(a) (1) The office, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission, shall prepare an assessment of the barriers, challenges, and impediments limiting the deployment and development of clean energy projects that support the strategies identified in the scoping plan prepared pursuant to § 38561 of the Health and Safety Code and that advance the goals established pursuant to Sections 38562.2, 39730.5, and 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code. The office shall submit the assessment prepared pursuant to this section to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, in compliance with Section 9795.

(2) In preparing the assessment, the office shall include, but is not limited to including, the following information:

(A) At least three clean energy project types.

(B) Specific challenges impacting the different stages of clean energy project development.

(C) Different methods for developing and deploying clean energy projects.

(D) Recommended approaches, models, or strategies for addressing the identified barriers, challenges, and impediments to clean energy project delivery.

(3) The office shall consider the most current versions of all of the applicable reports and plans listed in subdivision (a) of § 38592.1 of the Health and Safety Code in the preparation of the assessment.

(b) The assessment prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be considered and incorporated into the work carried out by the Infrastructure Strike Team established by Executive Order No. N-8-23.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 336, Sec. 2. (AB 585) Effective October 7, 2023.)