AB 2464: Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the Independent System Operator, and the State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of the firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in the state and will achieve the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to the states end-use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045, as specified.

This bill would require the PUC, working with the Energy Commission, on or before June 30, 2027, working with the PUC, to prepare and submit to the Legislature Legislature, on or before January 1, 2028, a statewide assessment of the role and necessity of clean, firm firm zero-carbon resources in meeting the states clean energy and reliability objectives, potential technologies and strategies for integrating clean, firm firm zero-carbon resources into the states energy mix, recommendations on procurement, policy, and planning actions to deploy and support clean, firm firm zero-carbon resources, and consideration of current and projected renewable and clean, firm firm zero-carbon generation capacity, reliability requirements under varying system conditions, and the cost and emission implications of clean, firm firm zero-carbon resources.