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<h2>A Bit about the Coalition</h2><h3>The California Hydrogen Coalition is dedicated to enabling California’s transition to zero emission vehicles by expanding the availability of reliable, convenient and affordable hydrogen fueling.</h3><h2>Goals</h2><h4>The California Hydrogen Coalition is working towards building a statewide fueling network of 1,000 hydrogen stations covering 94% of the state and 97% of disadvantaged communities.</h4>California can create a pathway to achieve <a href="/api/pdf?filepath=https%3A%2F%2Fww2.arb.ca.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault2021-10%2Fhydrogen_self_sufficiency_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hydrogen fuel network self-sufficiency</a> with minimal investment and unlocking millions in private capital - saving taxpayers millions.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/c3612630-158c-4e05-bc96-ee3c708f6da0/478fdb91-1a3e-4627-97c3-689228d03e91/9a1656dc-7fa4-4a07-b242-01185f9a4ba9.webp?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C4096%2C2304&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="center" alignwidth="50" variant="base"><h2>Our Successes</h2><ul><li>Secured a minimum annual expenditure for hydrogen stations in California's Clean Transportation Plan</li><li>Expedited permitting for California's Hydrogen Hub</li><li>Successfully developed the light-medium duty and heavy-duty hydrogen refueling infrastructure credit in the updated Low-Carbon Fuel Standard</li></ul>

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<h2>Zero Emissions</h2>Hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) produce zero tailpipe emissions—helping California meet its clean air and climate goals while reducing pollution in our communities.

<h2>Fast Refueling</h2>FCEVs refuel in just minutes at your corner gas station. Located alongside existing gas and diesel pumps, hydrogen pumps enable every kind of vehicle and every kind of driver to go zero emission. Hydrogen provides the convenience California drivers need and expect.

<h2>Long Range</h2>FCEVs offer long range capacity, often over 300 miles per tank. Combined with quick and convenient refueling, this is ideal for long commutes, commercial fleets, and trucking, none of which can afford lengthy downtimes.

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SACRAMENTO – The <a href="https://californiahydrogencoalition.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">California Hydrogen Coalition</a> today commended Governor Gavin Newsom for signing Senate Bill 1420, authored by Senator Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), a new law that streamlines permitting for new clean, renewable hydrogen production facilities needed to help California achieve its ambitious climate goals.“We are grateful to Governor Newsom for recognizing the importance of hydrogen in California’s clean energy future,” said Teresa Cooke, executive director of the California Hydrogen Coalition. “With this law, the state is taking an important step towards unlocking the potential of renewable hydrogen and ensuring it’s on similar footing and has an opportunity for growth and development like other clean energy technologies.” SB 1420 allows hydrogen production facilities—those that produce hydrogen from non-fossil fuel sources and receive funding from specific programs—to be included in the Environmental Leadership Development Program and the newly-created California Energy Commission-led consolidated permitting process. These programs are critical for removing barriers and accelerating the deployment of clean hydrogen technologies that will play a pivotal role in decarbonizing California’s energy and transportation sectors. Specifically, with the short timelines for operability of California’s hydrogen hub, SB 1420 is necessary to ensure we receive the full 1.2 billion dollar federal award and more importantly the over 10 billion dollars in private matching funds. Gov. Newsom today signed two other bills supported by the California Hydrogen Coalition:&nbsp;<ul><li>Senate Bill 347 (Newman), which streamlines the permitting and development of new zero-emission vehicle infrastructure by exempting electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling stations from California’s Subdivision Map Act</li><li>Senate Bill 1418 (Archuleta), which streamlines the administrative approval process for hydrogen fueling stations in the same way we do for battery electric charging stations </li></ul>Hydrogen is key to California’s efforts to meet its carbon neutrality goals. The California Air Resources Board’s 2022 Scoping Plan highlights hydrogen’s essential role in sectors including power generation, on-road transportation, shipping, aviation, heavy industry, and more. The plan calls for a rapid expansion of clean energy sources – projecting that hydrogen production must grow 1,700 times its current supply by 2045 to support the state’s transition from fossil fuels. SB 1420 addresses a critical gap in the state’s clean energy policy by ensuring hydrogen projects can benefit from permit streamlining, just like wind and solar projects. As the ARB noted in its 2022 Scoping Plan, “given the pace at which we must transition away from fossil fuels, we absolutely must identify and address market and implementation barriers to be successful.” About the California Hydrogen Coalition:The California Hydrogen Coalition is dedicated to enabling California’s transition to zero emission vehicles by expanding the availability of reliable, convenient and affordable hydrogen fueling. ###

“With this law, the state is taking an important step towards unlocking the potential of renewable hydrogen and ensuring it’s on similar footing and has an opportunity for growth and development like other clean energy technologies...”

California Hydrogen Coalition Applauds Governor Gavin Newsom for Signing Bill to Streamline Clean Hydrogen Production

Legislation Nearing Vote That Could Create More Than 13,000 Quality JobsSACRAMENTO – Six powerful California labor unions today joined forces to ask Governor Newsom and Legislature leaders to allocate 30 percent of the state’s Clean Transportation Plan Funds to hydrogen to help build 1,000 fueling stations.In a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dgj2qVOi21juiZHgTX7F5ASHPXUYtR43/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">letter</a> to the Governor and Legislative leaders, the State Building Trades &amp; Construction Council, California State Council of Laborers, District Council of Iron Workers, California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, Boilermakers Local 549, California State Pipe Trades Council and the District Council of Iron Workers of California, said they would oppose legislation to reauthorize funds for the program, scheduled for renewal in AB 241 (Reyes) and SB 84 (Gonzalez) and in trailer bill language, unless hydrogen receives its fair share of state funding dedicated to assist the state in meeting its zero emission vehicle goals.“At this still early stage in market development, the signal California sends on hydrogen will impact private investment decisions,” wrote the union leaders. “This is the dawn of an entirely new, clean, and domestic power source made to serve the energy and transportation markets to achieve our shared goals. For these reasons, we respectfully request the dedication of 30% of clean transportation program dollars to support the development and self-sufficiency of the light and medium-duty hydrogen fueling infrastructure network in California.”The unions’ opposition to the renewal of the legislation unless amended to include increased hydrogen funding is a significant development. Nearly all the funds have been dedicated to battery electric vehicle infrastructure; hydrogen has received less than 4 percent of funding to date.Citing both environmental and economic benefits, the unions are requesting $300 million of the Fund, over the next 10 years, for hydrogen infrastructure development, representing about 30 percent of the total funds available.“…these (hydrogen) vehicles will be necessary to fulfill the needs of our industries and allow the productivity necessary to build and maintain California’s built environment and critical infrastructure,” the letter says. “Beyond its environmental attributes, hydrogen also provides a transitional pathway for skilled and trained, high-wage labor jobs in the oil and gas sectors. For decades, union labor has built and maintained much of the critical infrastructure at the heart of our energy economy. As we look toward a new transportation future, organized labor is poised to lead the way forward. Our workforce has the best-trained and most highly skilled craftspeople in the industry, positioning us to build, retrofit and maintain the new infrastructure necessary to power this transition to zero emissions transportation. The development of a statewide network will create between 2,280-3,720 hydrogen production and station construction jobs annually. By 2032, our economic analysis shows between 12,010-13,460 permanent jobs will be created with an average salary between $84,000-$91,000 per year across engineering, construction, installation, equipment maintenance.”In 2015, California’s light-duty fuel cell market was launched with just 33 stations in operation. Seven years later, the station total is still less than 60.Executive Order N-79-20 directs the Air Resources Board to develop regulations to require all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks sold in the state be zero emission vehicles by 2035. The unions say the development of a statewide hydrogen fueling network is necessary so that everyone in California has a choice in&nbsp; zero-emission vehicles. Hydrogen vehicles offer quick fill up times, long distances between refueling, and do not require charging stations.The unions hope that amendments will be adopted to specify funding in the bills, which are on their respective house floors and slated for votes in the Assembly and Senate.

Unions Request 30% of Clean Transportation Plan Funds Be Used to Build 1,000 Fueling Stations; Legislation Nearing Vote That Could Create More Than 13,000 Quality Jobs

Labor Calls On Governor, Legislature To Invest In Hydrogen Infrastructure

SACRAMENTO – Teresa Cooke, executive director of the <a href="https://californiahydrogencoalition.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">California Hydrogen Coalition</a>, released the following statement after the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Office of Administrative Law <a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/LCFS_OALMarketNotice.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ruled to disapprove the amended Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)</a>, which expands credits for hydrogen powered transportation, due to nonsubstantive, technical issues:&nbsp; “The California Hydrogen Coalition strongly supports the updated Low Carbon Fuel Standard adopted late last year, which is a key lynchpin for the development of hydrogen fueling infrastructure. We expect CARB to quickly resolve this with the Office of Administrative Law as part of the regulatory review process.&nbsp; “Too much is at stake for our state’s clean energy future – we cannot afford additional delays that compromise the future of these critically important programs that support the transition to clean and affordable energy for Californians.” About the California Hydrogen Coalition:The California Hydrogen Coalition is dedicated to enabling California’s transition to zero emission vehicles by expanding the availability of reliable, convenient and affordable hydrogen fueling. ###

“The California Hydrogen Coalition strongly supports the updated Low Carbon Fuel Standard adopted late last year, which is a key lynchpin for the development of hydrogen fueling infrastructure. We expect CARB to quickly resolve this with the Office of Administrative Law as part of the regulatory review process."

California Hydrogen Coalition Calls on Immediate Adoption of Updated Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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CARBON JITTERS: Pour one out for California’s carbon traders, who are really going through it right now.What appears to be an administrative hiccup in California’s emissions market for transportation fuels is jolting markets and reinflaming a bitter debate over a climate program with a potentially high price tag.The California Air Resources Board said late Thursday that the state’s Office of Administrative Law rejected amendments to its low-carbon fuel standard, which the board approved in November.

What appears to be an administrative hiccup in California’s emissions market for transportation fuels is jolting markets and reinflaming a bitter debate over a climate program with a potentially high price tag...

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SACRAMENTO – Teresa Cooke, executive director of the <a href="https://californiahydrogencoalition.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">California Hydrogen Coalition</a>, released the following statement after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved updates to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) that expand credits for hydrogen powered transportation:“The California Hydrogen Coalition commends CARB for updating the LCFS to put California in a position to achieve our clean energy future. Drawing private capital to build more stations and lowering the cost of fuel at the pump are much needed steps to expand hydrogen powered transportation as an option for Californians. We're eager to continue working with the Newsom Administration, CARB, and the Legislature on additional policies that expand the fast-growing hydrogen industry."About the California Hydrogen Coalition:The California Hydrogen Coalition is dedicated to enabling California’s transition to zero emission vehicles by expanding the availability of reliable, convenient and affordable hydrogen fueling. ###

“The California Hydrogen Coalition commends CARB for updating the LCFS to put California in a position to achieve our clean energy future..."

California Hydrogen Coalition Commends Updates to Low Carbon Fuel Standard

California lawmakers have reached a deal that would set aside 15% of funds from a billion-dollar climate program to help companies build fueling stations for hydrogen cars and trucks.

CalMatters: Lawmakers strike $106 million deal for fueling hydrogen cars, trucks

SACRAMENTO – Teresa Cooke, executive director of the <a href="https://californiahydrogencoalition.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">California Hydrogen Coalition</a>, released the following statement after <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/energy-department-hydrogen-projects-blue-states-00249589" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reporting</a> that the U.S. Department of Energy was considering removing funding for hydrogen hubs, including the ARCHES project in California:&nbsp; “The many benefits of hydrogen energy — American energy independence, cleaner air for all of us to breathe, and good paying, blue-collar jobs — are not partisan issues. Projects like ARCHES are already benefiting the U.S. economy and removing funding will only hurt the people of our state, including more than 6 million who supported President Trump in the 2024 election. We appeal to the Department of Energy and Trump Administration to rethink any considerations of these funding cuts.” ###

“The many benefits of hydrogen energy — American energy independence, cleaner air for all of us to breathe, and good paying, blue-collar jobs — are not partisan issues..."

California Hydrogen Coalition Statement on DOE Funding for Hydrogen Hubs&nbsp;

HYDRO-POWER PLAYER: California lawmakers could be the ones to clear the state and federal logjams around how to define “clean hydrogen” as billions of dollars pour in for the fuel.

Politico: The hydrogen bill that could go all the way

Here in Long Beach, we’re at the center of both the opportunities and challenges of climate change. The people on the ground, at the forefront of new clean energy technologies, are ready to embrace the future of zero emissions infrastructure. They just need the fuel, equipment, and opportunity to make it happen...

Rex Richardson: SB 1420 put hydrogen on an even playing field. The Legislature should approve it.

<h4>Assembly Bill 1550 Will Jeopardize Billions in Funding, Opponents Say</h4>SACRAMENTO —&nbsp;Legislation being debated in the California Assembly this week could jeopardize the Biden Administration’s recently-announced $1.2 billion award to California to accelerate the development and deployment of clean renewable hydrogen and upwards of $11 billion in private investment in hydrogen, according to a coalition of labor, business, and clean energy groups including the California Hydrogen Coalition that announced their opposition to the bill today.Assembly Bill 1550, authored by Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Ventura), would mandate the costly and burdensome “3 Pillars” principles on hydrogen production in California.However, opponents say these rigid requirements will likely result in the chilling of the development of renewable and clean hydrogen that is critical to cutting pollution and expanding the clean energy in California. Programs like the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard and cap and trade program already provide the desired environmental protections making AB 1550 unnecessary and fatal to the development and deployment of clean and renewable hydrogen. They also noted it would risk California’s status as one of seven regional “hydrogen hubs” in the U.S. named by the U.S. Department of Energy.“This proposed legislation puts 220,000 new hydrogen-related jobs at risk and adds new regulatory hurdles for hydrogen – a step backwards in developing this clean energy source rapidly so California can meet its climate goals,” says Jennifer Barrera, CalChamber CEO/President.“Assembly Bill 1550 does not allow California to embrace the full potential of hydrogen technologies and their many benefits,” wrote Chris Hannan, president of the California State Building Trades and Construction Council, in a letter to legislators.“AB 1550 raises concerns about the potential impact on over $11 billion in private investment and hundreds of thousands of jobs,” says Lance Hastings, President and CEO of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA). “This poses challenges to the ongoing efforts of both federal and state governments to boost our clean energy economy.”The California Hydrogen Coalition, California Chamber of Commerce, the California Manufacturers and Technology Association, California State Council of Laborers, the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, and the BioEnergy Council ofCalifornia were among the more than 25 organizations and businesses announcing their opposition to AB 1550 in a letter to legislators.The groups said the bill would restrict hydrogen production to the intermittent patterns of wind and solar and interconnection and transmission infrastructure delays currently faced by all development projects in the state. It also would hold hydrogen to a diﬀerent and costly standard from other renewable sources in the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, requiring compliance verification 8,736 times per year versus a once per year requirement for other renewable and clean power sources.In addition, it provides a “blank check” to the Air Resources Board, Public Utilities Commission, and California Energy Commission to set interim renewable hydrogen targets, directly contradicting the assertion that these strict requirements are intended for 2045.The funds for hydrogen awarded to the state that would be at risk with the bill’s passage would resulting in cutting up to two million metric tons of carbon emissions every year – equivalent to the pollution of 445,000 gasoline-powered cars annually; create an estimated 220,000 new jobs, including 130,000 in construction and 90,000 permanent jobs; result in an estimated $2.95 billion per year in economic value from better health and health cost savings; and send 40 percent of the benefits from projects to disadvantaged communities.

Assembly Bill 1550 Will Jeopardize Billions in Funding, Opponents Say

Labor, Business Groups: Legislation Risks Biden’s Multi-Billion Dollar Investment In California’s Hydrogen Future To Fight Climate Change

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