SB 722: RPS Redux

Frustrated by the Governor's veto of SB 14 last year, Senators Simitian, Kehoe, and Steinberg reintroduced a renewable portfolio standard measure this year, SB 722. Although, under the Governor's directive, the Air Resources Board established an administrative rule for a renewable electricity portfolio (RES), many stakeholders supported establishing the 33% renewable mandate in statute. Increasing the renewables in our electricity grid is an essential element in meeting our AB 32 goals and driving the state towards a greener economy. Last minute procedural complications stalled the bill before it was taken up for a final Senate floor vote.