Workshop on Assembly Bill 525 Strategic Plan for Offshore Wind Energy Planning Goals

The California Energy Commission (CEC) will conduct a workshop to explore the requirements of Assembly Bill 525 (AB 525, Chiu, Chapter 231, Statutes of 2021) directing the CEC to evaluate and quantify the maximum feasible capacity of offshore wind to achieve reliability, ratepayer, employment, and decarbonization benefits and establish megawatt offshore wind planning goals for 2030 and 2045.

A quorum of CEC commissioners may participate, but no votes will be taken. Commissioners from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) may also attend. If CPUC commissioners are present at the workshop, the CPUC’s rules governing ex parte contacts with commissioners and their staff remain in effect although this is a CEC-initiated and noticed workshop.

The workshop will be held remotely, consistent with AB 361 (Rivas, Chapter 165, Statutes of 2021) as extended by Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-1-22 to improve and enhance public access to state agency meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The public can participate in the workshop consistent with the direction provided below.

Please note that the CEC aims to begin promptly at the start time posted and the end time is an estimate based on the agenda proposed. The workshop may end sooner or later than the posted end time depending on various factors.

Notice and Agenda

• Notice of  Workshop on Assembly Bill 525 Strategic Plan for Offshore Wind Energy Planning Goals
• Workshop Schedule

Presentations

• AB 525 Workshop
• Outer Continental Shelf Wind Energy Leasing in California

Remote Attendance

• March 3, 2022  Workshop - Zoom