Climate & Energy

About

As the importance of climate change has become increasingly clear, so has the need for a more comprehensive approach to the issue - from causes to consequences. California has a long history of enacting public policy and developing innovative technologies to prevent and overcome environmental challenges. The Climate & Energy Policy Team is proud to work at this intersection of innovation and policy; fostering solutions that benefit our region, state and nation.

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Legislative Priorities

The Climate and Energy Policy team is focused on supporting policies and legislation that encourages the development of solutions to environmental challenges. Our top policy priorities are the climate crisis; water supply reliability, infrastructure improvement, and reliable, high-quality, environmentally responsible and competitively-priced energy.

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Legislative Priorities

The Climate and Energy Policy team is focused on supporting policies and legislation that encourages the development of solutions to environmental challenges. Our top policy priorities are the climate crisis; water supply reliability, infrastructure improvement, and reliable, high-quality, environmentally responsible and competitively-priced energy.

Recent Wins

Measure S: Clean, Safe Water for Santa Clara County (2020)
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero-Emission Airport Shuttle Rule (2019)
Safe Drinking Water for All Act
Proposition 68: Clean Water and Safe Parks Act (2018)
Water Management Planning (2018)
Zero-Carbon Energy Supply by 2045
Electrical and Gas Corporations: Energy Efficiency: Financing Options: Industrial and Agricultural Processes (2018)
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Rental Property
Clean Truck Act
Zero-Emissions Buildings
Wildfire Measures
Cap-and-Trade (2017) (AB 398)
Measure AA (2016)
SB 32 & AB 197 (2016)

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Climate & Energy Committees

To learn more about joining the Policy Committees, please contact us at climateandenergy@svlg.org.

Latest News

How Sensible CEQA Reforms are Essential to Boosting California’s Clean Infrastructure and Innovation Economy

As the leading organization representing the innovation economy and its ecosystem, SVLG supports the Governor’s proposals to streamline CEQA. These clean infrastructure projects – like water, clean transportation projects like Zero Emission Vehicle charging infrastructure and rail upgrades, clean energy and semiconductor or microelectronic research and development facilities – will promote jobs, strengthen California’s competitiveness, …

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Silicon Valley Leadership Group Introduces Centers of Expertise to California Legislature — Highlights Ambitious Vision for Corporate Citizenship and Future Competitiveness of Silicon Valley

A number of dynamic Silicon Valley companies are heading to Sacramento on Tuesday, May 23, to participate in Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s (SVLG) annual Sacramento Advocacy Day — an event that brings delegation of business leaders to Sacramento for a series of conversations with key members of the executive and legislative branches of government.

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