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The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act (Senate Bill (SB) 350) directs the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to establish 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets for the electricity sector and each electricity provider. CARB has released for public comment a Draft 2020 Update to the 2030 GHG Planning Targets for certain electricity providers. These 2020 revisions are necessary to support the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Integrated Resource Plans (IRP) planning cycle to accommodate shifts in load-share between electricity providers and new entities.
Interested parties will have an opportunity to provide written comments during an informal comment period, which will conclude at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on November 23, 2020.
Background
SB 350 established 2030 targets for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, among other actions, aimed at reducing GHG emissions and reducing use of fossil energy. To help ensure that GHG emissions reductions are realized, large electricity providers are required to develop and submit IRPs that detail how the utility will meet their customers' resource needs, reduce GHG emissions, and ramp up deployment of renewable and zero-carbon resources. SB 350 directs CARB, in coordination with CPUC and the California Energy Commission, to establish 2030 GHG emissions targets for the electricity sector in general and each electricity provider (including investor-owned utilities, publicly owned utilities, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators). CARB staff originally developed these targets in July 2018, as published in Staff Report: Senate Bill 350 Integrated Resource Planning Electricity Sector Greenhouse Gas Planning Targets.
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