Dairy and Livestock Subgroup #2: Fostering Markets for Digester Projects

News and Upcoming Subgroup Meetings

The next scheduled Subgroup #2 meeting is for July 11, 2018. A public notice was broadcasted also including information regarding other subgroup meetings.
A joint subgroup meeting with all three subgroups has been scheduled for July 26, 2018. The main meeting will be held in the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District office in Fresno with live teleconferencing available at their Modesto and Bakersfield locations. A public notice with additional information has been posted.

Subgroup #2 Mission Statement

Establish a roadmap, attentive to the SB 1383 statute dates of July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2024, to significantly expand the number of livestock digester projects in California that support the state's climate and air quality goals. The roadmap will identify both commercial ready and emerging technologies and approaches for converting manure and digestate into energy and other value added products. This will be accomplished by assembling a comprehensive overview and discussion of dairy digester projects, including identification of potential impacts, benefits, and barriers to scaling up digester projects. Through the process, the subgroup will bring state agencies and stakeholders together to identify and recommend the necessary (1) infrastructure policies, (2) procurement policies, (3) funding sources, and (4) environmental policies to achieve a sustainable model for the dairy and livestock industry.

Key Topics

Existing Policies and Programs

Identification and improved integration of existing public policies, incentives and programs that support dairy digester projects

Infrastructure Policies

Identify the infrastructure policies needed to support the rapid development of dairy digester projects.

The CEC, in consultation with ARB and the CPUC, is to establish recommendations for the development and use of renewable gas, including biomethane and biogas as part of its 2017 IEPR (SB 1383)
ARB, in consultation with the CPUC and CEC shall establish the energy infrastructure development needed to encourage dairy biomethane projects (SB 1383 - by January 1, 2018)
The CPUC is to direct gas corporations to implement not less than five dairy biomethane pilot projects to demonstrate interconnection to the common carrier pipeline system. Gas corporations may recover in rates the reasonable cost of pipeline infrastructure (SB 1383)

Procurement Policies

Address the need for long term energy procurement contracts for digester projects

ARB, in consultation with the CPUC and CEC, is to establish energy procurement policies needed to encourage dairy biomethane projects (SB 1383 - by January 1, 2018)
ARB shall develop a pilot financial mechanism to reduce the economic uncertainty associated with the value of environmental credits, including credits pursuant to the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations from dairy-related projects producing low-carbon transportation fuels (SB 1383)

Funding Sources

Address the need and requirement(s) for additional incentive funding to support the rapid development of dairy digester projects
Address opportunities and conditions required for long-term financial viability and investment

Environmental Policies

Address emissions and potential emission reduction opportunities for GHGs, criteria, toxic, and noxious pollutants

Permitting Policies

Identify permitting barriers for sustainable dairy digester projects and recommendations to overcome them

Deliverables

Summary of Value Added Products from Digesters: Identification of key current and emerging technologies and approaches for converting manure and digestate into useful products including fuel/energy. The assessment will characterize products by technology readiness and outline general opportunities and issues.
Pipeline-Injected Biomethane: Recommendations that can increase pipeline injection of biomethane, including market development incentives, cluster identification, policy development, regulatory or legislative action, removing barriers, and support the SB 1383 pilot project process.
Electricity Generation and Grid Interconnectivity: Recommendations for cost-effective ways to further reduce criteria pollutant emissions for on-site electricity generation projects, including market development incentives, policy development, removing barriers, and regulatory or legislative action.
Transportation Fuel Markets: Recommendations to increase biomethane access to vehicle fuel markets, including market development incentives, policy development, regulatory or legislative action, removing barriers, and strategies to identify potential fleets and fuel networks/retailers.

Subgroup Members

Member	Affiliation
Michael Boccadoro (co-chair)	West Coast Advisors
Jim Lucas (co-chair)	Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas)
Ryan Schuchard (co-chair)	CALSTART
Kevin Abernathy	Milk Producer's Council
Fariya Ali	Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
Neil Black	California Bioenergy (CalBio)
Rebecca Boudreaux	Oberon Fuels
Peter Drasher	Black Bear Assets
Genevieve Gale	Central Valley Air Quality (CVAQ) Coalition
Brian Gannon	BioGas Energy
Cliff Gladstein	Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA)
Kevin Hamilton	Central California Asthma Collaborative
Bonnie Holmes-Gen	American Lung Association
Kristen Kleiman	Climate Trust
Steve Larsen	Ruan
Thomas Lawson	California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition
Daryl Maas	Maas Energy
Lynne McBride	California Dairy Campaign
Graham Noyes	Low Carbon Fuels Coalition
Lorelei Oviatt	Kern County (Planning and Development Department)
John Shears	Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
Chris Shimoda	California Trucking Association
Moses Stites	Fresno County Rural Transit Agency
Grant Zimmerman	ampCNG
Bill Zobel	Trillium CNG

Public Meetings

Date	Time	Location	Materials and Links
Joint Subgroup Meeting (Subgroups #1, #2, and #3) July 26, 2018	10:00 AM – 4:00 PM	San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Governing Board Room 1990 E Gettysburg Ave Fresno, CA 93726 Live Video Teleconferencing also available at: 4800 Enterprise Way, Modesto, CA and 34946 Flyover Court, Bakersfield, CA	Public Notice
July 11, 2018	10:00 AM – 3:00 PM	CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium 1220 N Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Notice
May 23, 2018	10:00 AM – 3:00 PM	CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium 1220 N Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Notice/Listserv Agenda CDFA-DDRP Update DRAFT Dairy Digester Emissions Matrix DRAFT Dairy Emissions Matrix Assumptions DRAFT Dairy Digester Emissions Matrix Presentation Pilot Financial Mechanism White Paper SB 1383 Pilot Financial Mechanism Presentation AJW Presentation Recommendations and Comments Spreadsheet
April 09, 2018	10:00 AM – 3:00 PM	CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium 1220 N Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Notice/Listserv Agenda Subgroup 2 Initial Recommendations RFI Presentation from Subgroup 3 Subgroup 2 Potential RNG Supply and Vehicle Fuel Demand Presentation CDFA Update Presentation on DDRDP CARB Update on Dairy Digester Emissions Matrices Presentation Dairy Digester Emissions Matrix Assumptions Dairy Digester Stationary Use Emissions Matrix Dairy Digester Transportation Use Emissions Matrix
February 26, 2018	10:00 AM – 3:00 PM	CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium 1220 N Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Notice Agenda San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD Presentation CARB Dairy Digester Emissions Matrix Presentation CARB Biomethane from Dairy Digesters to Transportation Fuels Presentation FuelCell Energy Toyota Hydrogen Presentation
December 13, 2017	9:00 AM – 1:00 PM	CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium 1220 N Street Sacramento, California 95814	Revised Public Notice Agenda Environmental Justice Presentation Draft Emissions Impacts/Benefits Chart Draft Dairy Crediting Guidance Proposed Draft Recommendations
October 12, 2017	12:30 PM – 4:30 PM	CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium 1220 N Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Notice Agenda Subgroup Meeting Slides PG&E Trucked Biomethane Presentation PG&E BioMAT Presentation AWS Presentation LCFC Presentation SoCalGas Presentation Oberon Fuels Presentation Sept 7 Meeting - Barriers/Opportunities Matrix
September 7, 2017	12:30 PM – 4:30 PM	CA Department of Food and Agriculture Building Main Auditorium 1220 N Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Notice Agenda Subgroup Meeting Slides Ruan Presentation Sustainable Freight Presentation AMP Presentation CALSTART Presentation Part 1 Part 2 ICF Presentation LCFS Presentation GNA Presentation Trillium Presentation Subgroup Barriers/Opportunities Matrix
August 10, 2017	1:00 PM – 5:15 PM	Cal/EPA Building Coastal Hearing Room 1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814	Revised Public Notice Revised Agenda Proposed Mission Statement Edits Subgroup Presentation SoCalGas Presentation PGE Electric Interconnection Presentation PGE Gas Interconnection Presentation CVRWQCB Presentation Dairy Sector Presentation CalBio Presentation Maas Energy Presentation
June 26, 2017 (Kickoff Meeting)	10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Cal/EPA Building Coastal Hearing Room 1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814	Public Notice Agenda Goals, Ground Rules, and Guiding Principles ARB Presentation Subgroup #2 Presentation

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