The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt greenhouse gas emission limits and emission reduction measures by regulation to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit. Existing law prohibits a load-serving entity and local publicly owned electric utility from entering into a long-term financial commitment unless the baseload generation complies with a greenhouse gases emission performance standard established by the State Air Resources Board.

This bill would require the State Resources Conservation and Development Commission, on or before an unspecified date, to perform and submit to the Legislature a report on how electrical utilities can meet the consumer demand for electricity consistent with the above greenhouse gas emission standards. The bill would require the commission to consider and make recommendations on the role nuclear energy may serve in meeting these standards. The bill would be repealed by its own provisions on an unspecified date.