; Medical Advocates for Healthy Air; Mercury Press International; Mid Valley Building Trades Council Mission Data Empowering Energy Savings; Moms Clean Air Force; Montebello Mayor Jack Hadjinian; Monterey/Santa Cruz Building Trades Council; Motiv Power Solutions; Mountain Riders Alliance; Move LA; Napa/Solano Building Trades Council; Natel Energy; National Parks Conservation Association; Natural Resource Defense Council; Nature Conservancy Nest; NextGen Climate; NextTracker, Inc Nobel economist Dr. Kenneth Arrow (Stanford) Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Mario Molina (UCSD); Northeastern, Shasta, Trinity, Lassen & Tehama Building Trades Council; Northface; NRG Energy, Inc.; Oakland City Council; Office of Ratepayer Advocates OPEN; Pacific Ethanol; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Pattern Energy; Physicians for Social Responsibility ? Los Angeles; Physicians for Social Responsibility ? San Francisco Bay Area Chapter plotwatt; PolicyLink; Propel; Proterra, Inc.; Public Advocates; Public Health Institute Rainforest Automation; Recurrent Energy; Redlands Area Democratic Club; Regional Asthma Management and Prevention; Rep. Adam Schiff; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Anna Eshoo; Rep. Barbara Lee; Rep. Doris Matsui; Rep. Eric Swalwell; Rep. Janice Hahn; Rep. Jared Huffman; Rep. Jerry McNerney; Rep. John Garamendi; Rep. Juan Vargas; Rep. Judy Chu; Rep. Julia Brownley; Rep. Karen Bass; Rep. Lois Capps; Rep. Loretta Sanchez; Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard; Rep. Mark DeSaulnier; Rep. Mark Takano; Rep. Mike Honda; Rep. Mike Thompson; Rep. Nancy Pelosi; Rep. Scott Peters; Rep. Susan Davis; Rep. Ted Lieu; Rep. Zoe Lofgren; Retroficiency; Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association; Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Sacramento/Sierra Building Trades Council; San Bernardino/Riverside Building Trades Council; San Diego Building Trades Council San Fernando City Councilmember Antonio Lopez; San Fernando City Councilmember Robert Gonzales; San Francisco Asthma Task Force; San Francisco Board of Supervisors; San Francisco Building Trades Council; San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; San Joaquin, Calaveras & Alpine Building Trades Council; San Mateo Building Trades Council Santa Ana City Councilmember Michele Martinez; Santa Barbara County Air Quality Control District; Santa Clara County Medical Society; Santa Clara/San Benito Building Trades Council; Sempra Energy Utilities; Sequoia Riverlands Trust; Service Employees International Union - California; Sierra Business Council; Sierra Club California; Signal Energy, LLC; Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Small Business California; SmartWool; Solar City Solar Energy Industries Association; Sonoma Clean Power; Sonoma County Asthma Coalition; Sonoma, Mendocino & Lake Building Trades Council; South Yuba River Citizens League; Southern California Edison; Southern California Public Power; Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association; Stanislaus, Merced & Mariposa Building Trades Council; State Association of Electrical Workers; State Building and Construction Trade Council of California; Stem, Inc.; Sun Edison; Sungevity; Sunpower; Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson; Sustainable Power Group; Symantec; The Utility Reform Network; Thinkshift Communications; TransForm; Treasurer John Chiang; Tri-Counties Building Trades Council; Trust for Public Lands; Tulare County Citizens for Responsible Growth; U.S. Senator Boxer; U.S. Senator Feinstein Unilever; Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers; Union of Concerned Scientists; Union of Elevator Constructors; United Union of Roofers, Waterpoofers and Allied Trades; US Green Building Council; UtiliSave; Valley Clean Air Now Verdafera; Vivint Solar; Vote Solar; Watersmart Software; Watsonville City Council WeatherBug Home; Western Council of Sheet Metal Workers Western State Council Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification
Letters of Support
Letters of Support
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