09/26/2006 GAAS:676:06 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Print Version |
Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Bills to Take Additional Steps to Reduce State’s Carbon Emissions
In advance of signing California’s landmark greenhouse gas reduction measure, Gov. Schwarzenegger announced today that he signed a package of bills that will help reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions.
“The science is clear. The global warming debate is over," said Gov. Schwarzenegger “We have a responsibility to act now. These bills, along with my signing of California’s landmark greenhouse gas bill later this week, will help California reduce greenhouse gas emissions and continue our leadership on protecting the environment.”
Specifically, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed the following three bills:
SB 107 by Senator Joseph Simitian (D-Palo Alto) requires investor owned utilities such as Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric, to have 20 percent of its electricity come from renewable sources by 2010. Previously, state law required that this target be achieved by 2017.
AB 1925 by Assemblymember Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) requires the California Energy Commission to study and make recommendations for capturing and storing industrial carbon dioxide.
SB 1686 by Senator Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) authorizes the Wildlife Conservation Board to take into account the potential of forestlands to beneficially reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions when it prioritizes funds available for proposed acquisitions. It also specifies that the Wildlife Conservation Board may use policies, protocols and other relevant information developed by the California Climate Action Registry in determining a project's potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions.
