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This bill establishes a comprehensive framework to advance California's clean energy industrial policy, focusing on strategic industries including offshore wind, battery technologies, and building decarbonization. The bill requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to appoint a Senior Counselor on Industrial Policy and Clean Energy Development by March 1, 2027, who will be responsible for collecting industry data, coordinating stakeholders, serving as a central contact for companies, and convening public meetings and working groups. Multiple state agencies will be required to enter into a memorandum of understanding to develop integrated industrial bases, create high-quality jobs, especially for disadvantaged communities, accelerate clean energy technology deployment, and reduce energy costs. The Senior Counselor will track these efforts and produce annual public reports, and the bill establishes an Equitable Clean Energy Supply Chain and Industrial Policy Fund to support these initiatives. The legislation aims to strategically support California's clean energy transition by addressing supply chain development, workforce training, environmental justice, and technology deployment through coordinated state-level industrial policy, with specific attention to creating pathways for job creation in emerging clean energy sectors.

Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

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