On September 9, the CHBC submitted comments to the California Energy Commission on the Commissioner Workshop on Clean Transportation Funding Programs – Clean Transportation Equity, Jobs, and Economic Recovery, which provided perspective on three main points: Strongly agreed with comments made throughout the workshop that these difficult economic times and the ongoing recovery present a

On August 20, the CHBC submitted comments to the California Energy Commission SB 100 Joint Agency Report Docket No. 19-SB-100, urging inclusion of a zero-carbon scenario and green electrolytic hydrogen as a long-duration storage and electricity generation resource. Green electrolytic hydrogen holds great promise to provide dispatchable, decarbonized firm power that can be stored in vast

On July 23, the CHBC submitted comments to the California Energy Commission on the recently held IEPR Update Workshops on Hydrogen Supply, Infrastructure, and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Market Status, urging the CEC to join ARB in calling for an extension of AB 8 funding of hydrogen fueling infrastructure, the only current policy mechanism that

On July 2, CHBC executive director, Bill Zobel, provided comments during the California Energy Commission IEPR Commissioner Workshop on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Market Status, which had two sessions: “Hydrogen Supply and Infrastructure Status” Regulatory certainty needs to facilitate investment. This is absolutely necessary for more private capital to make its way into

On July 2, the CHBC submitted comments to the California Energy Commission on the June 11 and June 12 IEPR Update workshops focused on Transportation Trends and a Light-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Update. The CHBC comments focused on the opportunities and policy issues related to accelerating light duty hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, as well

On June 12, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC on the May 29 Distributed Energy Resources Research Roadmap Workshop. The comments clarified the record on the commercial availability of zero emissions hydrogen fuel cells and urged the CEC to add hydrogen fuel cells to the technologies considered for research on microgrids and backup generation,

On June 8, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC regarding the Commissioner Workshop on Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Trends. The CHBC expressed disappointment due to the agenda for this workshop excluding any focus or panelist experts on hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), which has become a common pattern at the Commission and risks creating a

On April 24, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC on the EPIC Program Policy and Innovation Coordination Group (PICG) Partnership Area Framework results workshop. The primary points are summarized below: A growing number of financial analysts agree that renewable hydrogen has great potential to be cost competitive as volume increases and that this could

On April 24, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC on Docket #19-TRAN-02 Zero-Emission Transit Fleet Infrastructure Deployment and focused on the need for the CEC to help balance zero emissions transportation funding to support hydrogen fuel cell electric transit fleet technology deployment. There are currently no funding mechanisms in other California agency programs to insure

On March 30, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC on the draft staff report on the 2020-2023 Investment Plan Update for the Clean Transportation Program. The comments focused on two areas: Appreciation for the Draft Report’s plans for continuing to provide $20 million for hydrogen related transportation investment in California in Chapters 3 and

On March 20, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC on the staff Workshop on Research and Development Opportunities for Floating Offshore Wind. The comments supported the recommendation to facilitate advanced hydrogen and other technologies to integrate offshore wind into the grid. Additionally, the CHBC recommended including studies and projects related to coupling offshore wind

On March 9, the CHBC submitted comments to the CEC regarding the SB 100 Joint Agency Report.The CHBC agreed with the direction of commenters thus far to ensure implementation of SB 100 is not prescriptive, maximizes optionality, and is technology inclusive. The comments outlined five points: Agree with E3 that gaseous fuels will be needed