Recent Policy Updates

CPUC Adopts Biomethane Procurement Program to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

By Julia Levin / February 24, 2022 / Comments Off on CPUC Adopts Biomethane Procurement Program to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to adopt a biomethane procurement program to help the state meet its Short-Lived Climate Pollutant reduction requirements. The program requires California’s gas utilities to procure 73 billion cubic feet of biomethane – about 12 percent of residential and small business customers’ current gas use – from anaerobic digestion…

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California Finalizes Organic Waste Diversion Regulations

By Julia Levin / January 21, 2022 / Comments Off on California Finalizes Organic Waste Diversion Regulations

In 2016, California enacted Senate Bill 1383 to reduce the most damaging climate pollutants, known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants.  The bill requires a 40 percent reduction in methane emissions and a 50 percent reduction in anthropogenic black carbon by 2030.  As part of the methane reduction requirement, the legislation requires a 75 percent reduction in…

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