SB 645

Air Pollution Control Board regulations; exemptions for waste-to-energy facilities; small renewable energy projects; anaerobic digestion technology. Exempts from certain regulations promulgated by the Air Pollution Control Board any waste-to-energy facility, as defined in the bill, and requires the Board, on a decennial basis beginning July 1, 2030, to review the effects of the provisions of the bill on certain carbon dioxide emission reduction goals set forth in state law. The bill also provides that for the purposes of a permit by rule for a small renewable energy project under existing law, a small renewable energy project includes an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 100 megawatts that generates electricity from biomass, energy from waste, or municipal solid waste and its dedicated associated interconnection facilities, provided that such facility is capable of processing the majority of its organic waste, including food waste and municipal sludge, with anaerobic digestion technology by January 1, 2030.