Senate Bill 498 Has Been Approved By The California Legislature And Is Now Awaiting Governor Brown's Signature!
Current law limits "biomass conversion" to the controlled combustion of organic materials--such as wood, lawn and garden clippings, agricultural waste, leaves, tree pruning as well as non-recyclable paper--when separated from other solid waste and used for producing electricity or heat. This bill would add non-combustion conversion technologies to the biomass definition, allowing for cleaner and more efficient non-combustion technologies to be used to make low carbon fuels as well as renewable energy from biomass waste.
The language for the bill is available at the following link: SB498
Your support is vital to the success of the bill. Please send a letter of support to Governor Brown as soon as possible. California needs a permitting pathway for technologies that will reduce the amount of materials being disposed in landfills, create jobs, generate green fuels and electricity, and reduce air emissions.
Click here for an easy-to-use sample letter. Letters can be mailed to the address provided on the sample letter or faxed directly to the Governor's Office at (916) 558-3160, Attention: Legislative Secretary Gareth Ellion and/or Deputy Legislative Secretary Martha Guzman-Aceves. Send you letter as soon as possible and please email a copy to
staff@socalconversion.org