Interagency Working Group on Transportation Fuels Transition Strategy.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on what policies and programs will be developed, leaving room for interpretation.

Interagency Working Group on Transportation Fuels Transition Strategy

This law establishes an interagency workgroup led by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to develop policies and programs for transportation fuels, improve coordination between government entities, and hold public meetings.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes an Interagency Working Group on Transportation Fuels Transition Strategy led by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
• Includes members from various state commissions, air districts, local governments, airports, and ports to work together.
• Develops priority policies and programs based on a specified plan and assessment.
• Improves coordination between different government entities regarding regulations and permitting processes.
• Requires the commission to annually convene at least one public meeting of the working group to provide information to and receive input from the public.

Who It Names or Affects

• State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
• State Lands Commission, relevant air districts, local governments, airports, and ports
• The public

Terms To Know

Interagency Working Group

A group made up of members from different government agencies who work together on a specific task.

Transportation Fuels Transition Strategy

A plan to change how transportation fuels are used and managed in the state.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify exact details about what policies and programs will be developed.
• It is unclear exactly which regulations and permitting processes will be aligned across different levels of government.
• The effectiveness of public meetings in gathering useful input from the community remains to be seen.

Official Summary Text

SB 1337, as amended, Richardson.
Transportation fuels: interagency working group.
Interagency Working Group on Transportation Fuels Transition Strategy.
Existing law establishes the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight to, among other things, provide independent oversight and analysis of the transportation fuels market for the protection of consumers by identifying market design flaws, market power abuses, and any other manner by which market participants act to harm competition or act contrary to the best interests of the consumers in the state. Existing law requires the director of the division, when requested, to appear before the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature to provide an update on the division’s performance as compared to its objectives, the status of competition in the transportation fuels markets, and other information the committees request.
This bill would establish
an interagency workgroup
the Interagency Working Group on Transportation Fuels Transition Strategy, which would be
led by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and
consisting of the State Lands Commission, relevant air districts, local governments, airports, and ports
consist of various entities,
to
do specified things, including, among other things,
develop priority policies and programs informed by a specified plan and assessment and
strengthen coordination and
establish clear lines of
communication
to prioritize critical energy
regarding
policies and
regulations, as specified, and to propose opportunities for partnership between the Governor’s office, state agencies, boards, commissions, offices, and other entities, as necessary, and the Legislature in order to advance solutions to strategically align regulations and permitting processes across all levels of government that could best support achievement of state policy goals.
regulations across state, regional, and local authorities, communities, and stakeholders in order to inform transportation fuels policy development and implementation, as provided. The bill would require the commission to annually convene at least one public meeting of the working group to provide the public with information and to receive information and comments from the public.

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