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Brea
Orange County Sanitation District
10844 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
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Buena Park
July 9, 2018
Cypress
The Honorable Ben Hueso
Fountain Valley
California State Senate
Fullerton
State Capitol Room 4035
Sacramento, CA 95814
Garden Grove
Re: SB 1440 (Hueso) — Biomethane Procurement Program - SUPPORT
Huntington Beach
Irvine
Dear Senator Hueso:
La Habra
On behalf of the Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation District), I am writing
in support of your Senate Bill (SB) 1440, which would establish a biomethane
La Palma
procurement program. This procurement program establishes goals for certain gas
corporations to collectively procure up to 32 billion cubic feet of biomethane from a
Los Alamitos
variety of in -state resources and adds a requirement to execute procurement
Newport Beach
contracts for biomethane — creating much needed, longer -term market certainty that
current credit driven programs do not provide.
Orange
The Sanitation District is a leader in renewable energy and resource recovery. As
Placentia
regulatory demands on our community to divert organics from landfills and to reduce
short-lived climate pollutant emissions increases, the Sanitation District is upgrading
Santa Ana
and improving its organic waste process facilities to include a food waste receiving
Seal Beach
station to help meet these increased demands. The addition of this unit process is
expected to facilitate the production of significantly more biogas in the future. This
Stanton
bill would give the Sanitation District increased flexibility to sell excess renewable
energy such as biogas to gas corporations.
Tustin
Villa Park By creating a procurement program for renewable natural gas (RNG, biomethane or
upgraded biogas), SB 1440 will support California's organic waste diversion and
County of Orange methane reduction goals by developing a market for the products created from the
diverted organic waste and captured methane. Redeeming refuse (waste -streams)
Costa Mesa for productive end -use epitomizes sustainability, which will lead to greater integration
Sanitary District of renewables, ensures the reliability of our electric grid, and helps decarbonize our
Midway City gas distribution system in both the residential and commercial sectors of our
Sanitary District economy.
Irvine Ranch For these reasons, the Orange County Sanitation District supports SB 1440,
Water District
Yorba Linda Sincerely,
Water District
t
Gregory C Sebourn, PLS
Board Chairman
Our Mission: To protect public health and the environment by
providing effective wastewater collection, treatment, and recycling.