The Food Production Investment Program (FPIP), originally established in 2018 under California Climate Investments (CCI), has provided up to $117.8 million in grants to help food producers reduce GHG emissions through the adoption of advanced energy technologies. In 2022, Assembly Bill (AB) 209 (Chapter 251, Statues of 2021) provided funding to continue the program with $6.2 million in the fiscal year 2022-2023 from General Funds and an additional $40 million from Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds through the Budget Act of 2023, as amended by Ting (Chapter 38, Statutes 2023) in the fiscal year 2023-2024 under CCI.
CCI puts billions of dollars of Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, improving public health and the environment, and providing meaningful benefits to the most disadvantaged communities and low-income communities and households.
FPIP will continue to encourage California food producers to invest in new advanced technologies and equipment that provide significant benefits to the electrical grid, maximize the reduction of GHG emissions, and/or reduce air pollution in under-resourced communities.
The food processing industry is one of California’s largest energy users and a significant producer of GHG emissions. FPIP strives to:
- Help California food processors work towards a low-carbon future,
- Demonstrate reliability and effectiveness of advanced energy and decarbonization technologies and strategies,
- Enhance and benefit the electrical grid, especially during net peak periods, and
- Benefit or improve public health and the environment, particularly in priority populations.
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