On September 25, 2024, the Governor of California signed Senate Bill 347 into law, introducing a new exemption to the California Subdivision Map Act[1] (the “Act”) specifically for EV charging and hydrogen fueling leases (the “Exemption”). Generally speaking, the Act prohibits the transfer of any portion of a legal parcel, including through leases, without a formal legal subdivision. The Exemption offers clarity and reassurance to developers of EV charging and hydrogen fueling projects by confirming that such leases are compliant with the Act, as long as the associated project is subject to discretionary review by the local government. Whether any EV charging or hydrogen fueling project is subject to discretionary review is dependent on the jurisdiction and the permits required.

Earlier this year, Clean Energy Counsel issued a Client Alert regarding the proposed Revised Addendum to Final Proposal and CAISO’s initiative to adopt processes that build on the requirements established by FERC Order 2023.  As the process changes continue to move forward, CAISO held a 2024 Resource Interconnection Standards Fair on September 17, 2024, to update stakeholders that have submitted interconnection requests for the Queue Cluster 15 study process (“Cluster 15”).

On June 12, 2024, the CAISO Board of Governors will decide whether to approve the California Independent System Operator (“CAISO”) proposed Revised Addendum to Final Proposal (the “Addendum”). Resulting from the 2023 Interconnection Process Enhancement initiative, which has been a stakeholder process focused on “enhancing coordination of resource procurement and interconnection, resource planning and transmission to achieve state reliability and policy need,” the Addendum clarifies: