Hydrogen fueling hub: southern California.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt hydrogen fuel regulations to ensure, among other things, that state funding for the production and use of hydrogen fuel contributes to the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases, criteria air pollutants, and toxic air contaminants. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in partnership with the state board, and in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and other relevant state agencies, to develop and adopt a state plan to increase the use of alternative transportation fuels, which include hydrogen. This bill would require the commission to establish a hydrogen fueling hub in southern California that would include a heavy-duty hydrogen fueling station located at either the Port of Long Beach or the Port of Los Angeles and a medium- and light-duty hydrogen fueling station located within 80 miles of the heavy-duty station. The bill would require the commission to manage those stations. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for southern California.