ARTICLE 3.6. Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program [3190. - 3190.9.]

Article 3.6 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 419, Sec. 1.

§§ 3190–3190.9 · 10 sections

• § 3190 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Federal agency” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including Region 9…
• § 3190.1 (a) The supervisor, after consulting with the State Water Resources Control Board and an appropriate regional water quality control board, may authorize the…
• § 3190.2 A well that has been permitted or operated as a Class II well, as defined in Section 3130, shall not be authorized for use as a gravity-based energy storage…
• § 3190.3 (a) For purposes of this section, “plan” means the plan required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 3206. (b) An idle well that is…
• § 3190.4 (a) The division shall require mechanical integrity testing before the conversion of a well to a gravity-based energy storage well, and not less than annually…
• § 3190.5 A gravity-based energy storage well that has lost its mechanical integrity shall be plugged and abandoned within one year or scheduled for plugging and…
• § 3190.6 Except as otherwise provided in this article, a gravity-based energy storage well shall meet all requirements applicable to a well specified in this division.
• § 3190.7 The division shall identify all wells converted to or being operated as gravity-based energy storage wells on its internet website.
• § 3190.8 (a) On or by January 1, 2033, the division, in consultation with entities operating gravity-based energy storage wells, the Secretary for Environmental…
• § 3190.9 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed. (b) The…