State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: electrical transmission grid development and expansion: study.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to undertake various actions in furtherance of meeting the state's clean energy and pollution reduction objectives. Existing law requires the commission to provide for research and development in, among other things, improvements in energy generation, transmission, and siting and other topics related to energy supply, demand, public safety, ecology, and conservation that are of particular statewide importance. Existing law requires the commission to carry out studies, technical assessments, research projects, and data collection directed to reducing wasteful, inefficient, unnecessary, or uneconomic uses of energy, including advances in power generation and transmission technology. This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2024, to submit to the Governor and the Legislature a study identifying proposals to accelerate the development of, and reduce the cost to ratepayers of expanding, the state's electrical transmission grid as necessary to achieve the state's goals, and meet the state's requirements, to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, as specified.