Plain English Breakdown
The official text defines an offshore wind entity but does not provide the full definition in this excerpt, only stating it is 'as defined'.
AB-1417: Community Grants for Offshore Wind Programs
This law allows state officials to give money and grants from existing funds or private donations to local communities, tribes, and specific nonprofits to help them prepare for offshore wind projects.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to fund capacity-building activities in local and tribal communities using program funds or a private donations account.
- Makes only local communities, local governments, California tribes, nonprofit organizations selected by those tribes, or coalitions of these groups eligible for grants.
- Requires offshore wind companies that donate money to eligible groups to report details about those donations to the commission every 90 days.
- Changes reporting rules so the commission posts an annual list on its website showing all donations made by offshore wind entities instead of a monthly update for its own receipts.
- Mandates that the commission send a yearly report to the Legislature by March 1 about how well these new grants and activities are working.
Who It Names or Affects
- Local communities, local governments, California tribes, and nonprofit organizations selected by those tribes
- Offshore wind energy companies that donate money to eligible groups
- The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
Terms To Know
- Capacity funding activities
- Money used for programs within local or tribal communities supported by the Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program.
- Offshore wind entity
- A company defined in the law that makes donations to eligible community groups.
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not specify how much money will be available for these new grants.
- It is unclear which specific activities within a community qualify as 'capacity funding' without further rules from the commission.
- The law defines eligible groups but does not list every possible type of nonprofit that might apply.