2026 Advocacy Activities
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State of California
- On January 9, CHBC submitted comments to the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development regarding their Clean Energy Assessment Project Webinar of December 16, 2025. CHBC made the following points in our comments:
1. CHBC agrees with selecting hydrogen as one of three clean energy technologies for the assessment. We also concur that the best policy approach is to adopt market signals focused on performance attributes rather than technology.
2. CHBC recommends not emphasizing the importance of ARCHES as a facilitating organization; there should not be a perception that the market is dependent on ARCHES’s revival.
3. Permitting streamlining efforts should align with the “commence construction” deadline of January 1, 2028, which was shortened from the previous 2033 deadline, to match the deadline for Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit compliance.
4. CHBC commends the inclusion of the need for a “hydrogen safety education campaign”. We encourage GO-Biz to consider working with the Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS), the experts in this field, on such a campaign.
– Read CHBC’s comments here >>
