--- title: California state assembly passes energy storage bill AB 2514 -- Landmark energy storage legislation now heads to senate description: "CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES ENERGY STORAGE BILL AB 2514\nLandmark Energy Storage Legislation Now Heads to Senate" image: https://storagealliance.org/hubfs/pexels-robertkso-17581796%20(1).jpg --- [Skip to content](https://storagealliance.org/news/state-assembly-passes-energy-storage-bill#main-content) [Member Portal](https://members.storagealliance.org/) [![California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA)](https://storagealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CESA_logo_v1.png?width=350&height=110&name=CESA_logo_v1.png)](https://storagealliance.org) - [Home](https://storagealliance.org/) - [About](https://storagealliance.org/about) Show submenu for About - [Our Mission](https://storagealliance.org/about) - [Board of Directors](https://storagealliance.org/board-of-directors) - [Association Bylaws](https://storagealliance.org/hubfs/FINAL_Bylaws%20-%2010.2024%20.pdf) - 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Authored by Assembly member Nancy Skinner (D - Berkeley) Chair of the Assembly Rules  Committee, in partnership with California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr., AB 2514 will also  create thousands of permanent new green-collar jobs in California. The bill would require the Public Utilities Commission by March 1, 2012, to open a proceeding to  consider establishing investor owned utility procurement targets for viable and cost-effective energy  storage systems to be achieved by December 31, 2015, and an additional target to be achieved by  December 31, 2020. Publicly owned utilities would have comparable requirements, and would be  required to develop plans to maximize shifting of electricity use for air-conditioning and  refrigeration from peak demand periods to off peak periods. “Energy storage improves the overall efficiency of our electric power system which will lower costs  for consumers”, said Assemblymember Nancy Skinner. “The Assembly’s passage of AB 2514 is  another step that advances California’s clean energy economy and represents a great economic  opportunity for the State.” “We applaud the Assembly’s passage of this essential legislation, as well as Chairman Skinner and  Attorney General Brown’s leadership and commitment to moving it forward,” said Janice Lin,  Director of the California Energy Storage Alliance. “This landmark bill puts California at the forefront  of a growing global market that will spur economic development. Given major advances in energy  storage, the industry is now ready to provide affordable, reliable products for California’s utilities  and consumers.”  The California Energy Storage Alliance  The California Energy Storage Alliance is an association of companies committed to the rapid  expansion of energy storage to promote growth of renewable energy and a cleaner, more  affordable, reliable and secure electric system. Members include a diverse group of companies  ranging from mechanical, thermal and chemical storage companies to system integrators and  renewable energy component manufacturers and developers. 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