The following additional policies are compatible with the Powertainer technology.
- Senate Bill 100 (California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program [Statutes of 2018]). Senate Bill 100 specifies 60 percent renewable energy by 2030 and 100 percent clean energy by 2045.
- Senate Bill 350 (Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 [Statutes of 2015]). Senate Bill 350 requires the following: 1) the amount of electricity generated and sold to retail customers per year from eligible renewable energy resources be increased to 50 percent by December 31, 2030; 2) the California Energy Commission to establish annual targets for statewide energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas final end uses of retail customers by January 1, 2030; and 3) provide for transformation of the Independent System Operator into a regional organization.
- Renewables Portfolio Standard (Senate Bill X1-2, (Simitian, Ch. 1, Statutes of 2011); Senate Bill 107 (Simitian, Ch. 464, Statutes of 2006); Senate Bill 1078 (Sher, Ch. 849, Statutes of 2002). These measures, in sum, require retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities to increase the amount of energy procured from eligible renewable energy resources to meet at least 33 percent of their total retail sales by 2020, in the Renewables Portfolio Standard.
- Assembly Bill 32 (The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006). Assembly Bill 32 created a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California. Greenhouse gas reduction strategies include a reduction mandate of 1990 levels by 2020 and a cap-and-trade program. Assembly Bill 32 also required the California Air Resources Board to develop a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gases. They must update the plan every five years.
- SB 1122 – Bioenergy feed-in tariff (Rubio, Chapter 612, Statutes of 2012). Senate Bill 1122 requires the California Public Utilities Commission to direct the investor‐owned electric utilities to procure collectively at least 250 megawatts (MW) of eligible renewable energy from small-scale bioenergy projects with capacities of three MW or less.
- Senate Bill 96 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, Chapter 356, Statutes of 2013). Senate Bill 96 stipulates that in administering the EPIC program, the Energy Commission fund research, development, and demonstration programs, and projects that:
- May lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers that prevent the achievement of the state’s statutory energy goals and
- May result in advancements on the most important technological challenges
- Proclamation of a State of Emergency to protect communities against unprecedented tree die-off (October 30, 2015). Governor’s 10-30-2015 Proclamation of a State of Emergency to protect communities against unprecedented tree die-off. The EPIC program is accelerating the schedule for release of the EPIC bioenergy solicitation in response to this proclamation.
- Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy (March 2017). Short-lived climate pollutants are powerful climate forcers that remain in the atmosphere for a much shorter period than longer-lived climate pollutants, such as carbon dioxide (CO2). Their
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